God as portrayed by Moses seems vindictive and wrathful, the God of Jesus was kind and forgiving, why?
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The God of the Old Testament appears to have more than one personality. The identity of God seems to vary with the author. I see religion as an evolutionary process.
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This may be a little too obvious, but it suggests that God is an Old Testament kind of guy, inflicting his venegance and punishing the wicked, rather than the touchy-feely God of the New Testament.
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This is an interesting question!\n\nThere were many people in the OT that were very evil.  Read the books of Kings and Chronicles if you want examples.  However, I think people like Moses, Jacob (who wrestled with Jesus), Abraham, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeramiah, etc. would have accepted Christ because their heart was with God.
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who knows the mystery of God, for in Gods foolish mistakes he is still wiser then we are. when God made man he made man in his own image,God also told adam,and eve to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil for in the day that they eat from the tree they would surely die. it was not God intentions to destroy the earth with water, but mans increase in wickedness provoke the wrath of God. God intentions were not to destroy the city of sodom and gommorah with fire,but they were drinking,being married,given to in marriage,men sleeping with men,women with women,children being raped,people sleeping with animals,and people worshipping idol gods.that provoked the wrath of God.furthermore because God is the same God of yesterday,today, and forever more,he knows before hands what destiny he will have planned for the future.as for why the jewish people still have not accepted the messiah is not your concern. what you need to do is find out who God is for yourself then when you do go to him in prayer and ask him.....
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Hi, I don't believe God is a punishing God.  He is a loving God and loves us unconditionally.  I think we do the punishing by feeling guilty for criticizing others and not feeling good about ourselves.  When we are happy, content and feel good about ourselves we don't judge or criticize others.
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Moses did indeed sin against the Lord by getting angry at the Children of Israel and striking the Rock! his sin was covered by the blood of the sacrifice but he still suffered the consequences of his sin just like we do. If we rob a bank and then confess the crime to God He will forgive us but we still have to pay the price in a court of law. moses was unable to go into the land because he disobeyed God but his sins were covered by the blood and is in heaven today.
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King David. He did some really horrible things. He was quite frankly pretty much a scoundrel. He committed adultery, murder, coveted, lied, he was pretty rotten. But, he repented and he was genuinely sorry for his mistakes. He suffered for them too. He lost his son. He was a man after God's own heart. He had faith. I love the life example of the apostle Paul, but, he was a religious zealot. His humanity was hard to see. David, he was just a sinner trying to make it in the world. He knew his short comings, he loved the Lord, he forged ahead and he struggled with life. David is much more human to me.
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Jesus, although perfect, was not God himself.  Jesus is the son of God, the first thing created by God. (See Hebrews 1:15)  The idea that Jesus is God, or the idea of the trinity, was introduced hundreds of years after Jesus' death as a human.\n\nIt is clear from Jesus' words and actions that he did not claim to be God or even equal to God.  For instance, he prayed to God while on earth (see Matthew 26:39) and he stated that God is greater than he is (see John 14:28).\n\nExodus 33:20 says that no person can see God and live.  This is not because of God's lack of sin, but rather because of his glory and brilliance.  Think of it...if God created all things, even such things containing as much energy as the sun, what would it be like to see God?  As stated in Exodus, we would not survive the experience.\n\nAs 1 Timothy 2:5 says, Jesus is the Mediator between humans and God.  Therefore, humans may address God directly in prayer.  However, it should be done so in Jesus' name, acknowledging him as our mediator.
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Yes he was forgiven,but his sin came with very large consequences.The child that Bathsheba the wife of Uriah and later wife of King David was pregnant with died at birth and David suffered greatly because of the loss of his son.
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Moses, as directed by God
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Nope, He does't appreciate it! Jesus honored His mother, why shouldn't we? He said to imitate Him! Dishonoring His holy mother is not imitating Him! I don't get why they think we worship Mary when we tell them over and over again that we don't! \nWe pray to her because she is much closer to God than we are. If you can ask you friend to pray for you, why wouldn't you ask her to pray for you? She is the holiest person that ever lived!
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God does not love one person more than another. It doesn't really matter if what the person did was a million times worst than what the other person did. God is no respector of persons. Once your sins are wiped away by the blood of Jesus, then you don't have to feel any kind of fear or guilt. Take care.
