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The First Commandment

This post is a short one, for sometimes I like to post little seeds that will get you to think.

YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.

We have always considered this to mean that we shall not worship idols. We should not elevate any created god to the level of Yahweh. We should not believe that the stone or wooden craft is equal to Him. But He is existence.

What if this commandment goes deeper than that?

What if it is telling you to only believe in Yahweh... that He is all that there is. To believe that anything contrary to Him exists at all would then violate this commandment. Nothing but Yahweh can be.  Whatever else we think we see or experience... is not. No idea, no image, no tangible thing can be unless it is Him. In that case, to raise ideas, images, or experiences to the level of His Reality is violating this commandment.

I don't understand it all either, but this I know:

Yahweh is all that there is.

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