I-I2a, 7). The relation helps establish a sense of the groups" own religious purity. As the group left the misgivings of these men who "sought illusions." The Qumanites saw the impious men of Israel as having deeply offended God.
God, as perceived by the Qumanites is a wrathful God. He was seen as having strict guidelines for his followers. " but power, might, and great flaming wrath by the hand of all the Angels of Destruction towards those who depart from the way and abhor the Precept." ( ). (CD I. I-2. I3, 39-48) .
The Qumanites further viewed their God as quick to outcast impious followers, which led to the Qumranites the pretense of accusing his followers with vanity for not recognizing the truth of the covenant.
"None of the saints shall lean upon the works of vanity: for they are all vanity who know not His Covenant, and He will blot from the earth all them that despise His word." (IQS 5.I-6.8, 51-53) .
The Qumranites, observing the disdain God showed for his impious followers concluded that wickedness is the nature of mankind. "As for me, I belong to wicked mankind, to the company of ungodly flesh." (IQS II. 2-22, 39-41) Therefore they strove to purify their spirits in hopes of transcending the inherent evil that mankind embodies and try to achieve holiness. By recognizing the truth of God's covenant.
This is a community that exists as though, as becoming a part of it they are stepping out the darker aspects of human nature and into the more positive aspects of human nature by becoming a part of Gods will.
"And this is the rule for the men of the community who have freely pledged themselves to be converted from all evil and to cling to all His commandments according to His will." (IQS 5.1-6.8, ln 1-3).
The followers of the Qumran so devoutly gave themselves to the ideal of their god that it dominated their individual states of spirituality. This commonly dominated form of spirituality gave way to a spiritual unification.
