God destroys but He has also been destroyed

"Ascribing such destructive activity to the God whose love for people has always been praised is very disturbing, but the world in which we live functions by means of destruction, decay, and death. The New Testament seldom speaks of nature that way [although consider Rom 8:20], but it does continue to say that God’s work with human beings on earth requires destruction and death. This time it is the destruction of the Son of God, and that puts things in a new light. It means that the Creator does not stand outside that circle of life, death, and new life, but participates in it personally"

From Amos: New Interpreter's Bible by Donald E. Gowan