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原帖由 春来草自青 于 2011-3-24 22:41 发表 
为什么不会是正好倒过来——正因为人有道德判断,才产生了“上帝”这个概念?还要把浑然一体的事物二分成善恶,还要创造理论解释宇宙,人心里有崇敬、有惶恐、有爱的渴望、有了解一切的渴望,这些使人描绘出一个上帝形象。这 ...
(2) 怎么解释上帝在旧约新约里的形象不同?古代的上帝霸道威严,动辄惩罚,就像古代的君主。再看现在教会宣扬的上帝,则是慈爱宽容甚至忍辱负重,
上帝("I am") 是永恒的,没有过去时. He cannot betray His holy nature. 之所以"形象不同"(Acturally I've asked the same question before)是因为旧约时代 上帝 向以色列人显现的主要信息是 "You are My holy people" (holy就是划分出来,与其他不同的意思),"I love you, guide you and promise salvation to you " and "You shall obey My law"这是上帝与以色列人的约定.由于以色列人的unfaithfulness,弃绝上帝,转而向其他民族学习他们的堕落和败坏,而常常受到上帝的审判和惩罚 (In the same way God judges other immoral ethnic group). Meanwhile, the Old Testament reveals God as a mercyful and loving God all the time ( e.g. Isreal people received forgiveness by offering sacrifices; Psalms written by King David's constantly show us what a loving and mercyful God he had been following)
In brief God in the Old Testament is loving and mercyful; He does judge for He is just ( Although we are often haveing difficulties in accepting that God does have the right to judge us and punish us according to our sins.)
新约时代,耶酥来"不是要废弃新约的律法而是要成全它"(Matthew 5, 17). 一方面,他带来了上帝拯救和原谅的好消息;同时他也一直在告诫世人上帝的审判(出现在很多很多地方e.g.Mattew 11,20-24)甚至耶酥基督再来时就是Judgement Day. 和从前一致地,新约reveals一个loving and mercyful God, who does judge. |
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