Ok, I believe if you take that verse in context it means that he wants our love, because He made us. I assume he is saying He will not tolerate others. This is a demand, not a need, and hardly a want. God would not cease to exist if you started worshiping mud statues, although He would not like it.
You said, "Jealousy is the need for something that someone else has/is receiving. In God's case, credit."
I say, "Jealousy is the want for something that someone else has/is receiving. In God's case, credit."
If your mother gave your brother a cookie and you wanted one, that would still be jealousy, yet that would be a want (not a need).
Still a very interesting way of interpreting it.
[This message has been edited by TruthDetector, 01-17-2004]
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