Yahweh Transgressions

In "Sinners in the hnads of an angry God" Jonathan Edwards reveals how God has omnipotent power and howhe uses it to punish sinners. Jonathan Edwards proves what God is capable of causing through imagery, alliteration, and similes.

The story of Naboth’s vineyard shows that just as the King wanted or coveted the land in which Naboth owned, it does not give him the right to seize it. That would be a violation of two of the Ten Commandments. The first, is “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor” (Exodus 20:17, NASB). In the repetition of the Ten Commandments “his field” is included in the commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21, NASB). Second, “You shall not steal” (Exodus 20:15, NASB). The King tries to buy the land or to give him a different piece of land, but Naboth does not want to sell or relocate to a new land, the land was his father’s inheritance and obviously had inherent value to him. This is where the story embarks on a dark turn. Jezebel decides to procure matters into her own hands and plots to acquire Naboths land regardless of whether or not he wants to sell it or give it up. She plots to perform “legal plunder” since she seeks to use the law against Naboth for her and the Kings

The Bible instructs God’s children to turn the other cheek as seen in Matthew “But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also” (5:39). Since the beginning of mankind, the teachings of Jesus Christ are deemed as peculiar. As a matter of fact, God’s children are to be set apart from the world, making them a peculiar people. The act of forgiveness that the owners of the Muscadine grape farm desire to bestow on Marshall Peterson fails to align with the laws of the human race but rather aligns with the laws of God, which trump the laws of the land. However, the Muscadine grape farmers propose that they meet with Marshall together with the preacher of their church to discuss the future business proceedings of their business partnership in the guidance of God’s Holy Word. Furthermore, the counseling must transpire for a minimum of three months to guarantee that all parties are in agreeance, as well as build a closer relationship with the Lord. Also, the Muscadine grape farmers propose that a new contract is incorporated that suits the preferences of the Muscadine grape farmers, as well as Marshall Peterson. Ultimately, the Muscadine grape owners will continue to live for the Lord in order to demonstrate the love that lives inside them through Jesus Christ. Since God’s children are to be an example, a

Yahweh is no longer able to protect them because they have broken their covenant with the living God. According to one dictionary Suzerain and Vassal relationship is described as “A form of international relationship where one nation (a vassal) pays tribute to and pledges allegiance to another nation (the suzerain).” This kind of Suzerain-vassal treat is very common in the ANE. “The framework of the Sinai covenant has significant affinities with suzerain-vassal treaties from the ancient Near East, specifically, the Hittite treaties of the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BCE and the Assyrian treaties of the seventh and sixth centuries BCE. Due to breaking the Suzerain-Vassal relationship by Hezekiah, Sennacherib sends a campaign against Judah. Lawson and Younger mentions that “The cuneiform text summarizes the campaign of Sennacherib in 701 BCE, undertaken to quell the revolt of vassal states in the West which had broken out upon the death of Sargon four years earlier.” Breaking the treaty is a serious offense to the suzerain and consider as a “revolt” and brought consequences upon the vassal. Not only that, the vassals faced curses against them for breaking the treaty or covenant. And Hezekiah, the King of Judah relies on Egypt for help and while under suzerain-vassal relationship. (2 Kgs 18:20) Kitchen mentions “Sennacherib held a dunbar or rally of loyal vassals, who dutifully brought or sent their tribute,

God made a covenant with the Israelites at Mt. Sinai and after being lead to the promise land, the Israelites started worshiping Canaanite God’s. God could have turned away from the Israelites but instead, he decides to renew the covenant. The consequence for Israel’s rebellion will be imminent defeat by other nations and exile but there I hope for future restoration. God will also bring a new Messianic King who will acknowledge all of God’s blessings. The next sections of the book describe the cause and effect of Israel’s unfaithfulness. Israel lakes all knowledge and understanding of God. God wants his people to understand him, have a relationship, and experience his love with him. Hosea is trying to reveal the hypocrisy of Israel’s worship. He keeps making a point to describe how the Israelites keep breaking the ten commandments, causing social injustice, and worshipping another God’s. Hosea also keeps calling the Israelites out for constantly trusting in political alliances with other nations, instead of trusting in God. They started trusting in their allies and relying only on military power. Soon, the Israelites will learn that this was not the right

I will take away their harvest, declares the Lord. There will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither (emphasis added). What I have given them will be taken from them (Jer. 8.13).

