Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Awesome – While Walter Otto provides us with an insight into to paradigm of the religious pagan, it is Abraham Heschel who establishes the experiential foundation of our faith, not as a systematic articulation of the…
Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Among the gods – “If we were in a position to feel once more what it means for a god to be in our immediate presence, only an experience of this imminence could open our eyes.”[1] …
Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Among the gods – Walter F. Otto’s seminal work, Dionysus: Myth and Cult, offers important insights into the religious structure of ancient civilizations. In particular, it challenges our modern re-interpretation of these ancient systems because it…
Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Among the gods – Because we live in a post-Christian world, we often forget that ancient civilizations were typically not monotheistic. Hosts of gods filled the divine realm. Israel stood alone in its commitment to a…
“Who is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?” Exodus 15:11 NASB Awesome – The Greek heritage of the West is focused on one fundamental goal: to rationally understand. The method is examination of phenomena in the world in order to discover causal connections. …
“Who is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?” Exodus 15:11 NASB Who is like You – I’m sure you noticed that Moses’ question implies multiple gods. “Who is like You among the gods?” isn’t the way we would ask. We live in a “one God” universe. …
