Ezekiel's Argument Essay

Israel did not ask for God to adopt her so it is inappropriate to chastise her as a whore. Although always inappropriate to address someone as a whore, Israel never asked to be taken in as a special people for generations to come. However, some will argue against this as they asked for help. Despite the position one takes on this, it can be agreed upon that in the metaphor of an adopted child God used in His anger is quite shocking when paired with whore.
Israel was promised to be a great nation back in Abraham’s time so the Israelites never had the chance to ask first if this was what they wanted. To reprimand a people for their wrong doings they must first have agreed not to do them. This does not include strong persuasion and commands after rescuing them from their captors. In Ezekiel 16, God speaks of saving Israel at their weakest moment, nursing them back to full health. They were already a chosen people, in the close eye of the Lord and He would have helped at their weakest moment or if He simply did not like the threat they faced at the time. Whether they asked for his help or not, God would have condemned them in the end for not obeying all the laws, although they did at some point and it is often used as an argument.
When the people of Israel were wrongfully enslaved by the Egyptians, they prayed to God for help. “Their cry for …show more content…
In the book of Jonah it is not even clear what is meant by a great fish, we must only assume a whale. Between the time gap and ability for things to get lost in translation, specific details are not that easy to pinpoint and prove. The Bible is a book more so of messages such as you can’t avoid God, you must obey God, and with faith all things are possible. All three of these can clearly be seen in Jonah when you get past the part where he sat in stomach acid for three days and still