how many sets of laws?
Timothy Sutter
groups of individuals having this
problem to deal with;
"how many sets of laws?"
here's the two major options;
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one set of laws for those within
a particular grouping and everyone
else is food or potential food,
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let's just call this 'natural law'
and;
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one set of laws for all
regardless of group placement.
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and let's call this 'autonomic deo-mimicry'
it is funny, because one hears
'eye for eye, tooth for tooth'
and they -think-, 'natural law'
but 'autonomic deo-mimicry' is
quite distinct in this manner;
'one set of laws for all'
so, you have Egypt;
the 'natural man'
of 'natural law'
and Egypt -enslaves- a 'strange'
people that is within -its- domain.
and immediately upon the extraction from Egypt,
Israel finds itself -given- this dictum;
"have one law for you -and-
the stranger dwelling in
your midst"
"do -not- oppress the stranger in
your midst because you were once
a stranger in Egypt."
so, for one thing, Egypt engages in a pattern
of behavior with which they would certainly object
if they were the slaves,
and, the law that Israel does -not-
come away with is 'natural law'
or, "one set of regulations for individuals
within a given group and all others are
food or potential food"
trouble is, subsequently, you still cannot identify,
by group membership alone, a clear rejection of
'lex talonis' inasmuch as a group can still operate
according to a 'natural law' from within a 'chosen group'
where that 'chosen' identification is -claimed-
to be -from- God.
meaning; clearly, a group does not -need-
a 'chosen' by God' status to engage in
'lex talonis' but, the identification as
'chosen by God' does not, in itself,
prevent a given group from engaging
in the operation of 'natural law'
meaning; for one thing,
you should not find yourself saying;
"well, they don't believe in God and they
operate according to 'natural law' and so,
they are inclined to group bias and -we-
are -not- so inclined, _simply_ because
we are 'chosen and elect' -by- God."
because -you- could then allow yourself
to fall into the same trap that you
would claim they are already in.
that 'trap' being setting
up two sets of laws,
one for you and your group
and one for everyone else,
where such a set up grants your group the right
to cast aside any 'moral obligation' to those
-outside- of your group placement.
yes, you can -claim- that the 'natural law' group
is more greatly pre-disposed to landing -in- the
'natural law' pitfall than those who claim some
affiliation with God,
but it will be difficult to -prove-, outright,
that those who claim no affiliation with God,
are operating under a 'natural law' -solely-
because they claim no affiliation with Deity,
as you would need more information about how
they -are- _behaving_ to sort this out.
don't use affiliation with God as a tool
to engage in group bias, but don't be unaware
that group bias is a pre-disposition -of- 'natural law'
the lion has a behavior within its pride
and everything else is measured as
food or potential food.
the man of God rises above nature
to free himself from the dictates
-of- nature.
in this way the man can show mercy and -do- Justice.
the tree is -known- by its fruit, -not- by it's name.
show the fruit,
get the name,
take the name,
fail to show the fruit,
lose the name.
look for the fruit,
not the name.
even, and especially,
in your -own- dealings.
the 'non-beliver' may only have
a speck of personal bias, which
you may have failed to correctly
assist in removing, being blocked
by the -beam- of personal bias, in
light of -claims- of deo-mimcry.
so, don't do that.
make sure you have no such
-beam- in yur eyes, -first-,
and then, certainly, feel free to point out
-any- tendency towards personal bias, which
would corrupt Justice.
-now-, not last century
or not
who cares
> the man of God rises above nature
> to free himself from the dictates
> -of- nature.
> in this way the man can show mercy and -do- Justice.
so, why should you care whether
you do justice or not?
what's the incentive if all
that matters is that you get
what you want and you are
getting what you want already?
one clear benefit might be peace.
peace of mind if not the
end to all hostilities.
if you hold to personal bias,
you are fundamentally in an
argument with your self.
you even have, at least,
two sets of behavioral codes.
one for you and one for everyone else,
so, you're already in an argument
with yourself and you don't even
need an opponent.
you own personal codes clash with each other.
don't lose any sleep over it...
> the tree is -known- by its fruit, -not- by it's name.
so, the deceitfulness of man's own natural
shortfall from God has an effect of hardening
his heart away from acknowledgement of God.
God -can- allow man to wander 'that way'
and harden -himself- away from God entirely
int worshipping himself and mud and
sticks and animals.
