Jesus vs. Yhwh – 23-day series
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Death as weapon vs. life as gift Two verses. Same topic. Opposite verdicts. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 32:39: "I put to death and I bring to life; I wound and I heal; and there is no one who can deliver from my hand." Jesus, John 10:10: "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly." Yhwh: I kill, I heal, no one stops me. Jesus: the killer is the enemy. Apologetics calls these the same person. Read them again. If both showed up at your door tomorrow, which would you trust with your life? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-1 .
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Killing the lost vs. seeking the lost The "lost" are about to die. Two responses. They could not be more different. Yhwh, Genesis 6:7: "So the LORD said, 'I will wipe humanity, which I have created, from the face of the earth – from people to animals to crawling things to birds of the sky, for I regret that I have made them.'" Jesus, Luke 19:10: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." One drowns the lost. The other goes looking for them. If you were the one who was lost tomorrow, which of these two would you want coming for you? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-2 .
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No pity vs. no condemnation One withdrew compassion as policy. The other made rescue His mission. Yhwh, Jeremiah 13:14: "I will smash them one against another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will not relent, nor will I show mercy or compassion; I will not refrain from destroying them." Jesus, John 3:17: "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him." Yhwh: no pity, no mercy, no compassion. Final. Jesus: not sent to condemn. Sent to save. Two opposite missions. One name. When you have done something you cannot defend, which of these two would you want sitting in judgment? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-3 .
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Genocide vs. enemy love The same God commanded total extermination – and total enemy love. Pick one. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 20:16–17: "But from the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive. You must utterly exterminate them..." Jesus, Matthew 5:44–45: "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good." Yhwh: leave nothing alive. Jesus: love them. That is how you look like Abba. These are not different eras. They are different spirits. Which command would you actually want to live under? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-4 .
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Don't spare infants vs. welcome the child Read these two lines about children. Then ask whether the same being said both. Yhwh, 1 Samuel 15:3: "Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy all that they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey." Jesus, Matthew 18:5: "And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me." Yhwh: kill the children too. Jesus: welcome a child and you welcome me. Yhwh ordered the killing of infants. Jesus said welcoming a child is welcoming Him. Could the same being have said both? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-5 .
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Destroy them totally vs. put your sword away One commanded the sword. The other shut it down. Same person? Yhwh, Deuteronomy 7:2: "You must utterly destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy." Jesus, Matthew 26:52 / John 18:36: "Put the sword back in its place! For all who take up the sword will die by the sword... My kingdom is not of this world." Yhwh: kill them all, make no peace. Jesus: put the sword down. Mine is not that kind of kingdom. Yhwh's order was kill them all. Jesus' order was put the sword down. Which one are you actually supposed to follow? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-6 .
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Fire on offenders vs. rebuke of fire callers Same divine power. Opposite use. Yhwh, Leviticus 10:1–2: "Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD." Jesus, Luke 9:54–55: "Now when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, 'Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?' But Jesus turned and rebuked them." When people refused Yhwh, fire fell. When people refused Jesus, Jesus kept walking. Whose response would you rather face when you say no? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-7 .
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Eye for eye vs. turn the other cheek Watch what Jesus does in Matthew 5. He quotes Yhwh's law and overrules it. Yhwh, Exodus 21:24: "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise." Jesus, Matthew 5:38–39: "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well." That "you have heard" line is direct from Yhwh's Torah. Jesus then says "but I say to you" and commands the opposite. Six times in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus does this exact move on Yhwh's law. If Jesus and Yhwh were the same being, who is overruling whom? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-8 .
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Disease as weapon vs. healing as policy Sickness was Yhwh's tool. Sickness was Jesus' enemy. Yhwh, Exodus 8:2: "But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs." Jesus, Matthew 4:23: "Jesus went throughout all of Galilee... healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people." Yhwh: I afflict. I plague. I curse. Jesus: every disease, every sickness, healed. One uses sickness as pressure. The other treats sickness as the thing to remove. If you got sick tomorrow, which of these two would you want in charge of your healing? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-9 .
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Famine as sentence vs. hunger met with compassion Hunger as policy vs. hunger as something to feel and fix. Yhwh, 2 Kings 8:1: "Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, 'Get up and go, you and your family. Stay in a foreign land, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.'" Jesus, Matthew 15:32: "Then Jesus called the disciples and said, 'I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, since they may faint on the way.'" Yhwh: I called for a famine. Seven years. Jesus: I have compassion. They have not eaten in three days. One uses hunger to enforce loyalty. The other feels hunger and feeds the people. Which of those two is the Father Jesus came to reveal? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-10 .
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Snakes for complaints vs. no snakes for sons People asked for food. Look at what each of these two did. Yhwh, Numbers 21:5–6: "And the people spoke against God and against Moses, 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food.' Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died." Jesus, Luke 11:11: "What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?" Yhwh sent snakes when his people complained about food. Jesus said no real father would ever do that. One sent snakes when His people asked for food. The other says no real father would. Could they possibly be the same Father? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-11 .
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Shutting the heavens vs. rain for everyone Conditional rain vs. rain for everyone. Same God? Yhwh, 2 Chronicles 7:13–14: "When I close up the sky so that it doesn't rain, or command locusts to devour the land's vegetation, or send a plague among my people, if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves..." Jesus, Matthew 5:45: "...so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." Yhwh withholds rain until you repent. Abba sends rain on people who reject Him. The most-quoted verse in church culture (2 Chr 7:14) literally starts with "when I shut up the sky." One withholds rain until you repent. The other sends rain whether you do or not. Which one sounds like the Father Jesus describes? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-12 .
