Kingdom Come

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 “56) 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 “59) Natality Is New Life From The Dead”

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 “62) The Re-Generation”

Adam joining his wife in death saved her from the dreadful isolation that defines death, but that didn’t reconcile her to a spiritual relationship for eternal life with the Creator.

God can unilaterally forgive sinners but even He can only offer restoration of relationship, which must be accepted by the sinner.

And the LORD God said…Because thou hast done this…thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.” (Genesis 3:6-16)

There is a direct connection between

• the woman’s desire for tasty food, pleasure, and wisdom getting her in trouble and dragging her husband down into her trouble,
• and God’s response by putting her desires under her husband’s oversight.

It’s to prevent a recurrence in order to reconcile her broken relationship with her husband. How could he ever trust her in the future if she didn’t admit her weakness and allow him to protect himself as much as her? YHVH wasn’t setting up a tyrannical marriage system. Adam had proven his love for his wife by dying for her. If the rest of us women screened prospective husbands for Adam’s qualifications, we wouldn’t find ourselves desperately backing out of slavery.

Continue reading “SECTION XI: Atonement Is Melchizedekian-Driven Reconciliation”

When Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla were coronated, the King’s Champion, following ancient protocol, led them into Westminster Abbey to challenge anyone who contested the new monarch’s entitlement to the throne to trial by combat in a mano-a-mano duel to the death.

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits / 18 in and a span / 9 in”, i.e. almost 10 feet…And the Philistine said, I defy the armies / soldiers lined up ready to fight of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. (I Samuel 17:1-10)

Continue reading “63) A Champion Personifies Both The Lord And His People”