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A History of God
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First Glance
The Jerusalem Temple
The Eucharist—A Sacrificial Formula Preserved
The Eucharist—Exploring Its Origins
Different Ways to Count to Ten
Counting the Ten Commandments
The Lord of the House of Israel versus Foreign Gods (Jeremiah 10:1–16)
[Introduction]
1Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2Thus says the Lord:
[Foreign Idols]
Do not learn the way of the nations,
or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens;
for the nations are dismayed at them.
Wisdom’s Poem
The Lord created me at the beginning of His work,
the first of his acts of long ago.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth—
The Parable of the Elm and the Vine
The last and longest section of the document, the parables, or similitudes, contains several stories that illustrate a symbiotic relationship of the rich and poor: The wealthy offer charity to the poor, who then include the rich in their prayers. The stories do not condemn the wealthy, but encourage them to use their money wisely, suggesting that Hermas lived in a well-to-do community:
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