Comparing these two texts there are several similarities in the way God responds to the humans violating the covenant. Firstly, the most significant similarity is how God punishes them. Despite the Lord being so angry and upset at the people breaking his covenant he doesn’t take out all of his anger and punishments on them. For example, in text A God said “your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring on this place”. This shows that despite the people breaking the covenant God kept his by not punishing them in their lifetime because of his covenants with their ancestors. Not only in text A does he do this but this is the prime example in text B because the Lord says “yet for the sake of your father David” this shows how the Lord

The Israelites had forgotten this. This is Jesus’ way of judging Israel. He wants them to turn back to God. This relates back to the first story of how Jesus cures the tree and thus is casting judgment on Israel and the temple for failing. The temple was not doing its job of producing fruit, like the tree.

The god Yhwh goes through many changes throughout the books of the hebrew bible. For example, in the book of Genesis, Yhwh makes the entire earth, but when Eve takes food from the tree of knowledge, he is angry because she gained knowledge of right and wrong. He seems a little bit jealous here because he punishes them for becoming more like him. This is shown when it says, “Then Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever” therefore the Lord god sent him forth from the garden of eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.”(28)

Finding life in death can be equated to finding light in darkness. In the Bible, Yahweh is generally associated with the light of life, yet He also causes a majority of the death and destruction within His resplendent creation. Yahweh’s creation and management of humans illustrates this paradoxical relation between creation and destruction which can be synonymous with life and death or knowledge and ignorance. Man and woman were created to remain in a state of childlike innocence within the Garden of Eden. However, when Adam and Eve disobeyed Yahweh by eating from the tree of good and evil, they not only received the knowledge of their impending death, but gained an awareness of their life that replaced their previous naiveté.

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones. Anyone familiar with King Solomon’s poetic statement should agree that words have the power to cheer you up and make you feel strong. It’s not what you say but, how you deliver what you would like to say. Just as kind words can promote positive and sincere response, slurs or defamation today can do the exact opposite. By focusing on words of offence Benjamin Moser in his New York Times Book Review article, "Are There Any Unforgiveable Sins in Literature?” overlooks the deeper problem, of how slurred slang and words of expression can lead to mental destruction, specifically to children. When it comes to the topic of perverted words as it leads to destruction of society; most of us will readily agree that positivity can diminish these odds.

Isaiah’s apocalyptic and messianic prophecies are centered in Isaiah 24 through 27. Isaiah “twist its surface (24:1).” Chapter 24 focuses on the destruction of the City of Chaos that is to come. When the City of Chaos is judged, so will the kings of the earth and the hosts of heaven, and they will be shut up in a prison and punished. Chapter 25 discusses the banquet of the Lord that will take place on a mountain. This banquet will have rich foods and well-aged wines and “he will swallow up death forever (Isaiah 25:8).” Chapter 26 shows a hymn that focuses on God’s justice, and chapter 27 is a song of the new vineyard, which is a reference to an earlier chapter. Interestingly, Isaiah says, “On that day the LORD with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea (27:1).” Earlier, however, Isaiah was granted a vision of the throne room of God. In chapter 6, Isaiah describes God sitting on his

Disobedience, Deliverance, Destruction. After the death of Joshua, the men of Judah and Joseph conquered their territory and drove out the Canaanites, being obedient, but all the other tribes did not. This signified a lack of trust in the Lord to fight their battles and was disobedient. Destroying idols was a part of the covenant and most of Israel did not do this and God cursed them. Because they had not destroyed the Canaanites, they would forever be in tension with them. The Israelites repented of their sins, but the curse still was in place. One generation after the death of Joshua did not know the Lord and was disobedient. This also shows that the previous “faithful” generation did not properly teach their children and therefore failed

There are a very large amount of ethical topics throughout the New Testament. Many of which can still be linked to our modern day lives. They range anywhere from dealing with anger and lust to my personal favorite, dealing with temptation. These topics are all still important to understand in our everyday lives. Dealing with anger is one issue that I battle with very often.

In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Jesus teaches that His love and grace are unmerited and do not depend on what one does or doesn’t do. Grace is grace, and it is free for all at whatever time of life it is accepted. Paul’s teaching confirms this. In Galatians, Paul reproves the Galatian believers for thinking that salvation could be changed from faith in God’s grace to dependence on the law.