The reason why the God of Moses will never become a man of flesh and blood
There are certain things the God of Moses (blessed be He) has decided never to do: One of then is to never be
evil (“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity,
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just and right is He”- Deuteronomy 32:4), and another one is to never allow His people to embrace the moral
corruption of associating Him with the image of any man. As is written:
“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord
spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: LEST YE CORRUPT YOURSELVES, AND MAKE
YOU A GRAVEN IMAGE, THE SIMILITUDE OF ANY FIGURE, THE LIKENESS OF MALE or female"-
(Deuteronomy 4:15-16, KJV).
And the latter might be the reason why Scripture goes on to say: “GOD IS NO MAN...” (Numbers 23:19,
KJV). And elsewhere says: “... THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIE NOR REPENT: FOR HE IS
NOT A MAN...” (1 Samuel 15:29, KJV). And even Jesus of Nazareth is quoted saying: “GOD IS SPIRIT ...”
(John 4:24, KJV).
But why is so morally wrong to claim God is a man? Simply because no man is free from sin (that is, free
from moral corruption); as is written: “FOR THERE IS NOT A JUST MAN UPON EARTH, THAT DOETH
GOOD, AND SINNETH NOT” (Ecclesiastes 7:20, KJV); And also says, “YET THE CHILDREN OF MEN
ARE VANITY, THE CHIEF MEN ARE LIARS: to lay them upon a balance THEY ARE ALTOGETHER
LIGHTER THAN VANITY” (Psalm 62:9, 1599 Geneva Bible).
Thus, claiming God is a man, is a subtle way of blaspheming the Creator; implying that, just as it happens
with every man, He too is a morally corrupted being (a vain liar!).
The God of Abraham doesn’t play, “Hide and seek”
The God of the Hebrews isn’t a tyrant, nor is He a religious dictator who plays with His people a cruel game
of “hide and seek”. All He demands from those who seek Him is that they do the goodness entailed in His 10
commandments, so they can earn the right to reap a good harvest; a plentiful reward for “the good seed” they
have planted for His glory.
As is written: «This commandment that I’m giving you right now is definitely not too difficult for you. It
isn’t unreachable. It isn’t up in heaven somewhere so that you have to ask, “Who will go up for us to heaven
and get it for us that we can hear it and do it?”
Nor is it across the ocean somewhere so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the ocean for us and get it for
us that we can hear it and do it?” Not at all! The word is very close to you. It’s in your mouth and in your
heart, waiting for you to do it. Look here! Today I’ve set before you life and what’s good versus death and
what’s wrong.
If you obey the Lord your God’s commandments that I’m commanding you right now by loving the Lord
your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments, his regulations, and his case laws,
then you will live and thrive, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and so are misled, worshiping other gods and serving
them, I’m telling you right now that you will definitely die. You will not prolong your life on the fertile land
that you are crossing the Jordan River to enter and possess»- Deuteronomy 30:11-18, Common English
Bible.
And the fact that God just wants us to do good, is also attested by the prophet, when he says:
“He has told you, human one, what is good and what the Lord requires from you: to do justice, embrace
faithful love, and walk humbly with your God”- Micah 6:8.
In fact, even Jesus of Nazareth is quoted bearing witness of this Divine truth, when he goes on to say:
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who harass you, so that you will be acting as children
of your Father who is in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both the evil and the good, and sends rain on both
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the righteous and the unrighteous… Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people
to treat you; [for] this is the Law, and the Prophets”- Matthew 5:44-45, & 7:12
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