For the first time, I realized the verse (2 Peter 1:16) that fabricated myths, destructive heresies, and fabricated sayings are linked to those heresies.
It is very consistent with the idea that the people of Israel, throughout their sojourn in the land of Egypt and among the strange worships of the Pharaohs, we did not find that the book mentioned that they worshiped the Egyptian gods or desired to return to them. Therefore, the idea of the quote is far-fetched, given that even when they were far from the Lord, they made for themselves a golden calf and did not worship the sun god like the Egyptians.
The story that Moses was slow or tactless in Hebrew is somewhat acceptable since he was raised by his son, Pharaoh… But the idea that he was influenced by the god Aten, the god of monotheism, and called God Adonai or Adon, is not convincing to me because the names of God each had a special revelation that Moses passed through and realized the name of Jehovah… and Adonai is the Lord, my Lord, and it does not mean a god of monotheism.
What is strange to me in Akhenaten’s hymn to the god Ra is how he attributed all great matters to the god Ra, the sun god, and he did not declare himself as the Lord did… The mind that wrote those dazzling words did not think for a moment that he did not find any proof that he is the true god.
It is very consistent with the difference in the logic with which Akhenaten writes from the one with which David writes.
I have a question regarding the Hymn of Akhenaten. Is it permissible to use those words – the correct ones – and direct them to God because He alone deserves those words and glorification?! Just as some people do with the words of singer Umm Kulthum in some of her songs, which in reality are only worthy of God alone in their expressions of love?!
One of the best things that has been said about the comparison between the song and the psalm is that it is not difficult for the Holy Spirit to glorify God “Jehovah” to the degree that requires him to quote songs from the pagan gods.
If we surrender to that claim, this means that we believe that the god Aten is an image or form of the god “Yahweh,” since it was written before the psalm, 500 years ago.
It is always important to search and examine every teaching presented to us. Sometimes these teachings come wrapped in the slogan of love and under the banner of offering acceptance and love to the other. It is possible to know God in this way, but the truth is that the other will know the Lord through the truth.