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96:4.4 The [[fact]] that [[Yahweh]] was the god of the fleeing [[Hebrews]] [[explains]] why they tarried so long before the [[holy]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai mountain of Sinai], and why they there received the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments ten commandments] which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] promulgated in the name of [[Yahweh]], the god of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Horeb Horeb]. During this lengthy [[sojourn]] before Sinai the [[religious]] [[ceremonials]] of the newly evolving [[Hebrew]] [[worship]] were further [[perfected]].

96:4.4 The [[fact]] that [[Yahweh]] was the god of the fleeing [[Hebrews]] [[explains]] why they tarried so long before the [[holy]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai mountain of Sinai], and why they there received the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments ten commandments] which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] promulgated in the name of [[Yahweh]], the god of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Horeb Horeb]. During this lengthy [[sojourn]] before Sinai the [[religious]] [[ceremonials]] of the newly evolving [[Hebrew]] [[worship]] were further [[perfected]].

96:4.5 It does not appear that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] would ever have succeeded in the [[establishment]] of his somewhat advanced [[ceremonial]] [[worship]] and in keeping his followers intact for a quarter of a century had it not been for the [[violent]] eruption of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Horeb Horeb] during the third week of their ''worshipful'' [[sojourn]] at its base. "The mountain of Yahweh was consumed in fire, and the smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.19] In view of this [[cataclysm]] it is not surprising that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] could impress upon his brethren the teaching that their [[God]] was "mighty, terrible, a devouring fire, fearful, and all-powerful."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.24]

96:4.5 It does not appear that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] would ever have succeeded in the [[establishment]] of his somewhat advanced [[ceremonial]] [[worship]] and in keeping his followers intact for a quarter of a century had it not been for the [[violent]] eruption of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Horeb Horeb] during the third week of their ''worshipful'' [[sojourn]] at its base. "The mountain of Yahweh was consumed in fire, and the smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.19] In view of this [[cataclysm]] it is not surprising that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] could impress upon his brethren the teaching that their [[God]] was "mighty, terrible, a devouring fire, fearful, and all-powerful."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.24]

96:4.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] proclaimed that [[Yahweh]] was the Lord God of Israel, who had singled out the [[Hebrews]] as his [[chosen people]]; he was building a new [[nation]], and he wisely [[nationalized]] his [[religious]] teachings, telling his followers that [[Yahweh]] was a hard taskmaster, a "jealous God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.4] But none the less he sought to enlarge their [[concept]] of [[divinity]] when he taught them that [[Yahweh]] was the "God of the spirits of all flesh,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.27] and when he said, "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.33] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] taught that [[Yahweh]] was a [[covenant]]-keeping God; that he "will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers because the Lord loves you and will not forget the oath by which he swore to your fathers."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.4]

96:4.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] proclaimed that [[Yahweh]] was the Lord God of Israel, who had singled out the [[Hebrews]] as his [[chosen people]]; he was building a new [[nation]], and he wisely [[nationalized]] his [[religious]] teachings, telling his followers that [[Yahweh]] was a hard taskmaster, a "jealous God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.4] But none the less he sought to enlarge their [[concept]] of [[divinity]] when he taught them that [[Yahweh]] was the "God of the spirits of all flesh,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.27] and when he said, "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.33] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] taught that [[Yahweh]] was a [[covenant]]-keeping God; that he "will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers because the Lord loves you and will not forget the oath by which he swore to your fathers."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.4]

96:4.7 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] made a [[heroic]] [[effort]] to uplift [[Yahweh]] to the [[dignity]] of a [[supreme]] [[Deity]] when he presented him as the "God of truth and without iniquity, just and right in all his ways."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.32] And yet, despite this exalted teaching, the limited [[understanding]] of his followers made it [[necessary]] to speak of [[God]] as being in man's image, as being subject to fits of anger, wrath, and severity, even that he was vengeful and easily [[influenced]] by man's [[conduct]].

96:4.7 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] made a [[heroic]] [[effort]] to uplift [[Yahweh]] to the [[dignity]] of a [[supreme]] [[Deity]] when he presented him as the "God of truth and without iniquity, just and right in all his ways."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.32] And yet, despite this exalted teaching, the limited [[understanding]] of his followers made it [[necessary]] to speak of [[God]] as being in man's image, as being subject to fits of anger, wrath, and severity, even that he was vengeful and easily [[influenced]] by man's [[conduct]].

96:4.8 Under the teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] this [[tribal]] [[nature]] [[god]], [[Yahweh]], became the Lord God of [[Israel]], who followed them through the wilderness and even into [[exile]], where he presently was conceived of as the [[God]] of all peoples. The later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity captivity] that [[enslaved]] the Jews in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] finally [[liberated]] the evolving [[concept]] of [[Yahweh]] to assume the [[monotheistic]] role of the [[God]] of all [[nations]].

96:4.8 Under the teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] this [[tribal]] [[nature]] [[god]], [[Yahweh]], became the Lord God of [[Israel]], who followed them through the wilderness and even into [[exile]], where he presently was conceived of as the [[God]] of all peoples. The later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity captivity] that [[enslaved]] the Jews in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] finally [[liberated]] the evolving [[concept]] of [[Yahweh]] to assume the [[monotheistic]] role of the [[God]] of all [[nations]].

96:4.9 The most [[unique]] and amazing feature of the [[religious]] [[history]] of the [[Hebrews]] concerns this continuous [[evolution]] of the [[concept]] of [[Deity]] from the [[primitive]] god of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Horeb Mount Horeb] up through the teachings of their successive [[spiritual]] [[leaders]] to the high level of [[development]] depicted in the [[Deity]] [[doctrines]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiahs], who [[proclaimed]] that magnificent [[concept]] of the [[loving]] and [[merciful]] [[Creator]] [[Father]].

96:4.9 The most [[unique]] and amazing feature of the [[religious]] [[history]] of the [[Hebrews]] concerns this continuous [[evolution]] of the [[concept]] of [[Deity]] from the [[primitive]] god of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Horeb Mount Horeb] up through the teachings of their successive [[spiritual]] [[leaders]] to the high level of [[development]] depicted in the [[Deity]] [[doctrines]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiahs], who [[proclaimed]] that magnificent [[concept]] of the [[loving]] and [[merciful]] [[Creator]] [[Father]].

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