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Saturday, December 29, 2007

The Bible-god - A Ruthless Conqueror?

In the Book of Joshua, it was all about the Bible-god using Joshua to conquer and conquer, kill and kill. Why would a god do that? My assummed Supreme God won't do that. And after killing many people and taking over many cities, he divides the land for Israel! Why would a god be interested in doing that? It sounds more human to me.

And when all that had been done, Joshua died. So it is quite clear that the Bible-god chose Joshua for the purpose of warfare, as opposed to the role of Moses. There was no clear leader though the warfare went on. Then came Gideon.

Fire Again
The angel of the Lord used fire to convince Gideon of his power. I am sure it can be done with science today?

Judges 6
19 Gideon went in, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah [b] of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.
20 The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread, place them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And Gideon did so.


21 With the tip of the staff that was in his hand, the angel of the LORD touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the LORD disappeared. 22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he exclaimed, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"

After a few more wars, Gideon also died. Again no clear leader emerged, and I noticed also that no miracles were performed, until Samson arrived.

In Judges 13, the birth of Samson is foretold. There are a few interesting points to note here. Again, the angel of the Lord and the Bible-god seem to be the same and one. He appears to be physical, as food was offered to him. But he also seem to prefer burnt offerings. I wonder if there is any reason? Was it an alien race who could only eat burnt food?

"The angel of the Lord ascended in the flame" may be interpreted today as going up in a vehicle which gave out flame or fire, right?

16 The angel of the LORD replied, "Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
17 Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?"
18 He replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding. [
a] " 19 Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the LORD. And the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: 20 As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. 21 When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.
22 "We are doomed to die!" he said to his wife. "We have seen God!"


Then again, we see how the Spirit of the Lord came to Samson, and he killed without mercy or second thought. And why is it that Samson's strength was found in his hair? Is that something scientific which we will see invented one day? Anyway it seems that he was of not much use to the Bible-god, and died without much credit. After that, Israel had no king, and no miracles were recorded. Also, there had been no mention of the Tabernacle for a long time.

Then out of the blue came the story of Boaz and Ruth. This portion seem to have nothing to do with the development of Israel at all.

Then later came the story of Saul and David. It seems that now the Bible-god was getting less and less focus while we read of the struggle between Saul and David for the throne. Then David was crowned king and had time to settle down and talk to the Lord. Then we get hint again that the Bible-god is physical. He had the Tabernacle during the time of Moses, but nothing until now. He then asked David to build a house for him.

2Samuel 7

4 That night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying:
5 "Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? 6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling.

7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" '

Then suddenly, warfare begins again with David conquering and conquering. This went on until Solomon took over.

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