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96:4.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] had heard of the teachings of [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] from both his [[father]] and his [[mother]], their commonness of [[religious]] [[belief]] being the [[explanation]] for the unusual [[union]] between a [[woman]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_family royal blood] and a [[man]] from a captive [[race]]. Moses' father-in-law was a [[Kenite]] [[worshiper]] of [[El Elyon]], but the emancipator's [[parents]] were believers in [[El Shaddai]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] thus was [[educated]] an [[El Shaddai]]st; through the [[influence]] of his father-in-law he became an [[El Elyon]]ist; and by the time of the [[Hebrew]] encampment about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Mount Sinai] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus flight from Egypt], he had formulated a new and enlarged [[concept]] of [[Deity]] (derived from all his former [[beliefs]]), which he wisely [[decided]] to [[proclaim]] to his people as an expanded [[concept]] of their olden [[tribal]] god, [[Yahweh]].

96:4.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] had heard of the teachings of [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] from both his [[father]] and his [[mother]], their commonness of [[religious]] [[belief]] being the [[explanation]] for the unusual [[union]] between a [[woman]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_family royal blood] and a [[man]] from a captive [[race]]. Moses' father-in-law was a [[Kenite]] [[worshiper]] of [[El Elyon]], but the emancipator's [[parents]] were believers in [[El Shaddai]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] thus was [[educated]] an [[El Shaddai]]st; through the [[influence]] of his father-in-law he became an [[El Elyon]]ist; and by the time of the [[Hebrew]] encampment about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Mount Sinai] after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus flight from Egypt], he had formulated a new and enlarged [[concept]] of [[Deity]] (derived from all his former [[beliefs]]), which he wisely [[decided]] to [[proclaim]] to his people as an expanded [[concept]] of their olden [[tribal]] god, [[Yahweh]].

96:4.3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] had endeavored to teach these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin Bedouins] the [[idea]] of [[El Elyon]], but before leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], he had become convinced they would never fully [[comprehend]] this [[doctrine]]. Therefore he deliberately [[determined]] upon the [[compromise]] [[adoption]] of their [[tribal]] god of the [[desert]] as the one and only [[god]] of his followers. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] did not specifically teach that other peoples and nations might not have other gods, but he did resolutely maintain that [[Yahweh]] was over and above all, especially to the [[Hebrews]]. But always was he plagued by the awkward predicament of trying to present his new and higher [[idea]] of [[Deity]] to these ignorant [[slaves]] under the [[guise]] of the [[ancient]] term [[Yahweh]], which had always been [[symbolized]] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_calf golden calf] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin Bedouin] [[tribes]].

96:4.3 [http[[Link title]]://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] had endeavored to teach these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin Bedouins] the [[idea]] of [[El Elyon]], but before leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], he had become convinced they would never fully [[comprehend]] this [[doctrine]]. Therefore he deliberately [[determined]] upon the [[compromise]] [[adoption]] of their [[tribal]] god of the [[desert]] as the one and only [[god]] of his followers. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] did not specifically teach that other peoples and nations might not have other gods, but he did resolutely maintain that [[Yahweh]] was over and above all, especially to the [[Hebrews]]. But always was he plagued by the awkward predicament of trying to present his new and higher [[idea]] of [[Deity]] to these ignorant [[slaves]] under the [[guise]] of the [[ancient]] term [[Yahweh]], which had always been [[symbolized]] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_calf golden calf] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin Bedouin] [[tribes]].

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."[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]

96:4.6 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. " 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, " and when he said, " The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. " 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. "

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]

96:4.7 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. " 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."[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]].

96:4.8 Under the teachings of 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 captivity that enslaved the Jews in 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 Mount Horeb up through the teachings of their successive spiritual leaders to the high level of development depicted in the Deity doctrines of the 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]].

==96:5. THE TEACHINGS OF MOSES==

==96:5. THE TEACHINGS OF MOSES==