2007-05-06 18:50:10 · 11 answers · asked by lnfrared Loaf 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because he never got any. No wife, no girlfreind, no mistress. Even Mary was knocked up by an angel.
2007-05-06 18:55:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The term jealousy used in the context of God being jealous is not the same jealousy associated with man in the sinful context. The word jealousy used in context with God means an intense desire to be honored as a in a marriage relationship. God expects His people to be faithful to him as a wife is faithful to her husband. The jealousy that man has comes from the root of feeling a need is not met, so you express that lack of a need in the form of bitterness and anger towards someone who does have what you want.
2007-05-07 03:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is important here to understand how the word jealous is used. How it used in Exodus 20:5 to describe God is different from how it is used to describe the sin of jealousy (Galatians 5:20). When we use the word jealous, we use it in the sense of being envious of someone who has something we don't have. A person might be jealous or envious of another person because he or she has a nice car or home (possessions). Or a person might be jealous or envious of another person because of some ability or skill that other person has (such as athletic ability). Another example would be that one person might be jealous or envious of another because of his or her beauty.
When we look at this verse, we find that it is not that God is jealous or envious because someone has something He wants that He does not possess. Exodus 20:4-5 says, "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God..." Notice that in this verse God is talking about being jealous if someone gives something that belongs to Him to another.
In these verses, God is speaking of people making idols and bowing down and worshiping those idols instead of giving God the worship that belongs to Him alone. God is possessive of the worship and service that belong to Him. It is a sin (as God points out in this commandment) to worship or serve anything other than Him. So, in summary, it is a sin when we desire, or we are envious, or we are jealous of someone because he has something that we do not have. It is a different use of the word jealous when God says He is jealous. What He is jealous for belongs to Him; worship and service belong to Him alone, and are to be given to Him alone.
2007-05-07 08:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the bible tends to use the relationship of husband and wife as a metaphor for the relationship between G-d and israel. when your spouse abandons his or her vows and cheats on you, you become jealous, angry, and hurt. when israel abandons their covenant vows with G-d and figuratively cheat on G-d by worshipping other gods (which happens countless times throughout the course of the bible), the bible says that G-d feels the exact same way. jealous, angry, and hurt.
this metaphor is used countless times and probably the most memorable one is in the book of jeremiah, in which G-d is described as literally divorcing israel because of the terrible things they have done, but pleads for them to change their ways and return to him.
its actually quite pretty.
2007-05-07 02:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
God didn't say that. Humans did. Why would an awesome, amazing powerful being such as God, have the need to be jealous of anything. That is some human emotion that humans have put off on God. God has no reason to be jealous of anything. God is God afterall, duh!
2007-05-07 01:59:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Simple, he was a jealous god. Why do you seek a deeper meaning?
2007-05-07 01:57:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The judeo christian god? Well, because he is the head of the congregation of gods, and he doesn't want those gods under him to take his position, since they are capable of doing such. (Psalm 82:1)
2007-05-07 02:08:00 · answer #7 · answered by element_115x 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HE said so because HE didn't want his people worshipping false idols as gods. HE said so because his foolish children were sure to make a mistake if HE was a bit relaxed
2007-05-07 01:57:54 · answer #8 · answered by Heather B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kudos, Jewish Girl! Great answer.
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2007-05-07 10:16:30 · answer #9 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To explain to the ppl that they were not to have any other idols!
2007-05-07 02:01:00 · answer #10 · answered by Sassafrass 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