Why Does the Old Testament God Seem Mean?

It's hard not to feel like the God we read about in the New Testament is, well, nicer. Why does it feel like God is a curmudgeon in the Old Testament? Is there something we're overlooking? Jimmy and Kelly bring fresh perspective to a question that's been asked by people for almost 2000 years.
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