"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments."
At the time the Israelites were slaves to the Egyptian rulers there were civilizations/people in what is now China, India and Greece. Likely, there were also people in the Americas. But God specifically notes that He is speaking to the people He brought out of Egypt. So is He only speaking to the Israelites and their descendents?
2007-09-04 04:27:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
2007-09-04 04:31:44 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a place for in -depth scholarship, but there are many that are not helped by it. It can in fact be a serious hindrance for we are trying to understand language as it WAS thousands of years ago - there is much scope for error. But the Holy Spirit is available to the humble Christian who truly wants the Truth. One day the Holy Spirit acted like a sudden flash of light in my mind/spirit to let me 'see' that Jesus was indeed God but restricted and limited in a man's body, hence he came for a time as a Son, inferior to his Father - but, now Jesus is glorified! Fully grown up! in heaven - and ALL Power and authority is given to him! Why? Now, Jehovah God is NOT going to hand all the spiritual keys to another! This makes NO SENSE by logic, at all! Therefore Jesus is Divine and part of the plurality of the complex Godhead. We cannot simplify God to suit our restricted human reasoning.
2016-05-21 01:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The 10 commandments are intended only for the Jews (israelites).
2007-09-04 04:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats a good question! I'm gonna go with yes.And if you look at the New Testament, there are alot of letters to other individual people,too.They were meant for those people only.
2007-09-04 04:36:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At that point in time yes, but it also applies to everyone who has been a slave to sin which Egypt symbolizes.....
this is in reference to the application and obedience of the ten commandments...
2007-09-04 04:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, of course. This religion and all of its rules don't apply to most of us. The Yahweh god is not interested other people. I don't know why so many can't get this through their heads.
2007-09-04 04:33:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
But none of that applies to us? Of course it does. They are timeless words, just like the rest of the bible.
God's word transcends all time.
2007-09-04 04:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by K in Him 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes...but his rules apply to everyone.....we all have our "egypts" to come out of
2007-09-04 04:38:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