RE: If I met Him...
January 12, 2021 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2021 at 12:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That's exactly how much of the ot was written, too.
God told me to tell you guys to stop fucking up or king so and so is going to bring you down. -says a prophet
He told you so - says the historian.
Proceeding through the story - there's a level of familiarity with the roll of kings assumed by the narrative of the audience, and the OT is a running list of grievances that one part of a state had with another part, that one part of a culture had with another part - in which each is constantly predicting the others demise at the hands of so and so as divine retribution against gods laws. Laws conceived of as the best laws. Against gods traditions. Traditions conceived of as the best traditions. The failure to uphold the terms of gods covenant are interchangeable with good governance and, to a post diaspora world, explained their current predicament by reference to an idealized past and the failures of their society in general and leaders in particular.
FWIW, we can absolutely believe that some social commentator saw armies on the horizon and knew that the other guy was fucked, and insomuch as the events that one side or another predicted ended up coming to pass that would lend credibility to their pov, including their notions of the cause of the events. Things to be avoided in future.
God told me to tell you guys to stop fucking up or king so and so is going to bring you down. -says a prophet
He told you so - says the historian.
Proceeding through the story - there's a level of familiarity with the roll of kings assumed by the narrative of the audience, and the OT is a running list of grievances that one part of a state had with another part, that one part of a culture had with another part - in which each is constantly predicting the others demise at the hands of so and so as divine retribution against gods laws. Laws conceived of as the best laws. Against gods traditions. Traditions conceived of as the best traditions. The failure to uphold the terms of gods covenant are interchangeable with good governance and, to a post diaspora world, explained their current predicament by reference to an idealized past and the failures of their society in general and leaders in particular.
FWIW, we can absolutely believe that some social commentator saw armies on the horizon and knew that the other guy was fucked, and insomuch as the events that one side or another predicted ended up coming to pass that would lend credibility to their pov, including their notions of the cause of the events. Things to be avoided in future.
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