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Jesus was from what can be seen historicaly as a real guy born about 2000 years ago. He did not have supernatural powers and I think that people gave him supernatural powers to exagerate the fact that for his day he was a great man. Back then the ancient people were devoid of things like mercy and compassion and Jesus tried to teach it to people. However he was also a thorn in the side of the romans so they had him killed. Jesus used the symbol of the hebrew creator God yahweh as a mascot for himself and his early order to gain acceptance and he is said to have believed he had some kind of "special connection" with yahweh. This is similar to the ancient pharoa mentality of believing themselfs as Horus the "God King". However I sometimes feel that by assigning special powers to jesus (like they did with hercules or that lumberjack guy portraid with the blue ox) they are desecrating his memory. While he did work hard to start a order of apostles and bring some compassion to the world at first he succeeded but a couple hundred years after he died his efforts ultimately proved fruitless, creating the dark ages, the inquisition and current christianity that keeps people believing in something that jesus may have found revolting. However christians today really only honor the memory of christ today when they set up food banks and help people without asking for anything, pray for the health of others and try their best to be good people. The problem is their are alot of disgusting and self righteous christian organizations (such as the jehovas witnesses and the united pentecostal church) that operate on a "we will only help those who convert mentality. Such groups are intellectual terrorists and nothing more than glorified apocalypse cults. I think Jesus would be very dissapointed with these people if he was alive today. No, he was not a knuckle dragger or a monkey, he was just a guy who tried to do what was right and got killed for it. Just like so many others.
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Jesus and God are One in the same, in different forms... In the Old Testament, God taught us what Justice is -- an eye for an eye is justice, let the punishment fit the crime... God came to earth in the flesh of a man to teach us about the Mercy He is willing to show a repentant heart. Turning the other cheek is merciful, where as justice would be to slap the offender back. Justice is not wrong, it is right but mercy is better than justice. Grace, is us getting good things we do not deserve because God shows mercy through the sacrifice of Jesus.
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More than likely he was just there to bathe in the river anyway.Maybe some would argue about humbling himself before John the Baptist as a gesture of respect for him and what he did.Jesus had said that what you do to the least of these you do to me also.I don't have an issue with it. You're reading way too much into something without knowing the truth. This is a negative application you are applying so you're fishing in a toilet for excuses. Unless you had witnessed everything from that time without prejudice it's difficult to usually grasp it without faith. From the perspective of immortality one death on a cross to start a religion seems to be a safe bet.Mortals usually only understand living sacrifice as an example of faith or honor. A virgin woman represents an undefiled vessel or purity. Would it sound better to you if she was just the babysitter? This isn't a sitcom drama you know.
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I think in your own question is the answer.  God does not feel or experience emotion as a human.  God is love.  Yes, Jesus was in human form for a time, but He was perfect and did not sin.\n\nI think when God through man was writing the Bible he used phrases like "sin, which I hate" in terms that humans could understand.
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There are several ways you can look at this He was born of the flesh on earth and therefore was not god in the sense you are asking he was the messiah the chosen one to be the saviour of all man kind as is said in the bible he was sinless and had to be baptised in water at which time the holy spirit fell upon him then he died and was arisen by god the father to be his only begotten son .So what does this mean it is explained by modern theorlogens that God is like water it comes in many forms like just water ,ice steam etc.so we have the birth of the trinity god the father ,god the son god the holy spirit which lives within us after we repent and accept jesus Christ as our lord and saviour .Just like water God comes in these various forms to the jews he is just God to us we must accept jesus as our lord here on earth as our lord who intercedes to the father on our behalve there fore we must be baptised or cleaned in water accept jesus and receive the holy spirit then try to follow jesus example and live by his one law "treat others as you would have them treat you" put simply this infact covers all the ten commandments with this just one rule where the jewish people must obey the ten commandments that is what they believe anyway but as I have shown with just one rule jesus gave us as gentiles covers the ten commandments .People argue that jesus was in the beginning just as god but I have studied this at great length in greek and hewbrew and it is not that clear if that is a fact but what is fact to christians that when he rose on the third day he was the real son of god our lord ..It is up to every individual to believe or not that is why god gave us free will to choose .To sum up jesus wasnt god on earth he acsended up into heaven and became the son of god the father and sits at his right hand so we must accept the trinity of god after jesus rose from the dead into heaven .A long speach but I wanted to clarify what i believe not what half trained pastors try to portray.