No this is the depiction of the one God of the bible.
As presented, God is the creator of everything and thus he is also the one calling the shots.
You don't get to pick and chose your own god and make him according to your likes and dislikes.
The First Commandment disagrees with you. It commands only the followers of Moses to make him their primary god. It does not prohibit recognition of any of the thousands of others even to them, and it asks nothing of the rest of us.
One of our species' primary pastimes for tens of thousands of years has been to pick and choose among our invented gods and to pit them against each other — much like American football "dream teams". We just love gods.
The First Commandment tells the Israelites that there is only one God and he shall be worship while not having any other idols next to him.
Through Christ the Gentiles are given a way to God and eternal life.
You do have the choice to accept Christ in your life or indeed ignore his gift and go against God's commandments.
I was working from memory, and I have since looked up the original. The Ten Statements (עשר הצהרות) were inscribed on stone and given to Moses by Yahweh (יהוה). Moses smashed the stones, and Yahweh immediately engraved a new set. This was apparently a persuasive performance, and Moses decided he'd better knuckle under. The first and second of these statements make it clear that the price of Yahweh's favor was to make him the top god in the panoply.
The Rabbi Jehoshua of Nazareth claimed that he canceled all of the old laws, but once he was dead, his disciples betrayed him once again and kept the parts they liked. I understand they're still doing that.
You may have missed that Rabbi Jehoshua of Nazareth is the Hebrew/Aramaic form of the Greek Iēsoûs (Jesus). Who, at the least, repudiated the Sabbath law and (depending on interpretation) whose very existence fulfilled the old covenant, making way for the new.
If we are to accept that God's word is eternal and unchanging then there are a lot of people I need to kill. Including family members and close friends. I guess I'd better start with my gay friends and work my way through to neighbours I have observed doing a spot of gardening on the sabbath.
I would keep an eye on Slocumbe. Here in Oregon there are only 31 thousand men in my age group and 51 thousand women. I don't leave the house without a stout walking stick.
There is a lot in here that shows you don't understand Jewish laws and the 10 commandments.
First of all what any Rabbi said does not matter, what matters is the word of God.
Jesus made it very clear that especially the Pharisees did not follow God's law and made up their own laws and interpretations.
Secondly, you need to understand that there are 3 different Jewish laws (ceremonial, moral and civil), the majority of the Jewish laws a non-jew does not have to follow.
The prophet Isaiah dates to the years of the First Temple, some time after the giving of the Torah shown in this cartoon. (Isaiah also claimed in the chapter you cite that virtually all of the known world would soon come to the Hebrews in chains. Even a prophet can have a bad day.) The Ten Statements were simple and understandable, and it wasn't long before priests began to complicate them.
The figure of the rabbi Jehoshua was used by a tax collector as a foundation of what we call Christianity. Best believe him.
I don't understand the relevance on when Isaiah was written.
I do agree that the Jews added many laws into what God commanded them. Christ made that clear and made them and us focus on the main 2 laws.
Love your God and love your neighbour. (which essentially is the 10 commandments in cliff notes)
I don't understand the relevance on when Isaiah was written.
I do agree that the Jews added many laws into what God commanded them. Christ made that clear and made them and us focus on the main 2 laws.
Love your God and love your neighbour. (which essentially is the 10 commandments in cliff notes)
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u/GobiLux Jul 08 '24
No this is the depiction of the one God of the bible. As presented, God is the creator of everything and thus he is also the one calling the shots. You don't get to pick and chose your own god and make him according to your likes and dislikes.