December 19, 2018

“Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” – Isaiah 44:8 In pagan religions of old, there was an idea that there were many gods; in fact, in ancient times, nearly every nationality believed this. No matter what their specific names, there was a god of trees, a god of sky, a god of sun, a god of mountains, and the list goes on and on. Sometimes there were hundreds if not thousands of gods — in essence, they were many, they were mad, they were mean, and they were warring with each other. According to this tradition, human beings were like little pawns that had to appease a plethora of power-hungry divine entities; they were caught in a bizarre battle