I’m well aware of that answer, but it’s a form of dualism (which I mentioned). It doesn’t address the consistency issue. Where is its parallel today? Surely, such a key principle wouldn’t simply vanish from God’s religion!
God’s dealing with the Jewish nation is under the old covenant.
With Jesus’ death on the cross, we are operating under the new covenant.
God never struck anyone down for no reason, either.
It usually had to do with gross, continual, unrepentant sin.
From what I have read in the OT, God ALWAYS warned people of impending judgment for their actions, usually multiple times, giving them plenty of opportunity to repent and change their ways.
When people repented, God spared them. If they didn’t, they finally got what they were warned about.