essings to all
the rest of his creatures. Could such a God be just? When the
Israelites were trying to get out of Egypt, while Moses and Aaron were
to go and beg Pharaoh to let them go, God is said to have hardened
Pharaoh's heart not to do so, only to have an excuse to plague Egypt,
kill the first born in every house and then overwhelm Pharaoh and his
whole army in the Red Sea! Can a just God do that? When they finally
arrive at the borders of the promised land they are commanded to
literally exterminate the inhabitants and neighboring tribes, root and
branch, men, women and children indiscriminately and unsparingly. God
is described as resorting to lying, deceit and intrigue to lure the
enemies of Israel to their destruction. Time fails me to pursue this
horrible record in its details. It begins with Abraham and ends only
with the close of the Old Testament Canon. Study it for yourself.
Could a just God be guilty of such outrageous conduct? I think not.

As is well known, the doctrine is that God thus called Abraham and the
Jewish nation apart from all the balance of the human race, that thru
them He might ultimately send his son into the world to save the race
from sin and hell. To this end promises and prophecies are said to
point, thruout the entire Old Testament from Abraham to its close, and
even as far back as the Garden of Eden and the first sin.

When Jesus of Nazareth appeared he was accepted by his followers as
this promised Savior, the Messiah of promise and prophecy, and has been
so accepted by the Christian world ever since. To him was attributed a
miraculous birth as the Son of God; and in the opinion of his followers
he was soon considered, not only the Son of God, but God Himself
incarnated bodily in the son. In other words, that God Himself came
down from heaven in the form of human flesh, to save the world by
making an atoning sacrifice of Himself for the sins of humanity. And
when Jesus came, suffered and died on the Cross, we are told that "the
scheme of redemption was completed." And what is this "scheme" of
redemption, or "plan" of salvation? This was the crucial point to me.
I thought man was certainly a sinner and needed a Redeemer. I looked
it over with scrutinizing care. Here is one God who is three Gods. A
part of God left heaven, came to earth as a man, died on the Cross to
satisfy the other part of himself for sins somebody else committed! I
know this sounds to the orth