Between the security confessed by the recitation of the founding events and the menace announced by the prophet there is no rational synthesis, no triumphant dialectic, but only a double confession, never completely
appeased; a double confession that only hope can hold together.
The god known or unknown be
appeased....
The anger of the Lord may it be
appeased.
The god who is angry against me be
appeased.
The god that I know not be
appeased.
Although other notes are mixed in with it, including not only divine judgment but also occasionally the attribution to God of petty anger and jealousies and the need to be
appeased, the main stream of the Bible's message is of a God who loves men, even sinful men, enough to yearn to save them from their sins.
The idea that an ancient pi.ss.ed - off deity required his son to die so he could be
appeased is patently ridiculous.
At every turn the wood nymphs, pixies, and demon - gods demanded to be
appeased and begged for forgiveness.
The short answer is that scripture doesn't directly suggest that Christ
appeased God's wrath, and the rest is a long conversation.
Most specifically, we need to rid ourselves of this idea that God is angry at us for our sin and needs to be
appeased through blood and sacrifice.
Spiritually, the convent harboured traces of Jansenism: a dour and joyless God never fully
appeased.
Somehow, though God was angry at us, His anger was
appeased by letting us kill His Son?
This is the god who just might, if sufficiently badgered or
appeased, turn a smiling face toward the unfortunate.
But their anger is not
appeased, so Jesus goes to a place of safety from which he will finally move back to Jerusalem for the events of the last week.
The idea wasn't that the blood of bulls and goats somehow «
appeased God,» the sacrificial system was foreshadowing the time when God Himself would make the ultimate atonement for sins.
When that desire is
appeased, when the one lack is supplied, what should hinder her then from yielding herself utterly to God, losing her own likeness and being made like unto Him?
Study of Scripture through the filter of man's biases results in the type of man - centered ideas proferred by Baden, like «God learns to accept their inherently evil nature», and humans «are the only species that can give him what he wants — which, in the view of Genesis, is bloody, burned animal sacrifices», and «it is, rather, our job to make ourselves uncomfortable that he might be
appeased.»
The Greeks believed (as do the people of most religions) that the gods are angry and need to be
appeased (aka bribed) in order to act nicely toward humans.
The concepts of ransom, of vicarious suffering for the guilt of men, of propitiation and sacrifice all too easily turn into descriptions of how God is
appeased through suffering, and thus the point that the atonement stems from his love is lost.
An» «angry Father» [contemplates] the disobedience of man in human sin, decrees to condemn [us] to eternal death... Against which sentence of divine justice the Son interposes Himself... so that in His total sacrifice «the Father is
appeased».»
The Qur» an specifies that such alms are to be given to the poor, the needy, the collectors of zakat, those whose hearts are to be
appeased, slaves, travelers, debtors, and those who are on the path of God.
@Aeromechanic: Maybe they were not healed, but just
appeased by having their fantasy be fulfilled.
Process - driven institutions will follow the dictates of committees meeting, of committees spawning subcommittees and committees to coordinate committees, of constituencies being
appeased, of deals being cut, of truths being compromised, and of truth being ruled out of order.
In so doing, he has
appeased His Holiness, Justice, and Wrath; He has conquered the enemy that we brought into the world by our rebellion, which is death itself, by rising from the dead and living and reigning as victorious King and Savior; and He has reconciled those who believe in Him to Himself that they may live life eternal with Him at the consummation of all perfection, for perfection will be restored as He has promised!
The move likely
appeased Whole Foods» shareholders, who had been laying siege to the company's executives for relatively poor performance, but moreover it served as a harbinger of significant disruption in the grocery market.
Republicans such as Sens. Bob Corker (Tenn.), Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and James Lankford (Okla.) have said they would not support a tax plan that adds too much to the debt, creating a bloc of votes that would be able to kill the bill if they aren't
appeased.
According to Raja Rajamannar, chief marketing and communications officer at Mastercard, these consumers can't be
appeased with simple storytelling.
But critics weren't
appeased, even when the chain added nutritional information to its Happy Meal packaging in 2005.
Lovers of art in advertising may not be
appeased.
But while those folks were
appeased, others were dubious.
If you're in a business where there are regulators (like the FDA, FCC, SEC or any state or federal agency that must be
appeased before you can move) and you've passed their scrutiny and you're ready to sell and you're first to market, then, once again, investors will love you.
In a move likely aimed at
appeasing competition regulators, the mining companies scrapped plans to jointly market up to 15 per cent of production from their Pilbara operations.
While the move will surely
appease many angry customers, it does mark an about - face from a pledge two years ago by General Mills to remove artificial colors and flavors from its cereals.
Presumably, the Internet behemoths — who have been facing increased scrutiny from the public and regulators in recent months — are reacting harshly to
appease a growing chorus of critics.
Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang - ho, her father, sought to
appease critics by announcing the resignation of his two daughters from their executive positions last month.
Meanwhile, the ability to effectively police abusive behavior could prove essential to the company's financial health, as Twitter needs to show regular, significant user growth in order to
appease investors who are concerned that the company is lagging behind social media rivals like Facebook and Instagram.
Valeant, which has about $ 30.77 billion in debt, also had to
appease creditors after missing deadlines for filing financial reports, triggering default notices.
Viraj Patel, forex strategist at ING, told CNBC that Draghi did «just enough to
appease the hawks in the committee.»
But if someone like [Fed governor Jerome] Powell gets in, with policies similar to [current Fed chair Janet] Yellen's, that would
appease the stock market and create a better environment for them going forward.
However, she will need to
appease far - right critics, which «will leave her a diminished figure,» according to Eurasia Group.
But here are some different tools, strategies, and techniques you can use to develop content that
appeases both human readers and the machine that is RankBrain.
Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang - ho had tried to
appease the public by announcing the resignation of his two daughters from executive positions last month.
«This latest potential U-turn is evidence of more chaos and confusion at the heart of government where uncosted pledges are made to try and
appease the public.»
But New Zealand and Australia found an elegant solution to
appeasing such worries.
Seeking to
appease investors with boosts to share prices, CEOs are prioritizing short - term returns at the expense of R&D, workforce training and other investments essential to their companies» long - term growth.
The internal campaign emails from August 2015 reveal the difficulty Clinton had in
appeasing both unions and environmentalists as she fought for her party's nomination ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
Only time will tell; but with each new release, Google becomes more transparent in its quest to appeal to and
appease the public at large and change the way we look at Search Engine Optimization.
The Hungarian leader appeared to be in
appeasing mode on Saturday.
But customers have very different needs, desires, and tolerances, and the challenge of
appeasing them all grows with the size of your company.
Child sacrifice may have been a last resort in the hopes that the gesture would improve the weather by
appeasing the gods.