In the previous post I argued that polytheism is a bad career path because the “gods” of polytheism are blurry mirrors of our flawed natures. I argued that according to the Bible, these gods are created, rebellious servants of the one God. That this God is a god in his own image, not ours, and stands in sharp contrast to our natures.
So let’s look at the nature of God. A good place to begin is to look at what God says about himself. We read in Exodus 34:6-7 that God told Moses who he was.
Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: Ha-Shem—Ha-Shem is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth, maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation. Exodus 34:6-7
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