Ok so I've been reading my bible a lot lately and i was struck with an interesting phenomenon whereupon the Jewish faith seems to shift from a more naturalistic (I hesistate to say pagan for fear of getting flamed) religion used to define why things are starring a whole pantheon of gods but one main one who was special (God of gods)to one of a more dualistic good and evil, heaven and hell, God and the big satan religion which doesn't gel at all with the earlier version.
This paragraph (and it should be a separate paragraph with a blank line) might be beter this way:
In reviewing the old testament I see:
1) a time of a pantheon of gods
2) a time with one god supreme in a multitude of them
3) a time of monotheism
Each of the above should have biblical references tucked in. I think you mean that by the time of 3) there is an idea of satan included but that isn't clear to me.
this part
In the earlier version, God seems to be the source of all things. He created the world and it was good, He made david sin so he could cause what he wanted to happen (2 Samuel 24). but about chronicles (in a concurrent chapter it says satan made david sin, for one example), it changes (job seems to fit the earlier knowledge along with a few other books). i wanted to open this idea to discussion.
I can't make much sense of. You mention Chronicles but I think you should quote the actual chapter and verse and supply the text here so ppl don't have to run off looking for it.
Is this supposed to be more details about the stuff in the first paragraph or what?
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