Since god says he is the same today/yesterday and forever how is it?

Question

He repents of flooding the world of thinking to kill all the children of Israel in the desert except Moses and then gets talked out of it

Then claims in Isaiah that he is responible for everything evil included and so on

Changes the "sin"list of things that offend him etc

Today eating shell fish is bad - tommorow ah go ahead as long as you believe it'sok it is ????

God in the old testament went through a massive personality overhaul - How can this god claim to be changeles?

Repent means to turn around to change - God the changelss changed his mind and a few other things as well -

God of all the characters in the bible seems to be the most changable entity written aout

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Yes yes I know but since I walked into it of my own free will I have no right to complain at all - But thanks for the warning

Answer 1

prepare yourself to be overloaded with metaphysicaly greased gibberish.

Answer 2

1) Doesn't say God "repented." The KJV says "it repented the Lord." The Hebrew is better translated (and is in other versions) as "it grieved the Lord." God can do a thing but not be happy about it. Do you have kids? You know what I mean then.

2) Isaiah's statement is a claim to God's sovereignty. He is in control of everything. Sometimes He directly does things that you would consider calamity from your perspective; often He just lets evil do what it is determined to do in a particular way that inadvertently falls into His greater plan. The crucifixion is the penultimate example of that.

3) Things like shellfish, mixing fabrics, and animal sacrifices served various purposes which are either fulfilled through the Messiah or are unnecessary in light of His kingdom. There were health issues, symbolic issues, and moral issues that were in play in the Old Testament laws. The most obvious example to use is the abrogation of the sacrificial system. Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice -- the spotless lamb of the Passover -- thus making a continuation of the sacrificial system not only moot but a denial of the whole point and purpose of the incarnation. It's no wonder the Temple was destroyed shortly after Jesus' death (as He predicted).

Answer 3

Apparently, you've either done some studying or some extensive listening about the works of God.

No one can tell you why he does what he does or why he says what he says. No one can tell you why he changes his mind, and no one can understand his rationale for things that seem inane to you.

However, consider that if anyone could actually answer your questions, or if you could so logically - and accurately - disparage everything so easily, then we wouldn't really be talking about "God", would we? Indeed, it is that which you neither see nor understand that forms the basis of your faith. Choose to believe what you will. But what will you do when, at the end of your life, you realize that your limited beliefs have ALL been wrong and that your life has been in vain?

You choose to be skeptical. We choose to believe - and as logical and educated as we are, we nevertheless prefer to keep our 'intelligence' subservient to a 'higher' theory - that there is more to this world than the things we can see or 'reason out'.

Answer 4

Look at it this way. God showed mercy, but God wanted sin done away with and God always wants sin done away with. The God of the Old Testament had to send Jesus the God of the New Testament to take away the sins of the world, because as it was in the Old Testament the blood of animals only covered sin; it didn't take sin away. The Old Testament was told what to do and couldn't live by the Laws so God sent Jesus. Only a sinless man could take away the sinning first Adam's sin. The first son of God sinned. The second Son of God was sinless. Satan couldn't touch Jesus and Jesus went to the cross and triumphed, victoriously over Satan.

Did you notice that only those who feared God and held God in reverence could get God to change anything? God's sovereignty over sin is sin must be punished. If God lightens the punishment be very thankful, because His nature is to punish sin because sin is direct disobedience to Him.

Answer 5

That's what happens when you pass a book to a new writer & ask him to write a sequel without knowing the characters from the original story.

It's like the way the character of Dumbledore changes from the first Harry Potter films to the more recent ones. That change, however; was made because of the actor passing away. Perhaps the changes in the bible were made because they saw that the old god was "dead" to the people so they needed to give god a new image for the times?!

Answer 6

Because the writers of the Bible did not really know the real God. They only wrote about the God who they think was necessary for their society at the time.

In the old testament times, people did not have much laws and discipline, so they wrote about a mighty, punishing God so that people would abide by the laws.
In the new testament times, practically everyone was sinning already, and they were needing a new hope that they could make amends. That's why the gospel writers wrote about the good, forgiving God.

But the truth is, no matter how you perceive God, it all boils down to how much good you have done to yourself and to the society, and how you have integrated your body and soul and maintained peace of mind.

Hope this helped rather than confused.

Answer 7

The concept of God develops throughout the written record. The YWH of the ancient Israelites reflects the barbarism of illiterate desert nomads. By the time Paul and others wrote the books of the New Testament, perceptions of God were very different.

Early Christianity absorbed a lot of Persian Zoroastrianism. This includes the idea of absolute good and absolute evil, which gives Christianity its diametrically opposed God and Satan. The story of Jesus raised to a high place and tempted with the offer of all the kingdoms of the world is right out of the Zoroastrian scriptures, the Avestas, almost word for word. I think the story of the Buddha, too, includes the Great Temptation.

Next to "apostle" Paul, the most influential architect of Christianity is St. Augustine of Hippo. Before he was a Christian he was in the Manichean heretical branch of Zoroastrianism, and gave Christianity their black-and-white way of thinking in extremes with no shades of gray which comes out today in the theology of the Protestant fundamentalists.

Paul, however, had more to do with the development of Christianity than anyone else. Unlike the simple fishermen and artisans of Galilee, Paul was an educated and sophisticated world traveler. And he was well schooled in Greek thought and language. His view of the nature of God and of all divine things reflects Plato.

So the perception of God in the scriptural record naturally changes greatly. The early records reflect the life of illiterate desert nomads who sit around the campfire in the evening talking. But after Paul took control of Christianity, God reflects the sophistication of highly educated thinkers from the most advanced culture of its time, Athens, where Plato had his academy, the world's first university.

Answer 8

Wrong understanding of the immutable nature of God.The justness and character will never change.How God deals with humanity is predicated upon our own actions.That is self-evident studying the covenants,alone.Once you complete grade school,you will learn how to critically analyze a subject,and find flaws only where they exist.At least we can hope you do.

Answer 9

God was neglected as a child, this is why he has these outbursts.

Answer 10

happy with YOUR interpretation ? that's nice -- God Bless !!!