Julius Fire and brimstone
Fire and Brimstone
By Julius
As seen from the Torah, G-d created everything within this vast universe, everything to include the angels; he can also destroy everything he created. So why then would he create an angel who has no free will that would try to take over?So if Satan was planning to take over, G-d would know it before Satan even thought of it, that is if Satan had free thought?This thought of G-d being Omniscient goes hand in hand with G-d being is Omnipresent;G-d is in all places at all times. He fills the universe and exceeds its scope. He is always near for us to call upon in need, and He sees all that we do. Closely tied in with this idea is the fact that G-d is universal. He is not just the G-d of the Jews; He is the G-d of all nations. What I call Fire and brimstone preachers use the idea of burning in hell forever like parents use the boogey man to frighten children into good behavior. Jewish thought of fear of G-d is different from the fire and brimstone preachers. Fear of G-d means that we understand that G-d runs the world and therefore all of my actions are judged based on who I am and what my potential is.My personal thoughts on this, is that G-d loves all his creation, and that G-d is a fair, and merciful G-d.G-d's warningYechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 1820 The soul that sins, it shall die; a son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father shall not bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.G-d loves his creation, and teaches us how to ask for forgiveness, and G-d knows his creation is not perfect for no man is without sin.Melachim I - I Kings - Chapter 846 If they sin against You, for (there is) no man who does not sin, and You will be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, and their captors will carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far or near.G-d will judge us, and then give us a chance to ask for forgiveness, and if we as imperfect humans can show our love for G-d, then G-d will forgive us.I will continue with Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 18 21 And if the wicked man repent of all his sins that he has committed and keeps all My laws and executes justice and righteousness, he shall surely live, he shall not die.22 All his transgressions that he has committed shall not be remembered regarding him: through his righteousness that he has done he shall live.23 Do I desire the death of the wicked? says the Lord God. Is it not rather in his repenting of his ways that he may live?24 And when the righteous repents of his righteousness and does wrong and does like all the abominations that the wicked man did, shall he live? All his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered; in his treachery that he has perpetrated and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
As seen from the Torah, G-d created everything within this vast universe, everything to include the angels; he can also destroy everything he created. So why then would he create an angel who has no free will that would try to take over?
So if Satan was planning to take over, G-d would know it before Satan even thought of it, that is if Satan had free thought?
This thought of G-d being Omniscient goes hand in hand with G-d being is Omnipresent;
G-d is in all places at all times. He fills the universe and exceeds its scope. He is always near for us to call upon in need, and He sees all that we do. Closely tied in with this idea is the fact that G-d is universal. He is not just the G-d of the Jews; He is the G-d of all nations.
What I call Fire and brimstone preachers use the idea of burning in hell forever like parents use the boogey man to frighten children into good behavior.
Jewish thought of fear of G-d is different from the fire and brimstone preachers. Fear of G-d means that we understand that G-d runs the world and therefore all of my actions are judged based on who I am and what my potential is.
My personal thoughts on this, is that G-d loves all his creation, and that G-d is a fair, and merciful G-d.
G-d's warning
Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 18
20 The soul that sins, it shall die; a son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father shall not bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
G-d loves his creation, and teaches us how to ask for forgiveness, and G-d knows his creation is not perfect for no man is without sin.
Melachim I - I Kings - Chapter 8
46 If they sin against You, for (there is) no man who does not sin, and You will be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, and their captors will carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far or near.
G-d will judge us, and then give us a chance to ask for forgiveness, and if we as imperfect humans can show our love for G-d, then G-d will forgive us.
I will continue with Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 18
21 And if the wicked man repent of all his sins that he has committed and keeps all My laws and executes justice and righteousness, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he has committed shall not be remembered regarding him: through his righteousness that he has done he shall live.
23 Do I desire the death of the wicked? says the Lord God. Is it not rather in his repenting of his ways that he may live?
24 And when the righteous repents of his righteousness and does wrong and does like all the abominations that the wicked man did, shall he live? All his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered; in his treachery that he has perpetrated and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
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Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) for Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit and to all the Israeli people.
I am born in Holland and became on a later age a Ba’al Teshuva: Originally, the term referred to a Jew who transgressed the halacha (Jewish law) knowingly or unknowingly and completed a process of introspection to "return" to the full observance of Elohim's mitzvot. Read my story.
אריאל הנציג שלך,
נציג אפרים ויועץ (לא רב אלא יועץ ידידותי) של בית ישראל הבינלאומי בהר הבית ולכל עם ישראל.
נולדתי בהולנד והפכתי בגיל מאוחר יותר לבעל תשובה: במקור, המונח התייחס ליהודי שעבר על ההלכה ביודעין או שלא ביודעין והשלים תהליך של התבוננות פנימית כדי "לחזור" לקיום המצוות המלא. של מצוות אלוהים. לקרוא
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Ariel your Representee, | אריאל הנציג שלך, נציג אפרים ויועץ (לא רב אלא יועץ ידידותי) של בית ישראל הבינלאומי בהר הבית ולכל עם ישראל. נולדתי בהולנד והפכתי בגיל מאוחר יותר לבעל תשובה: במקור, המונח התייחס ליהודי שעבר על ההלכה ביודעין או שלא ביודעין והשלים תהליך של התבוננות פנימית כדי "לחזור" לקיום המצוות המלא. של מצוות אלוהים. לקרוא |
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