God can also, show mercy to man,
and 'soften' him up and bring him back
into an acknowledgement of God with
all the truly desired effects, which
lead to a more abundant life, this will have.
so, inasmuch as God -could- have simply
wiped Pharoah off the planet and been
done with it all in a single stroke,
the fact that God allows Pharoah to live,
and in essence, 'softens' the heart of
Pharoah through explicit shows of force
and power so as to release the Israelites,
we see that God is, in reality,
-showing- mercy on Pharoah by -not-
simply letting Pharoah completely
harden -himself- through the
deceitfulness of his -own- nature.
it -seems- right to Pharoah
to keep the Israelites in his hands,
and so he must be forcefully
-shown- the wrong of it.
which he most assuredly is shown.
and who -would- resist this will of God
so as to -remain- _on_ the hardening road
which leads to death when we all desire Life?
no one -should-, _but_, when the hardness
of one's own natural shortfall has taken
a toll the initial response is -to- despise
and resist the parental -correction- of
the Almighty God.
so, no one -should- resist
this will of the Almighty God,
but still, people -do- resist this
'softening' -mercy- of God because
they cannot immediately -see- it
-as- for their benefit.
and so, -why- does God find fault here?
because you are -being- shown mercy and
you reject it in favor of a small bowl
of soup to feed an immediate perception
of physical need.
and then the sea parts
and the old man is drowned.
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
[some scritture verses...]
and it's sort of funny in that
later on the Israelites have to face other
Pharonic type figures screaming -at- them to get
them to soften -their- hearts and pay due
respects to The Almighty.
just remember, Egypt is God's people too.
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Isaiah 19:25
whom YHWH Defender shall bless, saying,
“Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria
the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
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it's not just a good people bad people
dynamic with sock puppets and pawns
it's shortfallen people and a merciful God.
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Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man who is always reverent,
But he who hardens his heart
will fall into calamity.
Hebrews 3:13
but exhort one another daily,
while it is called 'Today,'
lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin.
Exodus 3:19-20
But I am sure that the king of Egypt
will not let you go, no, not even by
a mighty hand. So I will stretch out
My hand and strike Egypt with all
My wonders which I will do in its midst;
and after that he will let you go.
Exodus 9:13-16
Then YHWH said to Moses,
'Rise early in the morning and
stand before Pharaoh, and say to him,
‘Thus says YHWH God of the Hebrews:
'Let My people go, that they may serve Me,
for at this time I will send all My plagues
to your very heart, and on your servants
and on your people, that you may know that
there is none like Me in all the earth.
Now if I had stretched out My hand and
struck you and your people with pestilence,
then you would have been cut off from the earth.
But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up,
that I may show My power in you, and that
My name may be declared in all the earth.
Exodus 9:27
And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron,
and said to them, 'I have sinned this time.
YHWH is righteous, and my people and I are wicked.
Psalm 95:7-8
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
Do not harden your hearts, as in
the rebellion, As in the day of
trial in the wilderness,
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Pharoah's heart was softened a bit,
but then Israel rebelled and showed
how hard -it's- heart was.
it's not God hardening people's heart in
rebellion so ass to slap them around
for sport.
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Psalm 107:11
Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And despised the counsel of the Most High,
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of YHWH is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not despise the chastening
of YHWH, Nor detest His correction;
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etc.
just remember, you don't have
to go to much trouble to demonstrate
that the Egyptians were 'carnal man.'
they patterened their behaviors after
animals and thereby 'worshipped'
the animal form;
so-called theriomorphism,
and they say that the 'carnal mind of man'
doesn't understand the Law of God nor can it.
so, YHWH 'softens' the carnal mind of
man as far as it can be softened in affliction,
but even still, the natural man, recognizes
only the afflictions and comes to the
conclusion that he is in the wrong, and
still falls short of the 'glory of God'
and so, is drowned in the waters of death.
and now, we're at the point where God
raises the the man up in newness of life
as 'new creature' where the old man is essentially dead,
and yet, the Life of God sustains -its- animation
for the express purpose of growing the new man
up to the point of total conversion in bodily
resurrection in the likeness of Christ
with a regulation 'Spirit Body.'
which is why we do not pray
for the end of all things,
but expressly thank God for the -time-
to cleanse and purify ourselves so as to
be transformed more totally from clay
to silver or gold to a noble purpose,
thereby showing that we can be trustworthy
in a small thing so as to become trustworthy
in untold wonders known only to God,
but the distinction between one -type-
of 'carnal man' and another is torn down
as all are carnal and in need of the
only hope which -is- the resurrection.
etc...