Marcion of Sinope was an influential early Christian Gnostic who believed that Jesus was a divine spirit who appeared in human form, but did not take on a material human body. He was born in the Black Sea region around 85 AD, and was the son of a bishop, having a thorough grounding in Christianity. He would diverge from mainstream Christianity, and establish his own Christian sect known as Marcionism. His central doctrine was based on two distinct gods: the vengeful and wrathful god of the Old Testament (whom he called the Demiurge) and the benevolent and loving god of the New Testament, whom he associated with Jesus Christ. He rejected the Hebrew Bible entirely, and around 142 AD, he compiled a list of scriptures which included a version of the Gospel of Luke, removing what he saw as Jewish influences and ten of Paul's epistles. He is considered the first person to create a Christian canon. 346
Can God be jealous and insecure? "For you shall worship no other god; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God". Exodus 34:14 Moses and the God of Moses belived in other Gods, they would not let them be worshiped, because god is jealous.. On the other hand Christians believe there is no God but One. For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. 1 Corinthians 4 through 6 Gnostics and many early Christians did not accept the God of Moses, they believed there was but one true God, and that the God of Moses was the Great Architect or Demiurge, a vengeful creator, a flaw of creation and therefore was not the true God. 376
