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WeedleTLiar on scored.co
9 months ago0 points(+0/-0)2 children
Absolutely. I read the Bible from cover to cover when I was a teenager and, although I'm no authority, it's incredible how people will try cherrypick quotes without understanding the big picture.
As for the "chosen people" thing, I think Milton outlined it pretty well. Lucifer was God's greatest creation, indisputibly the highest angel. But he became prideful, turned against God, and became the lowest. The same could be said of the Jews who, countless times throughout the Bible, reject God and His laws. They became enamored with their own status and forgot that God is above all.
God's mercy is such that, rather than destroy them entirely, those who repented could be saved through Christ, not unlike Soddom and Gomorah. Those were the first Christians; still the descendents of Joseph but, more importantly than that, they accepted God into their hearts.
As for the "chosen people" thing, I think Milton outlined it pretty well. Lucifer was God's greatest creation, indisputibly the highest angel. But he became prideful, turned against God, and became the lowest. The same could be said of the Jews who, countless times throughout the Bible, reject God and His laws. They became enamored with their own status and forgot that God is above all.
God's mercy is such that, rather than destroy them entirely, those who repented could be saved through Christ, not unlike Soddom and Gomorah. Those were the first Christians; still the descendents of Joseph but, more importantly than that, they accepted God into their hearts.
Satan and the Fall exist in scripture but Milton explores the concept more thoroughly.
I must have missed that part of the Bible
It's not uncommon to read things in the Bible that we wish was there but isn't.