No Statue, No Temple, No City, No King.

13/06/2025 16 min Episodio 56
No Statue, No Temple, No City, No King.

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The Scriptural God has no representative statue, no temple and no earthly city. As such, he is unique among other deities of the ancient near east; they are made by the hands of men, they reside in temples made of stone, set in fortified cities and governed by a king who, like the statue, is the representative of the deity, his plenipotentiary on earth. By comparison, the Scriptural God seems like an anti-god. He is present among his people exclusively through his word of instruction, his Torah.The heaviness, the weight of this God is to be found not in a statue, but rather in his statutes. References כְּב֣וֹד - ke-bowd - δόξης (Greek) glory; weight, heavinessὑποστάσεως - hypostasis - substance; something that stands under or supports something χαρακτὴρ - charaktēr - a graver, character, imprint, or expression Exodus 13:21-22; 16:10Isaiah 53:6-12Mark 14:36Philippians 2:5-10Hebrews 1:1-4, 13 7:28; 8:1; 10:12; 12:1-2Brand New Orleans performed by Prince.Photo by Sidorela Shehaj: https://www.pexels.com/photo/low-angle-shot-of-an-athena-statue-under-a-cloudy-sky-14458428/