Misunderstanding the Word of God

July 13, 2009, 7:42 am by dc-agape.

Exodus 20:16-17

These are the two final top Ten Commandments from YHWH.  This post will emphasize the ones about bearing false witness and coveting.  You will notice that I am not using the more popular and modern definitions of these two Commandments.  Many people make the mistake that bearing false witness is lying.  Just as many people make the mistake of claiming that coveting is equal to jealousy.  I will prove these for the errors that they are in this post.

Number 9: Giving False Witness against your neighbor.  Bearing false witness is different than lying.  The difference between “false witness” and lying is subtle but distinct.  Bearing false witness is lying about someone.  Lying is telling something that is not true with the intent to deceive about any subject.  Unfortunately, bearing false witness is endemic to our culture: politics and business, and worse in religion.  In other verse in the Word of God, lying is considered a sin, but it is not in the top ten!  But of course both bearing false witness and lying are extremely harmful to society.  The first, bearing false witness ruins the reputation of good and innocent people.  The second, lying, causes harm by breaking down trust that is required to carry out transactions and gain support from other people.  Since bearing false witness is part of the US’s politics, business, and religion we will never see YHWH blessing on this country.  It is the Christian’s, in the US, own fault for this.  They can attempt to blame the gay community, the liberals, or the Atheist, but when it comes down to the bottom line, this one “sin” is accepted by Christians everywhere.  And with the concept that YHWH punishes to the fourth generation of those who sin against him (Exodus 20:5-6) it will be at least 160 years before the US will gain YHWH’s favor.  Christians you have a lot of work ahead of you, since you are the ones responsible for this particular sin.  Christians are a majority of leaders in business and politics here in the US, if they do not change the way they carry out their responsibilities the minor actions of groups like Atheists and gays will not change YHWH fury!

Number 10: Coveting someone else’s property.  This is not jealousy.  Jealousy is the resentment of someone else’s success or advantage.  Coveting is the desire, without regarding other people’s rights, for something.  Notice the difference.  Jealousy is about results, the subjective.  Coveting is about property, possession, or the objective.  That is not to say that jealousy is harmful to society, but it is not part of the 10 Commandments.

The Traditions of Men have perverted these last two Commandments to greater coverage of actions than YHWH intended.  So, in these cases, two sins have occurred that YHWH looks unfavorably at.  First, the Traditions of Men have superseded YHWH’s commandments (Mark 7:6-13).  Second, humans have added to the Word of God (Deut 4:2).  With the knowledge that YHWH punishes to the fourth generation those who disobey him, it is no wonder that Christianity today is such a meaningless practice.  All Ten Commandments are broken by Christians on a nearly daily basis.  And yet somehow, Christian claim to have the higher moral ground!

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