RE: [SPAM]Re: God's evolving humor

Hi Debbie, you wrote:
 
The whole Old Testament cannot be discounted. It is one thing to say
that it is figurative not literal, it is another to say that the
figurative cannot be true because then God would be mean and we know him
to be nice.
 
As members on this list will testify, I have argued frequently that it
is literal not figurative.
 
Maybe the question is, 'Why does God change his limits?' or 'What
establishes God's limits on Man?'
 
Perhaps you are referring to the Old Covenant with Israel vs. the New
Covenant beginning with Christ and intended for all mankind. There was
a change in attitude from "thou shalt not" this and that to a more
positive message of "do onto others." Under the Old Covenant the blood
was shed from unblemished animals on the altar as a covering for sin.
The New Covenant brought the sacrifice of Christ on the cross as
propitiation of our sins. But the children of Israel were told that a
new covenant was in the works. They knew a change was coming.
 
Or maybe, since we discovered the secrets that could have blown us up,
and we chose not to do so, doors will continue to open and knowledge to
expand.
 
We can still blow each other up. Maybe we just haven't done it yet?
 
My question is still unstated, though I've sat here deliberating about
it for a while.
 
Then I'll leave my answer unstated too.
 
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Wed Mar 29 00:56:21 2006