The commandments of God... Well honestly, God has no commandments. There were no laws of Moses nor did Moses ever receive any commandments from God to give to anyone. Even Jeremiah said, "For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices." ~ Jeremiah 7:22. And Micah said, "With what shall I come to Yahweh and bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? Does Yahweh take delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousand rivers of oil? He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" ~ Micah 6:6-8. All of those Prophets of Yahweh taught the same things... kindness, justice, and freedom. They lived with a bunch of religious assholes who enjoyed spiritualism more than reality.
Moses knew that he needed to think deeply and work hard for his people - but when the people had new religious prophets like Joshua who led the Hebrews to war, they rejected Moses and the compassion of Yahweh, so Yahweh saw no need for Moses to continue to be with them. It was never Yahweh's plan for those Hebrews to lift a finger against any land, and it was even more ridiculous for those Hebrews to think that they were more special than anyone else. Yahweh shows no partiality - He confirmed this to me with the flashing lights of His messengers. Even Amos said, "Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?" declares Yahweh. "Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?" ~ Amos 9:7
Now, I'm only posting these bible verses because religious people are going to be religious no matter what I tell them, and I really don't expect anyone to take these 'Eden' posts seriously - so if I'm going to tell them something worthwhile, I have to be sure it makes sense to them, while at the same time, crushing their beliefs they hold so dear.
To command me to do something is to take away my freedom, and Yahweh really sees no good in controlling people or telling them what to do - in fact, He is highly against authoritarianism. It makes more sense for Him to let you come to your own conclusion and do right by people simply because they are people. Yahweh does require compassion - we all require compassion, because no one likes being around people with trifling-ass attitudes or fucked-up characters. Yahweh does require justice - we all require justice, because no one appreciates being stripped by a bully and letting that bully get away with all the pain and humiliation they caused.
Unfortunately, serpents made their way into Eden long ago to keep humanity out.
