rrobs
Well-Known Member
God is often portrayed as a rather coarse individual in the Old Testament. Some incredibly grizzly things are said to be done by God. He is said to encourage the Israelite warriors to basically rape the women taken captive in the many wars they had with surrounding nations after killing all the males. What's up with that?
Severus Snape was a rather evil individual throughout most of the story in Harry Potter. He was, like God's portrayal in the OT, a rather evil person. It was only at the end the we learn Severus was really a good guy all along. The author portrayed him as evil for her own reasons. The exact same literary tool is used in the scriptures. In the end, it turns out God is not a bad guy at all, but instead He is the epitome of love and light.
Why as God portrayed as evil in the Old Testament when He was never evil at all? There are many reasons for that, but in this post I'm just pointing out that the portrayal of God in the OT is not at all descriptive of His true nature, which, as I said above, is love and pure light. The NT makes it plain that there is NO darkness whatsoever in God.
The true nature of God was revealed by Jesus Christ. Jesus was a perfect representation of God. He always did exactly what God told him to do. Jesus was an exact image of God. Therefore, if you can't see Jesus doing any harm to anyone, then neither does God.
The only thing that remains is to understand why God utilized the literary tool of making the good guy appear bad until the end.
Severus Snape was a rather evil individual throughout most of the story in Harry Potter. He was, like God's portrayal in the OT, a rather evil person. It was only at the end the we learn Severus was really a good guy all along. The author portrayed him as evil for her own reasons. The exact same literary tool is used in the scriptures. In the end, it turns out God is not a bad guy at all, but instead He is the epitome of love and light.
Why as God portrayed as evil in the Old Testament when He was never evil at all? There are many reasons for that, but in this post I'm just pointing out that the portrayal of God in the OT is not at all descriptive of His true nature, which, as I said above, is love and pure light. The NT makes it plain that there is NO darkness whatsoever in God.
The true nature of God was revealed by Jesus Christ. Jesus was a perfect representation of God. He always did exactly what God told him to do. Jesus was an exact image of God. Therefore, if you can't see Jesus doing any harm to anyone, then neither does God.
The only thing that remains is to understand why God utilized the literary tool of making the good guy appear bad until the end.