People seem to get history so confused. I am constantly running into people who try
to say that the God of the bible, Yahweh, was merely an idea borrowed from
other cultures and incorporated into a new religion that man invented. Then they go on to say that Christianity was
just a religion that branched away from Judaism. They argue the stories of the bible were
taken from other cultures and religions as well. I think they have their history wrong.
Why would their history be wrong? The main reason being is that they first do not believe in Yahweh. They see Him as just another in the long line of man-made religions throughout time. The other thing that makes them wrong is that they work their history backwards. They start in the now and work back. History starts at the beginning and works forward. Since they do not go back far enough to get to the beginning, they cannot draw the proper conclusions about what started when.
In the Beginning, Yahweh create the heavens and the earth. He created man in His own image. The relationship between God and Adam & Eve is what I refer to as original faith. There was an open relationship between Yahweh and His creation. Then, sin entered the picture and that relationship was broken. Over time, mankind grew away from Yahweh, forgot Him, and created their own religions, their own gods. From Adam to Noah, all of mankind except Noah and his sons did not even care to know Yahweh, so, He started over with Noah and his boys, back to original faith.
Again, as time went by and man multiplied in the earth, they forgot Yahweh. They did retain some of the stories and adapted them into their own man-made beliefs. It is one reason why almost every religion has a flood story. They borrowed it from the reality. But, they did not care to keep Yahweh in their hearts. One day though, Yahweh chose a man out of them, Abram. Yahweh made a promise to Abram, and Abram believed it. Yahweh had chosen a people for himself for original faith.
As Abrams descendent grew and multiplied, they retained a religion, but forgot the creator. So, when the creator sent His son Jesus into the world, they did not recognize Him. Some would argue that this was when Christianity started. Not really. This was one again going back to original faith. Yahweh was repairing the relationship that he had lost with Adam, through His son Jesus. This was merely a continuation of original faith.
Since then, then apostles went throughout the world, telling all of how through Jesus, the son of the living I Am, original faith has been restored; that through Jesus’ death and resurrection, the relationship has been repaired for all who would believe on him who Yahweh sent. Since that time, Man has screwed it up again. Christianity today is nothing like what it was meant to be. We have once again forgotten the creator and made a religion. If history is to be believed, Yahweh will once again move to re-institute original faith universally. Those who have believed on Jesus have had that original faith restored and will be with Yahweh as He renews all.
Yahweh has not changed over time. We have. Yahweh was not made up from other religions, other religions were made up by man as they forgot the original faith. The day is coming soon when those who have held the original faith will be restored and rewarded; and original faith will be the only faith.
Why would their history be wrong? The main reason being is that they first do not believe in Yahweh. They see Him as just another in the long line of man-made religions throughout time. The other thing that makes them wrong is that they work their history backwards. They start in the now and work back. History starts at the beginning and works forward. Since they do not go back far enough to get to the beginning, they cannot draw the proper conclusions about what started when.
In the Beginning, Yahweh create the heavens and the earth. He created man in His own image. The relationship between God and Adam & Eve is what I refer to as original faith. There was an open relationship between Yahweh and His creation. Then, sin entered the picture and that relationship was broken. Over time, mankind grew away from Yahweh, forgot Him, and created their own religions, their own gods. From Adam to Noah, all of mankind except Noah and his sons did not even care to know Yahweh, so, He started over with Noah and his boys, back to original faith.
Again, as time went by and man multiplied in the earth, they forgot Yahweh. They did retain some of the stories and adapted them into their own man-made beliefs. It is one reason why almost every religion has a flood story. They borrowed it from the reality. But, they did not care to keep Yahweh in their hearts. One day though, Yahweh chose a man out of them, Abram. Yahweh made a promise to Abram, and Abram believed it. Yahweh had chosen a people for himself for original faith.
As Abrams descendent grew and multiplied, they retained a religion, but forgot the creator. So, when the creator sent His son Jesus into the world, they did not recognize Him. Some would argue that this was when Christianity started. Not really. This was one again going back to original faith. Yahweh was repairing the relationship that he had lost with Adam, through His son Jesus. This was merely a continuation of original faith.
Since then, then apostles went throughout the world, telling all of how through Jesus, the son of the living I Am, original faith has been restored; that through Jesus’ death and resurrection, the relationship has been repaired for all who would believe on him who Yahweh sent. Since that time, Man has screwed it up again. Christianity today is nothing like what it was meant to be. We have once again forgotten the creator and made a religion. If history is to be believed, Yahweh will once again move to re-institute original faith universally. Those who have believed on Jesus have had that original faith restored and will be with Yahweh as He renews all.
Yahweh has not changed over time. We have. Yahweh was not made up from other religions, other religions were made up by man as they forgot the original faith. The day is coming soon when those who have held the original faith will be restored and rewarded; and original faith will be the only faith.
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