The Nature of the Christian God
1. God’s Name Exodus 15; 3
2. God’s Country Habakkuk 3; 3
3. Descriptions of God. 2 Samuel 22; 9, Deut. 11;12 , 2 Chronicles 16; 9, Zech. 4;10
3:1 God is like jasper & carnelian stones Rev. 4; 2-3
3:2 John’s description of Christ. Rev. i. I2-l6. Rev. 2; I8
4. God’s companions. Zech. 6; 2
4:1 Bizarre heavenly beasts around God’s throne praise him tirelessly. Rev. 4; 6
5. God’s Character
5:1 Yahweh the destroyer. Zeph. 1; 2
5:2 Yahweh the avenger. Deut 32; 35 Nahum 1; 2
5:3 Yahweh craves vengeance Ezek. 5; 12 -13
5:4 Yahweh the god of war. Deut. 39 —- 42
5:5 Yahweh comes accompanied by epidemics. Hab. 3;5-6
5:6 God as a wild beast. Lam. 3; 10 Hosea 5; 13; 7-8
5:7 God describes himself as a moth and the rot Hosea 5;
6. God’s emotional composition
6:1 Yahweh — an envious, irascible, indignant god. Nahum 1;1 – 6
6:2 Yahweh’s unbridled rage. Deut 32; 22 – 25
6:3 Yahweh’s uncontrollable fury and lack of poise. Isaiah 34; 2 – 10
6:4 Yahweh’s lack of compassion. Lam. 2; 20
6:5 The Lord God remains unmoved by pleas for mercy. Ezek. 8; 18 Ezek. 8:5 Isaiah
13, 6 18
6:6 God regrets destroying every living being and resolves not to do it again. Gen. 8;21
6:7 God repents and feels sorry for himself. Jer. 15; 6. Gen; 6; 6 1] Exodus 32; 14
I Sam. 15; 35 Amos. 7; 3 Jer.15;6.
6:8 The Lord takes a turn, and inexplicably tries to murder Moses and is pacified with the
offering of a baby’s foreskin. Exodus 4; 24-26
7. God’s Transport
7:1 God rides on the back of an angel. 2 Samuel 22:11 Psalm 18:10
8. God’s Throne
8:1 God has a rumbling, flashing, thundering throne. Rev. 4; 5
9. God’s Offspring
9:1 Sons of God have sex with the daughters of men. Gen. 6; 4 1]
10. God’s Diet
10:1 The Lord prefers meat to vegetables. Gen. 4. 3-5.
10:2 God enjoys the smell of roast meat. Gen. 8;20
10:3 God shoots out fire to eat the meat offering Lev 9:24
11. God’s Appearances
11:1 God stands on the Altar. Amos 9;1
11:2 God manifest himself as a pillar of fire and a cloud. Exodus 13; 21, 22.
11:3 God hides in a burning bush. Exodus 3.2-5
11:4 God shows his back parts. Exodus 33; 23
12. God’s Social Life
12:1 God is tired of living in a tent and demands a house. 2 Sam;7:4
12:2 Satan pays a visit on his mate God. Job 1; 6
12:3 Moses and God meet on the top of a mountain. Ex 19; 20
12:4 Moses takes the people to meet Jehovah in a burning mountain. Exodus 19; 17-22
12:5 God holds a dinner party for 74 guests on a paved mountain. Exo 24:9-11
12:6 God and two angels pay a courtesy call on Abraham and have lunch with him. Gen.
18; 1- 8
12:7 Abraham takes a stroll with God and negotiates with him. Gen. 18:16 Gen 18:23
12:8 God has a tiff with Sarah. Gen. 18:10
12:9 Disgusting effect of the presence of “God in a box.” 1 Samuel 5; 8
13. God’s Communicative skills
13:1 God appears in a cloud and talks to Moses. Exodus 33; 9 Numbers 12; 5
13:2 God roars Isaiah 42:13 Hosea 11:10 Joel 3; 16
13:3 and yells like grape-pressers. Jer. 25; 30
13:4 He summons people by whistling and hissing. Isaiah 5;26 Zech. 10; 8
13:5 He also summons the flies from Egypt and the Bees from Assyria by hissing. Isaiah
7; 18
14. God’s Deceptions
14:1 God deceives his own prophets. Jer. 20; 7 2 Chronicles 18; 22
14:2 And sends evil spirits to trouble his kings. I Samuel ‘I6; 14 I Samuel 18;10
14:3 He even has his son taken away and tempted. Luke 4; 1
14:4 He also deludes people into believing lies so that he can then condemn them. 2
Thessalonians 2; 11
14:5 God makes men drunkards Jeremiah 13:13
15. God’s Enemy the Dragon
15:1 God describes the Leviathan his nemesis — a many-headed fire-breathing Sea-
Dragon. Job 41:1 Ps 104:26
15:2 A War in heaven between the angels and the dragon. Rev. 12; 7
15:3 God fights with the Sea-Dragon and kills it. Ps 74:14 13 Isa 27:1
16. Testimonies of God’s Goodness
16:1 The love of God is evident in his killing and expropriating the land of others. Psalm 136: 10
16:2 Sun, moon, stars, dragons, pious mountains, and holy beasts are called upon to Praise the Lord. Psalm 148:3