The Highest Adventurenever be applied to the myriads of gods and
goddesses in the world’s polytheistic religions.
Hindu deities have only temporary existences
(they are destroyed then reborn at the end of
major cyclical ages) and they are far from perfect
(human-like frailties and limitations are often
ascribed to them).
By quoting Deuteronomy 6:4 Jesus was also
validating that entire section of Scripture which
also firmly instructs God’s people:
“You shall not go after other gods ....”
(Deuteronomy 6:14)
This constraint was previously issued
when God, with His fiery finger, wrote Ten
Commandments on two tablets of stone. The first
two in the list were:
“You shall have no other gods ... you
shall not make yourself a carved image ....”
(Exodus 20:3-4)
We know that Jesus was in agreement with
these declarations, because He told one man
who was aspiring to discipleship to, “Keep the
commandments” (Matthew 19:17).