Christians, can you explain this passage to me. Why does it say there are other gods?

Question

Exodus 12:12

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" For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD."

Answer 1

~At that time the Egyptians believed there were many gods. Perhaps it is alluring to this fact, and means that the other gods are fake gods.

Many people do believe to this day that The Christian god Yaweh is one of many existing gods: if this is the case than the passage means he does not want his people to follow any of the other gods, and to follow only him.

Answer 2

Because Egyptians believed in many gods, Also - a God was a figurehead, devine or not. an Idol, so to speak, such as a king (or, in our time, a celebrity that someone worships would also be considered a God.) 'Against all the Gods of Egypt...' means, that it didn't matter their social status, he would treat everyone the same.

Same as in the ten commandments, "Thou shalt hold no other Gods before Me". Worship should go only to the Lord of Abraham. the Christian God. ;) Get it? :)

Some believe, the writing of the Christian Bible, when King James re-wrote it, it was in an attempt to extinguish Pagan beliefs, pagans believe in a dual god, the God and Goddess. by wording it as 'GodS', it helped to distinguish that it was an individual god, not a dual entity. ;)


Hope that helps!!!

Answer 3

The Jews were polytheistic until about the 6th century BCE when they were rescued by the Persians from the Babylonian captivity. They were greatly influenced by the Persian religion which was monotheistic.
Prior to that they worshiped other gods and goddesses Yahweh
(god the father) had a wife called Asherah and a father called El
Archeology in Israel often discovers inscription attesting to this

Answer 4

He is referring to the idols that people worshiped in Egypt. He says in the First Commandment (Exodus 2) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
3 you shall have no other gods before me.

4 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.

5 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 the fourth generation of those who reject me

God means that he wants you to be loyal to him and not fall under the pressures of worldly possessions which with much care will become idols.

Answer 5

This g_d was the lowest g_d - he was considered a demiurge. A selfish entity who only recognized itself. Read the Pistas Sophia documents. They are gnostic in nature but it defines this g_d of the Jews, and the view of it.

Even brother Abraham believed in more than one g_d, but he paid homage to this one in particular and had a covenant with it.. But as it was a jealous of every other god and goddesses they had to eliminate the others. Note certain passages in the bible such as:Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)

To much love going on here.............

Answer 6

GOD said that satan was the god of this Earth at this time.

Jesus called Human Beings "gods".

Now, the key to understanding this is "What does the word (god) Mean?"

Will Not Leave you hanging---god means "Able to Choose What Words you want to Speak".

The word "god" does not mean The Creator.
The Creator IS a God too!

Wow.
Kinda' messed up your Thinking huh?

See, Angels are Servants and were not given the Authority to Choose their Own Words to Speak.
satan did this thing and got kicked outta' The Kingdom of GOD and off of Planet Heaven Too!
Hope this Helps.

Answer 7

This is a question for a Jewish person, not a Christian. 8^)

Early-on in the Jewish tradition, Jews didn't believe there was only one God. They believed there were many Gods, but OUR God was the only one to follow. This is evident in many places in Genesis, the oldest book in the Bible and one of the oldest books that even exists, including the Ten Commandments where God tells the Hebrews 'Thou shall have no gods before me'!

This is called 'monolatry', rather than 'monotheism'.

Answer 8

The Hebrew word for god is a general title. It can applied to dieties or earthly rulers. The English translation of the Hebrew Old testament looses some of its flavor. When studing theBible its is always good to have a Lexicon.

Answer 9

Good point, here is another example in the bible of more than one God(or other gods):
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Answer 10

The Egyptians like the people of this modern day had many "gods" they worshiped.

Today we have money gods, fashion gods, sports gods, academic gods, science gods, sex gods, entertainment gods and so on etc etc etc.

Name it and there is probably some one that worships it.