I think it’s good to share information and engage in conversations about Christ. I noticed this community has a lot of “religious” posts but I’m often seeing common misconceptions and a lot of negativity or hopelessness.
Are religious posts encouraged on this forum? I have been working on a series of posts over on the christianity . win and I’m wondering if there would be more conversation by posting here
I agree it is difficult to understand, depending on the depth in which someone wants to investigate. On the surface it could be explained as a war between God and those that have rebelled, with humanity participating in a fluctuation between with or against YWHW.
I think Dr Michael Heiser does a great job at engaging that differentiation between the Old and New Testament experiences. I also think the Eastern Orthodox Church does a great job of demonstrating the differences. Most likely the primary hookup for you would be tied to ideas inherited from Penal Substitutionary Atonement and the “heaven or hell” concept which I understand have come from the ideas which started (or became more prominent) somewhere around the time of “Dante’s Inferno”
I don’t have a firm footing in this area yet, to the extent that I can have some discussion about it. However I have found there is a direct connection between occult (demonic, pagan etc) worship and cannibalism. Looking into what “sacrifice” and “remembrance” meant in ancient cultures has helped to actually support the realization of the true body and blood of Christ.