Can we get this clear please. Prove me wrong. There is nothing in Job to marks Satan as a demon in the Old Testament. Judaism is not Christianity. Trying to Christianize the Old Testament skews the meaning of the scriptures. Trying to judge or even understand a lot of God's actions in the OT by Christian standards leads to confusion. The OT Hebrews / Israelites / Jews did not believe in a devil. And they do not believe in a devil to this day. Prove me wrong.
The OT Hebrews / Israelites / Jews were not offered Heaven as a reward. Nor were they threatened with Hell. God nor the prophets talked to anyone about Satan being a devil or about Hell. And again to this day the Jews do not believe in Hell. Prove me wrong.
Mixing Judaism with Christianity only lead to confusion. Trying to judge Judaism by Christian standard only lead to misunderstandings and confusion
There are many divergent views....all claim to believe the bible.
Believing the Bible does not mean you mix Judaism and Christianity to form some morphed religion. Christ warned about mixing them and said it would ruin both.
Reconcile them with the Jesus who claims to be the same yesterday, today and tomorrow!
Jesus is the same but Judaism is not Christianity.
If God were into killing he would have made a swift end to Lucifer at the outset of his rebellion.
First off Lucifer is a Latin word inserted into the Hebrew text and has nothing to do with Satan.
We all know that after Noah's flood, all living things on the earth were destroyed including the Nephilim from
Genesis 6:4. It is presumed that one of the reasons God destroyed the earth was because of this Nephilim, their offspring and also the wickedness of that generation except for eight people in Noah's family and the animals and birds in the Ark. However, in
Numbers 13:33 the Nephilim reappeared and Israel is terrified of them.
What may have looked like to us indiscriminate killing post the flood is attributed to our own lack of knowledge. I once heard Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel many years ago outline a likely reason for the death and total destruction of certain peoples and tribes/groups including their children many years after the flood. Based upon what we know via
Numbers 13:33 it's possible that corrupted genetics (Fallen Angels + Humans = Nephilim) were still active in certain groups of people and in God's wisdom he used the Israelites to destroy those peoples. I trust no matter what the reason it's our lack of knowledge that contributes to our questions on the matter.
This is no mystery....This followed Sodom and Gomorrah, And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth....no mystery.
Wow! God most certainly did NOT give his own life for fallen man. No inconsistency.
And you hit the point, and the reason so many cannot understand God or scriptures.
They did not nail Yahweh to a cross.
Yahweh did not beget Himself.
The Father is greater than I...said Christ.
My Father in Heaven....said Christ.
Only the Father knew when the end would come....Not Christ.
Christ did not have the authority to grant John and James mother's request.
Christ did the will of the Father....not Himself.
Yahweh gave authority to Yeshua....Yeshua gave nothing to the Father.
Yeshua did not pray to Himself in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus utters his agonizing prayer, “
Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.”
Yahweh is the Father and Yeshua is the son....and then you have the God that was not given a name....Holy Spirit, is a description.
You guys will never understand God or the scriptures until you get rid of the One God formula for the Trinity.
And why were the Israelite fighting the Pagans in the OT and then invite them into Christianity in the NT? Two different answers.
When I give you a land, you will kill all that breaths and don't forget the little ones. You will kill all the women that were not virgins and keep the virgins for yourself....This is part of the Mosaic Law. Paraphrasing here.
Now why is God giving them land and committing them to war? This takes up a good part of the Torah and then you have Joshua and Judges. Why is God not speaking against Polygamy or concubinage? Why did God regulate polygamy and concubinage through the Mosaic Law? The answer to these question is the same answer. The thing that is funny is that most of those that want to mix Judaism with Christianity, do not even know the Mosaic Law.
You guys do what you want but if you mix Judaism with Christianity and believe the one God formula for the Trinity, you will spend the rest of your lives chasing your tail in an effort to understand God and the Bible. Guaranteed!