Around the 60s our faith took a turn , we went peace time during a war many did not want here on earth. We also went peace time in a spiritual war that will not end until God says so and sends His Son once again.
I grew up in the 60s and it was about peace , love and flowers. We only have to listen to the music of any era to know what was going on in that particular time. When I wrote Drought of the Heart , many did not accept the message. God knew why , we no longer see God as the God before Jesus , the Jesus of love and peace our way to the Father . I just finished Deuteronomy and Moses pleaded many times for God not to wipe out those people of disobedience . We tend to forget Jesus is our mediator, 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
I am always amazed at how any followers can look at what was done on the Cross for us and put God of Deuteronomy on a shelf...
Quoting: Goofy for God Moses....and the prophets after him, were mediators between the Father and the people. Realizing this makes the appearance of Moses and Elijah at the Transfiguration totally understandable.
One could almost imagine Moses saying to Jesus..."after all these centuries...I see they are STILL a 'stiff necked' people "
"putting God on a shelf"....you can see this happening from the very beginning, as it is a part of disobedience, which began in the Garden of Eden. Even the act of the "golden calf" at Mt. Sinai can be considered as such.
How many times did the Jevvs mention God in Jesus' time? It was always about Moses.
Even in modern times we see hundereds of them pray daily at the wall in Jerusalem. Churches place emphasis on praying in front of the altar / cross, holding a Rosary etc...
Finally, as I've stated before, Jesus mentions "the Father" / "He who sent me" over 180 times in the 4 Gospels. Some of those times are duplicates for sure, but just looking at the way people pray these days (to Jesus, saints etc...), you can see perhaps WHY Jesus had to place so much emphasis on that aspect of His existence...that He is NOT God the Father Himself...but was SENT by the Father.
Jesus KNEW ahead of time that people would put "God the Father" on the shelf.
