(September 28, 2012 at 9:56 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(September 28, 2012 at 9:50 pm)Godschild Wrote: Once the Israelites realized that Molech, Baal and the other gods they were following could not get them out of the mess they made for themselves, they would have to turn and face the one true God and His punishment that was to come.
It doesn't say that in these two verses.
It says that God used child sacrifice to horrify and defile the Israelites. It's very specific about the fact that the sacrificing of the children is what was specifically suppose to make the Israelites fear and honor God. If God was just letting them sacrifice to other gods, then that makes no sense with God's stated purpose in mind.
What I stated deals expressly with those verses, the mess I mentioned above, well that would be the child sacrifices they made and their knowledge that God did not give them that command, they would remember God and be horrified at what they had done.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
