(February 28, 2019 at 10:09 am)Jehanne Wrote:(February 27, 2019 at 3:03 am)Godscreated Wrote: News about a person could easily spread over a distance, but without the many believing what they heard. Israel and Syria put together are still quite small, they are not near the size of my state. That verse is referring to the ones who actually believed. Jesus told the priest and the people that they had seen the miracles and still did not believe. They did not believe the miracles were real nor did they believe He was the Son of God. They had preconceived notions about who and what the Son of God should be like and how He should act, they failed to understand the words given to them by God.
GC
Maybe they did not believe him because they recognized his "miracles" to be a sham, a dime-a-dozen so-called "miracle workers" in 1st century Palestine?
Quite possibly.
Jewish tradition has a long history of prophets performing miracles. I suspect Jesus' miracles may have been underwhelming when compared with Moses, or even father Abraham, to whom god spoke directly , and who sent an angel to stop Abraham killing Isaac .
Is it just me, or does anyone else see just how terrified of his god Abraham must have been to be ready to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac.?
YHWH was an arsehole; the Torah is full of bits such as people fearing god, and of him saying "---for I am a jealous god" (Exodus 20:5)
"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
Not only do I think this is literal, I think it also shows Judaism was not a monotheistic religion at that time. E
