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I cannot define God
I can only surmise my beliefs in God, in orthodoxy this dilemma is defined by separating Gods "essence" which is unchanging with Gods "energies" which can be felt and experienced.
If God is one, then is essence is one. Meaning all is of God at the very least and all responds and is in feedback with God at the most (probably both)
therefore Gods energies can be felt by those who practice Gods ways. That said, the understanding of God is illuminated by the Torah. Not that God is OF the Torah...IE the Torah did not "make" God rather the Torah is a byproduct of Gods energies being utilized (Joshuas cleromancy, ummim and thummim etc)
That said as youve said and Ive said...if you believe in Jesus Christ the incarnate word of God and Gods only begotten son you can avoid all of the nonsense and babylonian trickery by just accepting the God of the word is true.
All things are declared so despite what any man has done or will do, God knows it, and how God will utilize it will only be realized by those who believe in the firstplace. Non-believers will turn to their idols, divination, their own made up ideas etc
Thats why the strongest position a man can make is to "Trust and Wait on the Lord" this also is inline with Zeus favoring Epimetheus (hindsight) over Prometheus (foresight aka the "light bringer")
by analyzing the past we can ascertain Gods judgement and move accordingly but religion can skew many things due to satanic pride
If Jesus never mentioned the Torah or Yaweh you wouldn’t have any reference for God or who he is, which one, what he’s done, etc.... and more importantly who he isn’t.
you’d need some sort of bar or standard to measure the truth by
Without it you wouldn’t know the difference between Allah, Krishna, Ra or whatever name people have called their Gods
you can’t disregard the entire foundation and history in the OT (like Muslims do) even if you personally don’t necessarily need it in today’s life as a Christian especially if you aren’t a religious teacher/scholar etc
many different religions have tried to fit Jesus into their “equation” and everyone except Jews respect him to some extent
And it seems like you are doing the inverse
if just knowing and accepting Jesus was really that simple for you, you wouldn’t be studying a multitude of ancient religions after the fact