Maybe that's why Jesus was praying to the Father and not the god of the OT. When Jesus said, "I and the father are one," he was not claiming to be Yahweh. He was describing his consciousness in complete synthesis with the ultimate source beyond all creation.
I'm surprised you don't know this. In Gnostic belief systems, Jesus prayed to the Father (Monad) as the ultimate, ineffable source of all being, often referred to as the "God above God" or Bythos, distinct from the lesser creator deity known as the Demiurge (aka Yahweh in the OT). Gnostics viewed the Monad as a singular, formless essence without name, emotion, or form, from which all spiritual emanations (Aeons) flow, including the Christ spirit. That's what many of the early Christians believed as well.
The Father of Jesus likes to sacrifice animals and enjoys the scent of their blood poured on a burning hot altar. Amirite?
ot god and nt god are different entities
Maybe that's why Jesus was praying to the Father and not the god of the OT. When Jesus said, "I and the father are one," he was not claiming to be Yahweh. He was describing his consciousness in complete synthesis with the ultimate source beyond all creation.
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I'm surprised you don't know this. In Gnostic belief systems, Jesus prayed to the Father (Monad) as the ultimate, ineffable source of all being, often referred to as the "God above God" or Bythos, distinct from the lesser creator deity known as the Demiurge (aka Yahweh in the OT). Gnostics viewed the Monad as a singular, formless essence without name, emotion, or form, from which all spiritual emanations (Aeons) flow, including the Christ spirit. That's what many of the early Christians believed as well.