S9 E2, King Manasseh vs. the Prophet Isaiah: A Debate on Idolatry, pt. 2: Isaiah's Case

Highlights: 4:00 Knowing Hashem and seeing Hashem

7:15 Moshe sought moral knowledge of God's ways, not metaphysical knowledge of God's nature

10:30 Moshe sought to understand why some righteous people suffer, and other righteous people prosper; why some evildoers suffer, and other evildoers prosper

16:30 Moshe couldn't understand the goodness of God as it is manifest in the universe; the prophets could understand it

18:15 Completely righteous people don't suffer, whereas incompletely righteous people do suffer

22:00 What completely righteous people believe to be right will occur to them

26:00 The answer to the question about the suffering of the righteous was acceptable for the prophets but not for Moshe

29:30 Is God good if He is good only to the extent that people are completely righteous?

32:30 Seeing Hashem's back means seeing the end of His actions, in the future; seeing His face means seeing Him in the present

36:00 A person should emulate Hashem if and only if His actions are known This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.