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Rule by fear vs. gifted kingdom Fear-based loyalty vs. a gift before any demand. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 6:13–15: "You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name... For the LORD your God, who is in your midst, is a jealous God, and the anger of the LORD your God will erupt against you and remove you from the land." Jesus, Luke 12:32: "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom." Yhwh: fear me, serve me, or be destroyed. Jesus: do not be afraid. The kingdom is already yours. One rules by the fear of what happens if you walk away. The other tells you upfront that the kingdom is already yours. Which one wants you close because you love Him, and which one wants you close because you are afraid? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-13 .
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Removed from sight vs. never driven away Pushed out of his sight vs. never sent away. Same Father? Yhwh, 2 Kings 17:23: "So Israel was deported from their land to Assyria, where they remain to this very day." The narrator frames it as Yhwh's act – "the LORD removed Israel from his presence." Jesus, John 6:37: "Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away." Yhwh: I removed them from my sight. Jesus: I will never send away the one who comes. One removes you from sight when you fail. The other refuses to send you away when you come. Which of these two would you trust with your worst day? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-14 .
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Hiding his face vs. never leaving orphans Hiding his face vs. refusing the orphan label. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 31:17: "At that time my anger will erupt against them, and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them." Jesus, John 14:18 / Matthew 28:20: "I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you. ... I am with you always, to the end of the age." Yhwh: I will hide my face. I will leave you to be devoured. Jesus: I will not leave you as orphans. I will be with you always. When His people failed, Yhwh hid his face. When His followers fail, Jesus refuses to leave. Which posture sounds like a real Father? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-15 .
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One family chosen vs. all nations invited Yhwh narrowed the relationship to one family. Jesus opened the table to everyone. Yhwh, Amos 3:2: "I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins." Jesus, Matthew 8:11: "I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven." Yhwh: I chose only you, out of every people on earth. Jesus: the table is open. Outsiders are coming. Insiders should not assume their seat. One built a covenant around one favored family. The other opens the table to outsiders. Which of these two sounds like a Father to all of us? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-16 .
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Commanded stoning vs. exposed accusers Yhwh commanded the stones. Jesus dispersed the stoners. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 21:18–21: "If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son... all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid." Jesus, John 8:7: "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." Yhwh: stone the disobedient. Make the rest afraid. Jesus: anyone without sin – go ahead and throw. One commanded the community to stone the sinner. The other stopped the community from stoning the sinner. Whose verdict would you want the day you actually deserved one? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-17 .
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System of curses vs. command to bless The sender of curses vs. the commander to bless. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 28:20: "The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me." Jesus, Luke 6:28: "Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." Yhwh: I will send curses on you until you are destroyed. Jesus: bless those who curse you. One sends curses on his own people when they disobey. The other tells His people to bless even their enemies. Which of these is the family you want to be in? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-18 .
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People as property vs. son who frees slaves A law that lets you own a person for life vs. the Son who sets people free. Yhwh, Leviticus 25:44–46: "As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you – you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you... You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you may enslave them perpetually." Jesus, John 8:36: "So if the son sets you free, you will be really free." Yhwh: own them for life. Pass them down to your children. Jesus: real freedom is what I came to give. One wrote a law that lets you own a person for life. The other says if the Son sets you free, you are really free. Which one would you want to encounter on the worst day of your life? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-19 .
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Erase from the land vs. outsider as true neighbor Yhwh ordered the destruction of the outsider. Jesus made the outsider the hero. Yhwh, Deuteronomy 20:17: "Instead you must utterly annihilate them – the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites – just as the LORD your God has commanded you." Jesus, Luke 10:36–37: "Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" The expert in religious law said, "The one who showed mercy to him." So Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same." Yhwh: wipe the outsider off the land. Jesus: the despised outsider is the model neighbor. One ordered the destruction of the outsider. The other made the outsider the hero. Which of these would you want walking into your village on the day you needed help? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-20 .
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Inherited curse vs. refusing to blame ancestors Punishing the children for the parents vs. refusing to blame anyone. Yhwh, Exodus 20:5 (inside the Ten Commandments): "You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me." Jesus, John 9:3: "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him." Yhwh: I will punish children for what their parents did. Through the third and fourth generation. Jesus: neither this man nor his parents sinned. Stop blaming. One punishes children for what their parents did. The other refuses to blame the man or his parents and heals him. Whose family ledger would you actually want to be born into? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-21 .
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Touch the sacred, die vs. touch Jesus, be healed Same kind of "holiness." Opposite effects on contact. Yhwh, 2 Samuel 6:6–7: "When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God when the oxen stumbled. The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God." Jesus, Mark 5:28–29: "...for she kept saying, 'If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.' At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease." Yhwh's holiness: touch it without permission, die. Jesus' holiness: touch it in desperation, be healed. Yhwh's holiness killed a man who reached out without permission. Jesus' holiness healed a woman who reached out in desperation. Whose holiness would you want to touch? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-22 .
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Author of deception vs. truth and Spirit of truth The capstone. Lying spirits vs. the Spirit of truth. Yhwh, 1 Kings 22:22–23: "He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The LORD said, 'You will deceive and be successful. Go out and do as you have proposed.' So now, look, the LORD has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours." Jesus, John 14:6, 17: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life... the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him." Yhwh: I sent the lying spirit. I take the credit. Jesus: I am the truth. The Spirit I send is the Spirit of truth. Yhwh sent out lying spirits. Jesus sent out the Spirit of truth. If you had to bet your life on the words of one of them, which one would you trust? Explore this contrast between Jesus and Yhwh and many more: https://andersondiscoveries.com/s/jesus-vs-yhwh/full-study#contrast-23 .