The relationship between God and Human In many myths, God create the world and human beings. In Bible, God is described as the creator of the universe, rulers of the world, judge of evil and saver of human. In Genesis Chapter 1, God created the heavens and the earth. God created water, light, plants, different species and human beings in six days. God created human. People shall fear God, worship the power of God. In the relationship between God and Human, faith is the important part which tells people how to do. In the Christian faith, the solution to “how to do” is “believe in the God, and all shalt be saved”. Christians believe that the soul of human life is controlled by sin. They cannot save themselves. Only way to save is to believe God. For Christians, God is the center of faith that believers can gain confidence, strength to obtain power against the darkness and evil. Divine Obedience to God is the center of the relationship between God and human in Bible. In order to find the relationship between God and human, I choose a fairly representative example – the text from Genesis 22. The text I choose is about the relationship between Abraham and God. Abraham plays a vital role in Bible. He had a special covenant relationship between the Jewish people and God. Also, he fully believes in God. So I believe this text can help me explain the relationship between God and human -- Human’s obedience to God. In this text, Abraham was asked to sacrifice his only son to God to show his obedience to God. This story showed that relationship between God and human are faith and obedience. When God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Abraham was fully obedience to God. Abraham believed that everything was perfectly arranged by God. Everything God require to do is beneficial for him. Why do God want Isaac to be a burnt offering to test Abraham. God want to make sure Abraham’s faith for God is more than Isaac, his only son. After testing his faith, God promised to Abraham in Genesis 22: “I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies, and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice. ” (Bible, Genesis22) In Hebrew story, following God’s will is most important part in the relationship between God and Human. In Eden story, Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden. God told them not to eat the fruit of the tree. But Eve did not listen to the God. Serpent coaxed Eve to steal the fruit of the tree, and made Adam eat. So God rejected Adam and Eve because of their rebellious, disobedient to God’s command, which leads the ruinous consequences. Just like in Greek epic, human always have obedience to God. Because when human do not have obedience and respect to gods, gods normally will punish human in most myths. When Heracles slew his kids, Heracles went to Delphi to consult the god. Pythia’s instructions told him to Tiryns and serve Eurystheus. Heracles followed instructions to finished twelve labors. Finally, he became the god of Olympics by will of Zeus. Even though God is superior to human, not all human followed God’s orders. Compared to Abraham’s fully obedience to God, Gilgamesh showed the spirit to defy the god’s will. In Mesopotamian story, God Ishtar asked Gilgamesh to be her lover and husband. Obviously Ishtar is a powerful God who has a higher position than Gilgamesh, since Gilgamesh is not immortal. But Gilgamesh knew about her history, which showed she is slutty. Gilgamesh rejected Ishtar. Not like the human’s fully obedience to God, Gilgamesh denied divine will and tried to control his own fate instead dominated by God. Ishtar was so angry about Gilgamesh’s rejection and asked her father god – Anu to send bull of heaven to punish Gilgamesh. No one can stop this bull, the earth experienced seven years of famine and destruction. Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought with the bull and finally defeated the bull. Ishtar’s anger didn’t stop. She asked gods to kill one of Gilgamesh and Enkidu due to their revolt with the god’s will. Anu accepted her idea. Enkidu gradually weakened and died. Gilgamesh was greatly impacted. He was wondering whether he can control his own fate. So he embarked on a journey to the underworld to pursue way of immortality. Eventually, he didn’t succeed. Gilgamesh understood the truth that even the greatest hero is also human, human should accept the inevitable fate. In epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was described as two third god, one third human. This epic not only celebrates performances of the ancient heroes, but also expressed the desire to defy the divine obedience. God dominate the fate of human or human dominate their own fates. What’s more, in Jewish story, Yahweh was described as the only God in the world. God is spirit abstraction, incarnation of wisdom, love and truth. In text, Everything Yahweh done is right for Abraham. Before Angel came to talk to Abraham, there is a text: “Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham answer, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” (Bible, Genesis 22)This text shows that Abraham have confidence for God which provided a lamb at the sacrifice. God just want to test Abraham, not actually want him to sacrifice his only son, which proved God’s love for Abraham. In Jewish story, God is a perfect God to his people. Unlike Jewish mythology, Greek gods in Greek mythology have human’s personality. Zeus is famous for his lust for women. He married with many his relatives, such as Metis (his cousin), Themis (his aunt) and Demeter (his sister). He also has a lot of mistresses. As the king of gods, Zeus’s rule is a violent tyranny. Hera, as the wife of Zeus, was jealous about many things. She always harasses and hurt mistresses and children of Zeus. In Apollodorus’ library, Hera sent a snake, tried to kill Heracles. In Greek mythology, gods are just divine and have immortal life. They also have human moods. They have lust, greed, anger, selfishness, regret, and all human’s weaknesses. Greek gods are not perfect moral god. They do not seek to promote social ethics, improve human. They just followed their own likes. So there is no right and wrong about Greek gods did. People worshiped them mainly due to their power. They also allow people to criticize them. They are gods with liberalism. There are also more conflicts between gods and human than Hebrew story. This text explains us that in Bible, human beings have faith for God. They always follow God’s will. And God have perfect moral to love human. Compared to Hebrew, gods from Greek mythologies are liberalism. They have their own personality, followed their own interest and likes. Human worshiped their power instead of their morals.