Why would Yahweh God change his plans for salvation which he gave to ancient Israelites then 3,000 years later?
Why would Yahweh God change his plans for salvation which he gave to ancient Israelites then 3,000 years later change the concept and tell people to worship his Messiah as God if Yahweh doesn't change according to Malachi 3:6?
2009-01-28T12:06:22Z
Rod of the Lord- atleast your being honest. Have you ever thought about that? I think about this everyday. Malachi 3:6 states Yahweh never changes so why would he 3,000 years later begin to tell people to worship his Messiah. It seems to me that Christians have changed the original plans for salvation not Yahweh God.
2009-01-28T12:15:54Z
Joe B, Stop telling me to read the Bible I read the Bible and I know that the Israelites broke the covenant. But just beause the Israelites broke the covenant that doesn't mean humans are supposed to worship the Messiah.
MorningStar2009-01-29T10:21:40Z
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God didn't change his plans. If God changed his plans then his word would not be dependable. But God's word is dependable. You can have 100% confidence he will do as he has spoken: "Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being - he does not change his mind." (1 Samuel 15:29). Christians however, would like to believe otherwise. According to Christianity, the Israelites lost the right to be God's chosen people, but that is nonsense. The Israelites belong to God forever. Consider what is said in the book of Jeremiah: "If one day the sky could be measured and the foundations of the earth explored only then would he reject the people of Israel because of all they have done. The Lord has spoken." (Jeremiah 31:37).
I'll give you a Sirius answer. The convenant with Abraham was a convenant for land, not salvation from torment in the afterlife. There is no evidence that pre-Babylonian Judaism (the faith of the Sadduccees) believed in an after-life. Christianity arose from an apocalyptic strain of post-exilic Judaism contaminated with Persian Zoroastrianism, i.e. Phariseeism, which included the notions of war between heaven and hell, afterlives of punishment or reward, etc. Christianity is not in any wise related to Pre-exilic Judaism, despite Justin Martyr's many exegetical contortions.
God didnt change His plans at all. God made a Covenant( a contract) with the Mosaic Israelites. The Israelites broke the Covenant, not God. Read the Bible.
Maybe if you actually read the Bible...It is clear from the Pentateuch that though man did not follow through on his part of the deal God was still going to accomplish His end, Genesis 3:15.
That is a change of plan. Am I right ? Why go to the very end of the Bible ? (Probably because you saw the weakness of admitting the change happened right away !!)
6 “I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
His intention to bless His People did not change !! He is now doing it a different way. Through you all nations will be blessed -- Exactly what He intended with the creation of Adam and Eve.
Just stick with the narrative itself. The Pentateuch as Narrative by John Sailhamer
Jesus Christ was part of God`s plan all along.Christ was mentioned from Genesis all the way through.Even Abraham said "God will provide himself a lamb" Jacob said "until Shiloh come".God didn`t change.When it was time for Christ`s birth,it happened.Just like it had been prophecied from the beginning.The Apostles writings show that God used the temple in the wilderness as a representation of things to come.Even the serpent on the pole represented Christ.Many years before Christ was born.