A clarification I would offer is that Yahweh changed his attitude through the course of the Old Testament, and whatever came before, by the time we get to Isaiah he chastised the Israelites about the sacrifice of animals (let alone human children!):
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD [Yahweh]: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. (Isaiah 1:11)
In fact, the whole chapter is quite key, in that it brings into question the entire idea of "organized religion" as we understand it, ripping on just about every facet of it. Yahweh is very plain-spoken about this and then instructs them thusly:
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isaiah 1:16-17)
Simple indeed, yet oh so few conduct their lives in such a way.
The point here is that whatever sacrifices are being made to Yahweh, then or now, it is without his desire or approval. The sacrifices are to other deities.
I couldn't say, but quite possibly so. You find that there's a lot more two-way "interaction" between Yahweh and the Israelites than you would expect.
One example (from Ezekiel, I think) is when they asked for a king instead of just judges. Then Yahweh sends Ezekiel back to try to talk them out of it but can't. So Yahweh gives in and appoints a king. I mean, is that what you would expect to read in the Bible? Or that anyone would make up?
It was only after I started closely studying the text of the Bible that I had any realization of how deeply ignorant I was of the actual material in it. Then on the flip side, I stumbled across vital points that I had never once heard mentioned.
An example would be Isaiah 1, as mentioned. I still see people claiming the Bible was written by the Elites to control us through organized religion. Well then who in the hell wrote Isaiah 1? And those claims go completely unchallenged, so even Bible fans don't know.
A clarification I would offer is that Yahweh changed his attitude through the course of the Old Testament, and whatever came before, by the time we get to Isaiah he chastised the Israelites about the sacrifice of animals (let alone human children!):
In fact, the whole chapter is quite key, in that it brings into question the entire idea of "organized religion" as we understand it, ripping on just about every facet of it. Yahweh is very plain-spoken about this and then instructs them thusly:
Simple indeed, yet oh so few conduct their lives in such a way.
The point here is that whatever sacrifices are being made to Yahweh, then or now, it is without his desire or approval. The sacrifices are to other deities.
I couldn't say, but quite possibly so. You find that there's a lot more two-way "interaction" between Yahweh and the Israelites than you would expect.
One example (from Ezekiel, I think) is when they asked for a king instead of just judges. Then Yahweh sends Ezekiel back to try to talk them out of it but can't. So Yahweh gives in and appoints a king. I mean, is that what you would expect to read in the Bible? Or that anyone would make up?
It was only after I started closely studying the text of the Bible that I had any realization of how deeply ignorant I was of the actual material in it. Then on the flip side, I stumbled across vital points that I had never once heard mentioned.
An example would be Isaiah 1, as mentioned. I still see people claiming the Bible was written by the Elites to control us through organized religion. Well then who in the hell wrote Isaiah 1? And those claims go completely unchallenged, so even Bible fans don't know.
THE translator of last days scripture is Avraham Gileadi of Isaiah Institute. Go to that website and check out those resources.