First, my response to question #20:
The Bible tells us both that God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and that God on occasion has repented of doing some action. There is a way in which absolutism is welcome in the comfort that we gain from be absolutely certain about what God will do. On the other hand, when we violate God's ways, then we are desperate for God to change the consequences. I think that the kind of absolute obedience that Jephthah assumed was required by God in this situation is a human conception that denies the grace of God. That is not to say that everything is relative, but given our previous conversation about the spirit of God (thanks for your comments) I think that we acknowledge the danger and goodness of God realizing that in the end love trumps everything else.
Now for today's question:
Question #21
The second question about the sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter has to do with the obvious connection to the sacrifice of God's only child. How do you understand the death of Jesus? We will look at this more closely during Holy Week, but for now focus on whether you think it was necessary out of an understanding of justice (i.e. compare it to Jephthah's "unbreakable vow").
The Bible tells us both that God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and that God on occasion has repented of doing some action. There is a way in which absolutism is welcome in the comfort that we gain from be absolutely certain about what God will do. On the other hand, when we violate God's ways, then we are desperate for God to change the consequences. I think that the kind of absolute obedience that Jephthah assumed was required by God in this situation is a human conception that denies the grace of God. That is not to say that everything is relative, but given our previous conversation about the spirit of God (thanks for your comments) I think that we acknowledge the danger and goodness of God realizing that in the end love trumps everything else.
Now for today's question:
Question #21
The second question about the sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter has to do with the obvious connection to the sacrifice of God's only child. How do you understand the death of Jesus? We will look at this more closely during Holy Week, but for now focus on whether you think it was necessary out of an understanding of justice (i.e. compare it to Jephthah's "unbreakable vow").
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