What Do Jews Worship? Check out the history and concept of God here

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YOGYAKARTA - What do you think Jews worship? In literature it is explained that Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion (believing there is only one God) that existed before Islam came, since about 2,000 years ago. This religion is one of the heavenly religions or religions that are taught based on God's revelation. Literally, Judaism comes from the word, yahud, which is taken from the word haada yahuudu, which means back. In its history, Judaism was able to develop widely because of the role of the Prophet Moses, one of the apostles who received revelation from God in the form of Judaism.

Judaism Relates to the History of the Jewish Nation

The emergence of Judaism is still related to the history of the Jewish nation itself. In 1900 BC, together with his followers, Ibrahim or Abraham decided to flee Mesopotamia to avoid pressure from the oppressive ruler, namely King Namrud. Furthermore, the people who fled were called Hebrews, which means people who crossed over.

In the Torah it is explained that Ibrahim was the first Jew to be called Ibri or Hebrew. After the Prophet Ibrahim died, the leadership of the Hebrew nation was continued by his son, Isaac. After Isaac's generation, the generation of the Hebrew nation was continued by his son named Jacob.

Jacob received an honorary title called Israel which means a very obedient servant of God. Jacob is known to have 12 children, including Rubin, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Jacob's children and grandchildren were the ones who later became the successors of the Bani Israel or the children and grandchildren of Israel. When one of Jacob's sons, namely Yusuf, held a position in the Pharaoh's government in Egypt, the Children of Israel then migrated to Egypt.

At first, the Children of Israel received good treatment from the local king. However, during the leadership of Amnahotab II, this kindness turned into cruelty. This is because Amnahotab II was worried about the development of the Children of Israel and was not happy with the monotheistic religion that they practiced.

This displeasure made Amnahotab II make the Children of Israel slaves. Amnahotab II's cruelty towards the Children of Israel became even worse. Around the 13th century BC, Allah sent Moses and Aaron, who were also descendants of Jacob, to free the Children of Israel and invite Amnahotab II to embrace monotheism, but was rejected.

Prophet Moses invited the Children of Israel to migrate. Upon arriving in Tursina, with his people, Moses founded a village. Furthermore, Moses decided to climb Mount Tursina for 40 days to receive revelation from Allah. While meditating on Tursina Hill, Allah revealed the Jewish religion to Moses so that he would then be taught to the Children of Israel with the Torah as the holy book.

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The development of Judaism

Around 457 BC, thanks to the second leader of the Jewish nation, Ezra, Judaism began to experience renewal. Ezra improved the Jewish religious and social system. As explained in the Bible, Ezra reorganized the Jewish nation, announced the entire contents of the Torah in general and asked the Judahites to unite again to respect the commandments of Jewish traditions and rituals.

The renewal carried out by Ezra had a new impact on Judaism. One of them is Judaism from a local ethnic religion to a universal religion. In the context of sociology itself, Jewish religion is in the form of ideas, thoughts, or regulations related to religion or the doctrine of the teachings of diversity.

The doctrine of Judaism itself is in the form of the concept of divinity, nature, morals, chosen people, and so on. Meanwhile, the idea of ​​Judaism is monotheism, which simply means that there is only one Almighty God. In Judaism, the term God is called in Hebrew YHWH, read Yahweh. Apart from that, the term Yahweh in Hebrew is also referred to as El, Elohim, (El) Shaddai, (El) Elyon, and Adonai, which when translated into English means God or Lord.

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