What is Judaism’s view of God? | Rapp Report Daily 0077 | Striving for Eternity
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- Welcome to The Rapid Pull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. As we continue looking into Judaism, and when we say
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- Judaism, we are referring to Second Temple Judaism. That is the Judaism that was developed after the period of time that we see in the
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- Old Testament, where Israel was taken into captivity. They were returned to Israel, and by then, they built the
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- Second Temple, and that is really a legalistic Judaism that was different than the
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- Old Testament, and much of what we see of Judaism in the New Testament is based on that. Now today we want to look at the
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- Jewish view of God. They would hold to a very strict view of monotheism.
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- Now they would be strict in the sense that they would deny the
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- Christian view of a trinity. The Christians believe in one God and three persons. The Jewish view would be that there is one
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- God, one being, one person. They would not hold to any multiple persons.
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- Their view of God is seen clearest in Deuteronomy 6, verse 4, where it says,
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- This is actually called the Shema. It is one of the most well -known passages in Judaism.
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- It is something that is recited often, and if you ever go to a Jewish home and you see on the side of the doorpost, you will see what is called a mezuzah, and inside is that passage of Deuteronomy.
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- It is to remind people that there is one God. This is what separated early
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- Israel or early Judaism from all the other pagan religions with their multiple gods.
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