The Ten Commandments
From one literalist's perspective.
Someone who breaks the commandments for spite,
1. has a pantheon of gods,
2. covers every wall with idols,
3. takes the authority of the LORD falsely,
4. works everyone like a dog on Sabbath,
5. Pharisizes both father and mother,
6. murderes countless human beings,
7. apostacizes/adulterizes,
8. robs their neighbors blind,
9. lies to put people in jail,
10. wants everyone else's everything.
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* The False Prophet breaks #3.
The Lord will not hold him blameless. That's something that the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit deserves, according to Jesus; so taking the authority of the Lord falsely must be an equally terrible crime. All throughout the Old Testament, we see prophets claiming that God has sent them, and see clearly what God thinks about those men. I've taken Strong's Concordance as to what the Hebrew generally gets translated into: Name is also authority, and Vain is also falsely. Which by my literalist point of view, makes a whole lot of sense. Because it's obviously not a spur of the moment--in the heat of anger, that Commandment 3 is written against. It's someone who sets out, like the False Prophet, to do damage to the word of God.
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And the false prophet teaches all of the false witnesses to blaspheme God, since blasphemy literally means "hurtful rumor"... lie. This is nothing less than character assassination, taken to the highest level.
From one literalist's perspective.
Someone who breaks the commandments for spite,
1. has a pantheon of gods,
2. covers every wall with idols,
3. takes the authority of the LORD falsely,
4. works everyone like a dog on Sabbath,
5. Pharisizes both father and mother,
6. murderes countless human beings,
7. apostacizes/adulterizes,
8. robs their neighbors blind,
9. lies to put people in jail,
10. wants everyone else's everything.
___________
* The False Prophet breaks #3.
The Lord will not hold him blameless. That's something that the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit deserves, according to Jesus; so taking the authority of the Lord falsely must be an equally terrible crime. All throughout the Old Testament, we see prophets claiming that God has sent them, and see clearly what God thinks about those men. I've taken Strong's Concordance as to what the Hebrew generally gets translated into: Name is also authority, and Vain is also falsely. Which by my literalist point of view, makes a whole lot of sense. Because it's obviously not a spur of the moment--in the heat of anger, that Commandment 3 is written against. It's someone who sets out, like the False Prophet, to do damage to the word of God.
____________
And the false prophet teaches all of the false witnesses to blaspheme God, since blasphemy literally means "hurtful rumor"... lie. This is nothing less than character assassination, taken to the highest level.
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