Greentea wrote:
And does he judge us according to NT values?
G-d isn't like man and there is nothing that we can measure His likeness to, because He is infinity, formless - with no beginning and no end. We are made in His image and not vice versa, there are attributes in man that G-d gave to us as this *image* inheritance - attributes such as knowledge, wisdom, understanding, love, restriction (judgment), beauty, steadfastness, glory, the ability to create and formulate. As for G-d's judgment - He set out Universal Laws that set the cosmos and everything else into motion - time, space and relativity. The Laws must be adhered to by mankind - i.e. keep the LAws *holy* i.e. not transgress and break them. To break these Laws is to bring Judgment into the world. All Judgment by G-d is just and righteous. Nothing goes unseen and it is a degree for a degree in an exacting way. Repentence sweetenes harsh judgment. There is a saying by the way Better to be judged by G-d than by man, because G-d's justice is truly perfect and man's is fickle and based on whim and/or possibly corruption.
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Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. ~Mary Ellen Kelly