reply to post by xelamental
I've been given a gift of understanding and am able to learn from what I see. I've been shown many things. Often, we look right at Life and don't
see. Thankfully, God has given me the ability to also communicate what I have seen and They have already communicated so much in this world that I am
able to reference it in history, science, religious texts, etc (yes, there is great wisdom to be learned from all religions, however, all religions
end in idolatry). I am as all are.
Judges 6:24 - So Gideon built an altar there to YHWH, and called it "YHWH-Order."
1 John 4:8 - He who does not love does not know YHWH, for YHWH is Charity.
Deu 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Job 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Yin-Yang looks at this as well and does it's best to explain. In fact, it does a lot of good to explain certain aspects of what is, but does neglect
a huge portion of wisdom.
The general flow of Hinduism also can be connected greatly to many truths of what is able to be observed easily. Unfortunately, the harder things are
to observe, the more quickly they become false gods, thusly, since Hinduism delves into many parts of the unseen, it is riddled with icons or
"capsules" that are worshiped as independent gods. Likewise, the Jews quickly made the golden calf and Christians quickly made "the great
triangle" (the Trinity). While in general, idols may be based on good observation, they are based on a poor understanding of what is seen due to a
lack of a gift of spiritual understanding (Faith). Counsel AND Understanding. The Word/Communication is given and so is the
Understanding/Interpretation.
Digressing;
Through the Judeo-Christian scriptures, we can follow Gods' contacting of man in this general format...
God, manifesting as both the Angel of the Lord, and then also the Spirit of the Lord. The Angel communicated with people, while the the Spirit
entered into people. There are Angels who serve the Angel of the Lord and is referred to as having a greater inhertance than the rest. There are
Spirits who serve the Spirit of the Lord who were of wisdom, strength, lies, etc.
The Spirit of the Lord entered a woman (servant Angels had come to her to communicate this) and brought forth the Angel of the Lord in physical form
(aka. The Word - Counsel). Later in His life, Christ promised that He would come in Spirit and after His ressurrection proceeded to breathe out the
Comforter (aka. The Spirit - Understanding) into the world. Now, the teaching goes that Christ and Comfort are both inside of the individuals who
have heard any form of God's Word (meaning the teaching of God, not necessarilly the bible only) and have also been gifted faith (spiritual
understanding).
Also, through basic common sense, we can follow Gods' word from the Void to the Spiritual...
Form and movement. Particles contain both. Objects contain both in greater amounts (physics). Another and more complex expression of form and
movement is DNA and Life (healing, growing, etc). We all have risen up from the dirt and express a programming. This is the Word from the Void
expressed in more and more detail. We all have the ability to live (heal, grow, etc) and judge (even animals in lesser and more restricted ways).
This is the Soul from the Void expressed in more and more detail. We are the gods that come from the dirt.
Some Spirits from above have fallen so as to become temporary (fallen angels, demons, etc). They have their purpose and glorify the Creators. Some
Flesh from below have been risen up enough to become eternal (God's Elect). This has happened by God raising Life up, but also from God bringing
Life down.
So, from Void to Eternal Things, God has expressed Themselves in both physical and spiritual forms and both temporary and eternal forms. As humans,
we are the point at which all these things cross. We are the paradox. Not all perfection. Not all void. Not all eternal Not all temporary. Some
of us move "up" to perfection and many return to void. As above, so below. Some spirits moved "down" to "darkness" and many will return to the
Creators.
Furthermore...
The primary forms of Void are easy to spot. Chaos and Pride. The opposite of the everlasting, OrderCharity. Pride implodes by inwardness. Chaos
explodes by outwardness. OrderCharity is both inward and outward. Inward Charitably, and outward Orderly. Only Perfection can give forever.
Nothing else can. Chaos is temporary. Only Perfection can take without causing death. Nothing else can. Pride is temporary.
I'd like to express that even in the smallest, lonliest, most ravaged, shortest living particle, God is expressed and reflected in some way. We may
judge it to be cruel for such a fate to be had, however, what is expressed is a shinning jewel in our realm and caution to those who would cast
judgment on They who framed these cosmos. They have created life where there was none so that some of us may be eternal and this is why all things
shine, even despite a lowly life.
Rom 9:18-23
...He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His
will?" But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" Does
not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? What if God, wanting to show His
wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the
riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory...
So then, the favoritism of God is a moot point. It is not favoritism, it is simply the Order and Charity of Life. Jealousy sees itself as worthy of
a greater gift and is blind and unthankful. Humility see well and is thankful that all have been given gifts, and these gifts are all One.
1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of Faith {note* - the gift of spiritual understanding, a form of Order}
and Charity... and for a helmet, the Hope of salvation {note* - the reconcilling of All Things - reference Rom 8}.
[edit on 10/20/2009 by Dasher]
