I'm irked!
2007-10-09 18:45:20 · 10 answers · asked by Melty Blood 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Most of it has to do with the translation. Words don't necessarily mean the same thing as they did back in the 1400s when the King James Bible was written. The original texts are Greek, Aramaic, and the old testament ancient hebrew. Newer translations from more recently discovered, older, ancient texts don't use the word "jealous" in English.
Demopublican,
You are right that it does say that, but I'm willing to bet that ALL of the examples you would site are from the Old Testament, the significance of which most Christians view as historical, not instructional.
2007-10-09 18:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by David M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God has created, is running, and will destroy the Universe. God is the Origin and Destination of the Universe. God was, is, will be everywhere, God was never Created and will never die / be destroyed. God is beyond Life and Death. All religions of world teach human way to get close to God. You give your Best, God will give thy Best. Ask God for help and forgive, God will help and forgive you. Pray; Worship and Thank God for everything. Remember wherever there is Happiness in Life, there will be Sorrow. To get Happiness, you must master Sorrow. For Success in Life; Believe in Self and God, Learn from Past, Concentrate in Present, Plan for Future. Have control on, be the master of, not the slave of your body, senses, and mind. Purpose of this Life is to Gain and Share utmost Knowledge and Experience to differentiate and choose Right, Good, God against Wrong, Bad, Devil. Set your Desire level perfect or OK to be brave, no low to be coward, no high to be cruel. You have rights of Survival, Self Defence, and Freedom.
2007-10-11 01:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ravi Lohia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is certainly perfect!! However, when he said he is a "jealous" God he didn't mean it in the sense that we think of today. He is simply saying that he will not tolerate his creations worshipping any other false gods, objects or idols. He exacts exclusive devotion because his is worthy, being that he is the Creator of this world and all those in it. He has the right to exact nothing less than faithfulness to Himself.
2007-10-09 19:03:38 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who ever said that the Abrahamic God was logical?
David:
You are right.Words of the ancient tongues often do have different meanings then their English translations.However, the Bible is full of stories about how God demands faith and commands obedience and despises failure to do either.
2007-10-09 18:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We get this quite a bit here. Like jealousy is a sin in itself. It isn't. Somewhere someone came up with the idea that jealousy is a sin. I don't know where but it isn't true. And I also wonder if the people who think it is a sin have ever kissed a girl before, or ever had sex in their entire life. Or had a girlfriend, or even liked someone. Hell, if they ever lived outside in the real world.
2007-10-09 18:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, I try to avoid "cut and paste" answers...but in this case, the following was a very good explanation so I departed from my general approach to answers:
Question: "Why is God a jealous God?"
Answer: 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.
Perhaps a practical example will help us to understand the difference. If a husband sees another man flirting with his wife, he is right to be jealous, for only he has the right to flirt with his wife. This type of jealousy is not sinful. Rather, it is entirely appropriate. Being jealous for something that belongs to you is good and appropriate. Jealousy is a sin when it is a desire for something that does not belong to you. Worship, praise, honor, and adoration belong to God alone, for only He is truly worthy of it. Therefore, God is rightly jealous when worship, praise, honor, or adoration is given to idols. This is precisely the jealousy the Apostle Paul described in 2 Corinthians 11:2, "I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy..."
Hope this helps with de-irking. Or is it un-irking?
Yaks(pbuh)
2007-10-09 19:09:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Jealous" in the sense that He rightfully wont tolerate His creatures putting "strange gods" (i.e. false gods) before Him.
It is not "jealous" in the modern context.
2007-10-09 18:57:28 · answer #7 · answered by Cruz C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which part of G O D did you not understand?
His universe, His rules, little man.
2007-10-09 19:41:14 · answer #8 · answered by babbie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They used to say that in Cathechism
2007-10-09 18:50:15 · answer #9 · answered by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's perfectly jealous.
2007-10-09 18:49:08 · answer #10 · answered by Pisces 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