Linda Vogt Turner

I replied to Rev. Kebba saying I am also a woman of faith who holds a doctorate in written communication. My Master’s thesis was Mary Magdalene: Her image and relationship to Jesus. I too shake my head at the “stones” people pick up to foment violence, and silence the stories and the understanding of “those” who get trapped living lives God is calling them to leave. People holding the stones, want two things…to stone one and vindicate the other. Too often, people do not want the LIGHT. Take the case of the Woman trapped in Adultery. The Woman was brought in to face a charge of Adultery because the Teacher of Israel who had intercourse with Jesus under the Cover of Darkness (John 3:1-21) appealed to the Jewish Leaders who did not believe the “Rabble” could possibly identify the Christ (John 7:42-53). Perhaps because the Rabbi some believed was the Teacher of Israel and therefore the Christ had said. “I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him. The bride belongs to the bridegroom.” (John 3:29). This would have angered many Hebrew Jews and fostered hatred for Greek Jews looking to Alexander as a leading Pharisee (Mark 15:21; Acts 19) because with the coming of the mighty Alexander came the right of “first night” that led to the rebellion of the Hebrew Jews celebrated at Chanukah. First Night gave officers the right to spend the night with the Bride before her wedding night! So think about it. If the Woman trapped in Adultery is the Bride the question is “well” where is her Bridegroom? Why isn’t he behind her, lifting her up, carrying her on his shoulder, wrapping her in his linen sheets as her JO and burying her in his rock solid house? (Mark 15:43; John 19:40) Yet still others may think…why not lock up Nicodemus and sully him as the one all tarnished with soot in need of God’s refining fire? And what about his housewife? Was she worried and upset? And did she with the resurrection of Lazarus…come to realize that the Black Stone needed some heat (some love and faith) to bring the Light, the Truth, to people waiting for salvation and trusting in Jesus who stands at her Sister’s Door…saying I am the Resurrection and the LIFE. [Your Lord, your husband is my dear friend and brother, had he not found me and tempted me by inviting himself to my home, I would be lost Luke 19:1-10].

Where does our hope lie in these end times? Will we endure the day of the Second coming? Will you be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap (Malachi 3:2)…like soap made at CleanO2 https://cleano2.ca/pages/our-story.

Neil Armstrong was blessed to be the first man to step on the moon. He must have had a lot of love and support from his wife and his family. They must have also sacrificed so much to get behind him as an astronaut selected to go to the MOON. An astronaut in training would not have much time to “be there” for his wife and family day to day.

Eddy’s Blog Post compelled me think more about how the Gospel writers wove the Christian Story as a Creative Non-Fiction Story to reveal but hide the 4 fold Christ. The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19) sends out the Disciples to make disciples of all nations and baptize in the NAME[s] of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Knowing who Christ the Everlasting Father is and who Christ the Son of the Father is in relation to the Woman Jesus called Maria [Mary] and her sister Martha [the Lady of the house] gave the Woman Jesus called Mary the authority to become the Apostle to the Apostles. Her authority was not readily recognized by men who believed and thought God could not possibly incarnate in humanity as a perfect Triune, a 4 fold harmony to show the nations the way to unity and peace. The Woman Jesus called Mary is an everlasting virgin because her love for Nathaniel comes from her heart and had she known him early in her life, she would not have spent the night with Jesus the Teacher of Israel or met with him at the well. So please read Eddy’s post and then my comment.

The key point here is: “Eventually our mortal body will be redeemed; at that time our whole being will be in the new creation.”

Carbon is the building block of life. When Jesus says to Simon, you are my Rock and on this Rock I will build my church, Jesus is saying, Simon you are like a piece of coal. You are black and combustible. Your smokey breath will create a thick pall of mystery and cause me and my children and followers to think you are incapable of sustaining a divine relationship with us. People will call you Satan or Beelzebub by Jove. Until the end of this age, many people will think you are an old gas giant who is full of hot air and incapable of creating and sustaining life here on this planet. Many will think you are a stinky body and irredeemable.

However as the story of Lazarus testifies…Simon your stinky body must be redeemed. It cannot be left buried. Simon you are the Father of the Church, the foundation stone and the capstone, the “Head” of the corner. Digging up coal, which is almost pure carbon, creates dust and bad fumes. Likewise, Simon your body and your past must be dug up even if it creates a stink (John 11:39). Simon your body and its history must come out in the open and your love for humanity and the Woman Jesus called Mary must be clearly seen.

Simon’s body was and is created in the eternal image and likeness of God the Father. Simon’s body must not be buried forever and kept in the dark underground beneath a stone unable to react to Jesus’ eternal energy saying…light there be light as he said at the very beginning of this world…before the Sun was created (Genesis 1:3) on the 4th day.

Scientists have found a way to burn coal with tree branches to create hydrogen and they have found a way to redeem and capture the carbon dioxide (C02)and other green house gas emissions produced with the combustion and transform what everyone thinks is bad into useful building and household products such as tables and chairs and even food. https://lindavogtturner.ca/blogs-%26-posts-1/f/eco-colonialism-or-redemption-and-innovation .

Some may criticize those who think they can make useful material out of C02 and say the burning of Coal and fossil fuel is like the Man who won’t commit to his bride or the Woman who won’t stop playing the part of the adulterer. They need to clean up their act because as long as Coal is burning Coal is belching out C02…and no longer pure carbon. https://www.cnet.com/news/the-carbon-age-dark-element-brighter-future/

However NASA says C02 can be turned into fuel https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP2-160

So as humanity moves into the Carbon Age, the Church has a very important word of scripture to stand upon. For “I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.”

The key point here is this: “Jesus Christ redeemed us by His death. That re-opened the way to the tree of life and the water of life.”

As Christians we need to see and understand this death. When a male person leaves his father and his mother and gives himself freely to a female person, the male person leaves his old life and trusts that he will find new life with his Bride and their offspring. As scripture says. the 2 become 1 flesh.

“In Jewish society, the family, rather than the individual, constitutes the smallest nucleus. …The family therefore begins on the day of the wedding.” “for some people, the wedding day is similar to Yom Kippur….the bride and groom are purified of past mistakes and brought together under the marriage canopy, as pure as newborn babies.” (Symbols of Judaism, Marc-Alain Ouaknin p.106) Under the canopy, the two finances drink from the cup and then the Bridegroom slips a ring on the Bride’s finger and recites an appropriate sentence… standing with the Rabbi.(Symbols of Judaism, Marc-Alain Ouaknin p.106)

Popular Easter dramas paint a different death for Jesus. However, for Christians to understand why Jesus says I am the LIGHT (John 8:12), the lamp stand, the almond branch of the Temple and the True Vine, and why Jesus would say clinging to the identity of the Almond Branch, the Nazareth, (Jeremiah 1:11) “Father into thy hands I commend my spirit.” Christians must know who Christ is.

In Isaiah, Christ is the Everlasting Father. In John 3: 28-9, Rabboni John, says. “You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’ The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.”

Although Rabboni John did not actually hear the bridegroom’s voice repeat his vows until the ascension, he recognized him immediately as Nathaniel (the gift of God) in John 1:49. And Nathaniel called him Rabbi and declared him the Son of God and the King of Israel.

Indeed the TRIUNE GOD created Mankind in their image and everlasting likeness, male and female. Christians also need to remember…Rabboni John would all ready have been married. “It is an obligation stated in the Torah to marry and bring children into the world.” (Symbols of Judaism p.106). Understanding who Jesus is makes a difference and when Christians witness and proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and risen with the Rabboni and his beloved wife Martha, the fourfold harmony that existed in the beginning is restored!