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    Biblical Morality
    Biblical Morality
    Biblical Morality
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    Biblical Morality

    By Ed Hurst

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    God wove into His creation a fabric of morality that reflects His character. His character has not changed at all, but human perception has drifted very, very far over the ages. Until we rediscover what that revelation meant to the people who first received it, we cannot hope to reclaim the ancient heritage of commitment to God. Most Western Christians are shocked to discover the radical difference between what they assume is biblical morality and what the Bible actually says within its own intellectual heritage. This book examines the differences and seeks to help Christians rediscover the ancient treasure of how to live in God's world with an accurate understanding of how it all works.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEd Hurst
    Release dateAug 11, 2013
    ISBN9781301097111
    Biblical Morality
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    Ed Hurst

    Born 18 September 1956 in Seminole, OK. Traveled a great deal in Europe with the US Army, worked a series of odd jobs, and finally in public education. Ordained to the ministry as a Baptist, then with a non-denominational endorsement. Currently semi-retired.

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      Biblical Morality - Ed Hurst

      Biblical Morality

      By Ed Hurst

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 by Ed Hurst

      Copyright notice: People of honor need no copyright laws; they are only too happy to give credit where credit is due. Others will ignore copyright laws whenever they please. If you are of the latter, please note what Moses said about dishonorable behavior – be sure your sin will find you out (Numbers 32:23)

      Permission is granted to copy, reproduce and distribute for non-commercial reasons, provided the book remains in its original form.

      Cover Art: Aquademoises by Jaime González; public domain.

      Other books in this series include A Course in Biblical Mysticism and The Mind of Christ by the same author. Get your free copies at Smashwords.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 – It’s Personal

      Chapter 2 – His Call

      Chapter 3 – It’s All in the Family

      Chapter 4 – Boundaries

      Chapter 5 – And Your Neighbor as Yourself

      Chapter 6 – Limits of Power and Enforcement

      Chapter 7 – Fighting Fate

      Chapter 8 – In the Context

      Chapter 9 – Divine Aplomb

      Chapter 10 – Resisting Sin

      Chapter 11 – Gender Matters

      Chapter 12 – Tribal Economy

      Chapter 13 – What Do You Expect?

      Conclusion

      Warning: This book assumes the reader is familiar with the contents of the Bible and will recognize the characters, events, phrases and quotations that appear in this book.

      Introduction

      Writing it is well nigh impossible.

      There is no human language able to bear the load: How rich is the opportunity we have to live by the cosmic law of the universe! God created the universe according to His own character. He wove His morals into the substance of all things. It responds directly to anyone who embraces Him. It’s not some divine principle we can explain in mere words; we can’t pack it into some code of conduct.

      So we do wrong when we speak, write, or even think of it in terms of duty or obligation. You can call it Law, or even better, Justice. For most Christians those words carry too much of the wrong baggage. This is an opportunity to touch the divine character itself. This is the underlying truth sought by all the various studies in science, philosophy, as well as magic and other esoteric arts – finding that handle by which we can extract from our existence the greatest possible return. We have this extravagant gift of revelation, explaining how it all works so that we can claim all the ancient heritage humanity has long forgotten.

      It’s not hidden; it’s obscured by human reason. Our fallen nature is itself an attempt to work through all sorts of different frames of reference from the level of human resources. Redemption is simply embracing the one thing that we are all hard wired to do. God’s revelation is reality itself. Because of our tainted grasp of things, He revealed Himself in the form of law covenants. It’s the best way to get our attention, but that attention was meant to evolve in each of us into recognition of His divine call to receive His love.

      The human mind cannot know God. It can understand Law and Justice, and the Bible records a great deal about that. But we aren’t just generations away from it, more than the distance across the earth, far removed by language differences. There is a massive fundamental difference in the very frame of thoughts themselves. The Hebrew people whom God made to carry His revelation to the world had an entirely different view of reality from that of Western people. That Hebrew view of reality reflects the revelation of God; the people of God at their best were the living revelation of God.

      From where we stand in Post-Modern Western Civilization, the Hebrew epistemology is totally different from ours. If you have no idea what that means, you may benefit from first taking A Course in Biblical Mysticism (available from the same author at Smashwords) to understand the huge difference, and how it changes what the Bible means regardless of the translation you read.

      For now, we can summarize it thus: The Hebrew people would regard our intellectual heritage as too shallow, too wrapped up in the passing plane of existence, unable to handle anything that comes from outside it. The Hebrew people knew God was not rooted in this universe, that our entire realm of existence is just a passing shadow, a minor project on God’s personal agenda. God built for them an awareness that surpasses mere human reasoning, an intellectual tradition wide open to the Spirit Realm where God lives. Our Western world has words for it, but the very structure of our thoughts excludes the whole concept. Worse, our frame of reference disparages theirs as mere superstition. What an insult to God, who made that frame of reference as His chosen means to revelation. Without that ground of understanding, you

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