The God of Christianity

The world today offers different ways of understanding the essence of God’s being. But how is He presented throughout the Bible?

According to the Bible and Torah, the Uncreated One decided to create. From nothing, only through the power of His Word, God created the whole Universe, crowning the creation with His masterpiece: the man. After He gave life to Adam and then to Eve, He spent every day with them, making the communion between men and God a normality but everything changed when the first couple decided to disobey their Father and gave credit to Satan-the great angel who rebelled against God.

From this moment man committed sin and had to be cast out from the presence of the Holy God and since, the whole Universe was and still is affected by the battle between good and evil. The Bible says that the Creator knew all this was going to happen and before He even started to create He had made a plan of salvation.

Therefore, after the great fall He started to repair the broken relationship between Him and the people He created.

This was and is a slow and hard process because of sin and of the free will. People living on Earth began to forget about God,

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He decided to choose a nation and make Himself known to them and eventually to the whole world. This people were the Hebrews and Yahweh (God) revealed Himself to them in a unique way.

He firstly presented His high standards throughout the Ten Commandments and the Law of Moses. The main goal was to show people how Holy He was and also to show them they couldn't keep the commandments through their own strength.

Secondly, God revealed another part of His personality through what He did. He demonstrated with Abraham and all His people that He always keeps His promises and never lets His children down, then He showed He hated sin by punishing those who rebelled against Him, afterward He pointed out His great mercy and care towards the people by taking them out of slavery and then providing for them in the desert.

Although people continued to disobey Him, He made a demonstration of His patience using prophet Hosea. God told this prophet to marry a prostitute and not only to do this, but also to love her.

He listened but the prostitute didn’t give up her habits, so one day she was sold to be a slave.

God didn’t stop here; He told Hosea to go and redeem his wife with his own money. The prophet sold some of his goods in order to do this.

Afterward, God sent the prophet to tell His people that in the same way, He loves them, in spite of how they treated Him. That doesn’t mean God can be mocked. No, what we sow is what we reap.

Fulfilling the prophecies regarding The Savior’s coming, God completely revealed Himself in His Son, Jesus Christ. According to the Bible, "Christ was the exact representation of His being and the radiance of His glory". By this, God made the most important step in the plan of redemption. Jesus lived without sin and by this He totally fulfilled the Law. He was condemned to crucifixion and by His death He made us right with God Almighty.

During His 33 years on Earth HE brought the ultimate form of morality and love for one another. Jesus is historically proven to have existed and some consider Him who He said He was, the Son of God, but others refer to Him as the great Teacher. God’s plan of salvation has its essence in the death and resurrection of Jesus so that whosoever believes may have eternal life and a close relationship with God here on earth.

In conclusion,

 the God of Christianity is a Holy God who does not suffer sin and HE made a way to destroy it. That’s why we cannot live in sin and expect God to approve of us.

Whosoever sins has not really known God. He reveals Himself to be a loving God who cares for His people enough to bring them back to where they belong, in spite of the great sacrifice He paid.

God is awesome,

I believe words cannot comprise Him but we can know more and more of Him when we decide to get close to Him. There is nothing better than knowing God! Knowing God equals eternal life, equals peace, joy and endless love.

All good and all beauty is in Him, may HIS NAME praised forever!