It doesn’t take much thought to refute his point of view.

The idea that deadly cancer can be cured without a major disruption to the system is, from an objective point of view, a very pleasant idea, but a fatal one, and so it is with sin. IT IS A MALIGNANT FORCE OF DEATH THAT HAS TO BE FOUGHT.

Whatever Mrs. Adam had been thinking when she ate the fruit, she now understood was a lie.

““the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked / defenseless against God’s judgment.

Dreams of being unaccountably naked in public, common to humanity, may be atavistic memories of this first day of exposure to judgment.

When you are without your clothes, you are also most vulnerable. The dream of becoming mortified at the realization that you are naked in public may reflect a waking situation where you fear being exposed and feelings of shame. 

“and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God.”

Continue reading “58) Forgiveness Is Suffering The Consequences Of Another’s Sin”

“the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed…And I will put enmity between…thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise / crush thy head [permanently destroy], and thou shalt bruise his heel [temporarily incapacitate].” (Genesis 3:14-15)

There is lyric quality, a poetry even in English to “bruise a head / bruise a heel” which the King James translators did a great job in transliterating from the Hebrew. In contrast to smashing a head which destroys, wounding a heel only disables, like an Achilles tendon injury,

To which warning the serpent froze in horror, not the least because he was unable to identify this enemy.

Seed? What’s seed??

This was a whole new element to the battle, completely unknown before death entered the world.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn / seed of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit…now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” (John 12:23, 31)

Continue reading “61) Natality”

The oldest clearly and unmistakably definite reference to re-generation from mortal to immortal was written before Moses compiled the Torah. Because of the consistency between Job’s and Moses’ accounts of Creation, we can be assured that they both drew their information from the same source documents, now lost to us.

The Book of Job is not only the finest expression of the Hebrew poetic genius; it must also be accorded a place among the greatest masterpieces of world literature – and was incorporated into Handel’s Messiah (1741), one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

Job’s account, like any good literature, begins with, then wraps up with, a thesis. At the beginning we are informed that God and Satan begin a game of Risk.

“Now there was a day when the sons of God / righteous angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them [i.e. he is not one of them]…

And the LORD said unto Satan…Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Then Satan…said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power.” (Job 1:6-12)

And Job loses all that he has – all his substance / wealth, his children, his health, his reputation, his friends, even his will to live.

Continue reading “64) The Re-Generation”