The Perfect Rules

The people requested from Moses direct contact with God so as to have something to hold on to. He delivered their message to God, who said “And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death (chapter 19).” This way God accepts to present himself in front of the people, but to show that there are limits he warns Moses not to let them come near or he shall kill them for their disobedience and curiosity, which may be interpreted as lack of faith.

After this God gives moses six commands wich humanity must follow in order to be at peace with God. Moses writes the following rules on stone” Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery.Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's (chapter 20).” To the people he gives these rules and orders them to live by these under the favor of the LORD. Anyone who broke one of these rules would commit a sin, and therefore he would go against the will of God. Religions where based on these rules later in history, for in them lies the key to living in harmony and peace in a society where people must share so much with other people. If we chose to apply these ideals to our lives and lived under their logic then the world would be a much better place, and that’s why they were created, because LORD was able to foreshadow the weakness and the flaw of people.