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Originally Posted by mfblume
I would not pay much heed to what Judaism today claims as Old Testament truth. In some issues they may be right, but Christ said things about satan that Jews do not believe. They do not believe in a personal devil.
Satan is not mentioned until 1 Chr 21, and some Jews think it is a form of God or some spirit God uses aside from the devil as we are familiar with. The serpent is noted in Genesis 3 and Rev reveals it was satan. Jews would not see it that way though. |
Very interesting. I haven't looked into this before, but I will.
Don't you feel that disunity/contradiction/revision between the Old and the New Testaments should be analyzed carefully?
I think it is puzzling how we embrace certain Jewish dogmas, such as One God, but disband others by a "New Understanding". Before long, when we arrive at a Trailhead that claims Truth, there are countless pathways to choose from.
It just seems to me, the Afterlife shouldn't have been a mystery to God's people before, or now. And, what happens to us when we die should simply be, "It is what it is".
Instead it's guess work. We just don't know, and, our views do contradict what God's People of the past believed about this finality we will all come to. This is not about the Sabbath or the Law or Temple practices, this is about Eternity. It is also bizarre to me that the Eternal Torture of souls has appeared in the Religions of Christianity, and is used to leverage the sinful to repentance and obedience. This is very damaging, allowing leaders to manipulate people with something they can’t prove.
People are weak, confused, and struggle enough with what they can see, let alone with what they can’t. Mike, it comes down to this for me; who will go to Hell and who will go to Heaven? We can see that this issue is not only a hard one; it can rip us in the opposite direction when a loved one or friend dies.
I have yet to go to a funeral where someone went to Hell. This shows, when death is in our face we realize some very important things about people, including things about ourselves and Religion.
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