Dear in Christ,
There are sufficient historical/scriptural evidences to prove that most of the atrocities attributed to Jehovah were not committed by him.
Isaiah 34 and 63 and Malachi 1 talk about the destruction of Edom and says Jehovah did it. Historically, it was done by Babylonians and Nabateans.
Isaiah 19 talks about Jehovah causing havoc in Egypt, but Isaiah 20 makes it clear that it was done by Sargon, king of Assyria. Historically, it was done by Babylonians, Persians and Assyrians, among many others.
Genesis 19:24 says Jehovah poured sulfur and fire from heaven (as though heaven has a storehouse to keep tonnes of sulfur, a chemical). Genesis 14:10 (I think) says there were slimepits (bitumen) in Siddim valley and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell in them, giving the indication that the land had seismic and volcanic activities. Sodom and Gomorrah are on the shores of the Dead Sea, where the land is covered by asphalt, bitumen and so on. Remember Abraham seeing the smoke of Sodom ascending like the smoke of a furnace. It's quite likely that there was a volcanic eruption during that time and Jehovah didn't protect the people, because they were evil right from the beginning, well before the incident in Genesis 19. Please read Gen 13:13
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Haven't you read that Jehovah sold the disobedient Israel to the kings of Mesopotamia and many others? Do you really think Jehovah really SOLD them, like the farmers in my village selling sheep to be slaughtered? It only means that Jehovah didn't raise up leaders to protect them. While they called upon Jehovah, he raised up the likes of Gideon, Samson and Jepthah.
I can go on and on about Jehovah.
Again, coming to Jesus, didn't he proclaim extreme punishment on Judah and Jerusalem? Read the parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22. Didn't it come to pass, with the greatest and fiercest mutiny and massacre recorded in the Bible? Did God or Jesus directly do it? No, Pharisees, Zealots, Herodians and Sicaris made civil wars and killed the people and each other, provoking Romans to intervene and finish of the nasty scene.
Again, coming to Jesus, didn't he proclaim extreme punishment on Judah and Jerusalem? Read the parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22. Didn't it come to pass, with the greatest and fiercest mutiny and massacre recorded in the Bible? Did God or Jesus directly do it? No, Pharisees, Zealots, Herodians and Sicaris made civil wars and killed the people and each other, provoking Romans to intervene and finish of the nasty scene.
The Jewish - Roman war practically ended with the
destruction of Masada, a plateau of which the base is Gomorrah, of
Genesis 19 notoriety. Jerusalem was destroyed by fire in 70 AD and
Masada in 73 AD.
The lake of fire of Revelation is also called Lake Asphalit (whatever the spelling be), which is the Dead Sea, the site of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Everything ended there, as predicted by Jesus. Neither God nor Jesus did it, it was brought about by people.
Jesus predicted a very violent end for the Jewish economy and religion. Everyone of his hell (Gehenna) pronouncements were against the Jewish religious leaders and not the man on the street. And they had a violent end. I don't see any difference between Jehovah and Jesus.
The lake of fire of Revelation is also called Lake Asphalit (whatever the spelling be), which is the Dead Sea, the site of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Everything ended there, as predicted by Jesus. Neither God nor Jesus did it, it was brought about by people.
Jesus predicted a very violent end for the Jewish economy and religion. Everyone of his hell (Gehenna) pronouncements were against the Jewish religious leaders and not the man on the street. And they had a violent end. I don't see any difference between Jehovah and Jesus.
In Christ,
Tomsan Kattackal