For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Outside limitations of time (pre-dates universe)
Able to observe the universe
Beyond human understanding
He cannot be seen (chooses when and how he reveals him)
Jews view God's presence in the world today as "Shekhinah"("presence")
ETERNAL:
Existence is accepted as fact (Jews feel no need to argue)
Existed before universe was created (Jews accept he'd always existed and WILL always exist)
MERCIFUL:
Judaism teaches God is a judge but he acts with mercy.
Revealed to the prophet Moses the laws and duties that are expected of all Jews (e.g. the Ten Sayings - Recorded in the Torah) God judges how each Jew follows the laws, but he balances justice with mercy
God's given 10 days after Rosh Hashanah to make up for wrongdoings before the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
JUDGE:
Grants forgiveness if one is truly sorry
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish festival) celebrates creation of the world and believed to be the time God will judge every person.
Talmud describes how God will bring out scales to weigh a persons deeds (good deeds on one side, bad on other)