On a recent archaeological dig I stumbled upon a large book containing thirty-nine other books within it. The book begins with a story about how an almighty God created the earth in a period of seven days. It describes how He created all of the living creatures within it and how he is all powerful and beyond our comprehension. As the stories continue throughout the book it discuses a civilization of a people chosen by the all powerful Lord of man. The people that were chosen were the Hebrew tribe, and the sign that displayed whether they were Hebrew or not was that they would circumcise the male in each family and this would be the way that they could differentiate between races. The main aspect of all the people within the tribe is they’re religion. Religion is the Jewish faith and they believe in the “God of Abraham” and as long as they follow the Ten Commandments set by Him, He will continue to bless them and guide them safely to wherever they go. As previously mentioned the main aspect of the culture is the religion and this is where they’re values, cultur
This monotheistic society of Hebrew’s disables anyone that is not born within they’re civilization to have a relationship or even a common knowledge of they’re Lord. This is the largest aspect of they’re religion or lifestyle that I found to be peculiar. In reading these books I discovered that this culture is different from all other civilizations and religions because they believe in only one God and the God that they believe in is only revealed to the “chosen people”. In the first story or book, Genesis chapter 1 verse 27 to 28, it states “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” If man was created in the image of him then it is inevitable to believe that He does care for His people and will continue to guide them in according to His will.
This is a culture where the Government is put in place by the religion and all of the governmental figures are prophets throughout all of these books. The people put in place to be the leader of king of the people is always the one closest relat