Berubah atau tidak berubah?

Tuhan berubah atau tidak berubah?

It is a very tricky question to be answered. Yes it is. The very moment I was asked about this question I answered "no of course". But suddenly another question was raised from the passage that showed God does "change" such as in Moses' conversation with God that showed God somehow took back his word about destroying Israel.

Some interpreter said that "no, God did not take back his word, see, in the end the Israel was indeed punished by God severely. God just somehow delayed his work but it did not showed God changed"

Yes, it is right. It will give a very nice answer to everyone who simply just want to ask ask and ask without looking any further to the truth.

But again, God DID change at that time right? How can a person who has an emotion does not change?

Well probably the answer lies on what dimension of "changing" that we are talking about.

God in eternity of course never change in the sense that his attributes are the same forever. His attributes that he is omnipresence, omniscience, love, justice, etc

But in the relation to his creation, he does change in the sense about how a relation work with human, how he act before the human by making a covenant, how he ask his people to come back to him while in other time he somehow turn his face back. Or course that when he is angry he indeed angry and when he is pleased with his servant, it is impossible that he is angry also at the same time. He changes

again, paradoxical condition

better ask before we answer what "change" is that