Re: One Yahweh and two Fathers?

Originally Posted by
LookingUp
Has anyone heard of the idea that Jesus is the Yahweh of the OT, and the Father of whom Jesus speaks in the NT is not the Yahweh of the OT? Jesus’ Father is above him and not spoken of in the OT. So, Jesus is the Father of us all and Jesus’ Father is ??? I’m not really sure. Anyone heard of this before?
It sounds like you are referring to a variation or modification of the teaching ( horribly deformed and erroneous as it is ), that the God of the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament. This is a tenet of Gnosticism, particularly of Marcion. The difference between Marcion and what you are saying is that Marcion believed that Jesus came to reveal the true God, and to save us from the God of the Old Testament who Marcion viewed as a mean, capricious god
If this is what you are referring to, ( or a variation of it), it is a horrible, detestable heresy. Gnosticism, ( which Marcion's theology was very similar to) was very a very prevelant threat to the early church, but was denounced as a heresy. It seems to be reemerging again, though. Just the same old rehashed heresies. Here is a link to an article explaining the madness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcionism
Last edited by glad4mercy; May 13th 2012 at 01:00 PM.
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