by BlogSpotThinker
September 7, 2011
Some appear to suggest that Biblical beliefs are essentially constructed to cover for human frailty without addressing the real problems of human frailty. However, the Biblical Old Testament appears to quite thoroughly address human frailties by illustrating the lineage of those frailties (Adam, Eve and the Tree, Lucifer’s inappropriate ambition and subsequent exile); the effect of those frailties (Adam, Eve and their exile from the Garden); examples of the achievability of greater character goals (Noah, Moses and the prophets); God’s presence and power even among the frail (David, Samson); context-sensitive, comprehensive behavior guidelines (Genesis 1 and 2; Exodus 20 through Deuteronomy); God’s disdain and promised punishment for preferring those frailties (the “doom” prophecies, Jeremiah 32:32-34); and God’s appeals to turn from those frailties even while foretelling the doomed future of those frailties (Jeremiah 18: 7-8).
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