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This week at the Wellandport Church in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada, I’m teaching the adult class in their annual VBS.
I love VBS. The unbridled excitement of the children. Their enthusiastic singing. Their eagerness to learn. And the passion of the teachers as they go the extra mile in their preparations to make VBS a memorable and mission driven experience.
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Norman Vincent Peale once told about finding a big, black cigar when he was a little boy. Quickly he slipped into an alley and lit it up. Peale said it didn’t taste good, but made him feel grown up. Until….
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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.
Mark began his narrative with the words: “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). Jesus later said that those he would send out as his witnesses had to have been with him from the beginning (John 15:27). Indeed, when Peter claimed the office that Judas vacated had to be filled, Jesus disciples looked out among themselves to choose a man who had been with them from the beginning, from the time of John’s baptism (Acts 1:15-26). It would be logical, therefore, to say this couldn’t mean the Twelve had to have witnessed Jesus’ baptism, for we don’t even know if Andrew, the only one of Jesus’ Apostles, whom we know had been with John, witnessed Jesus’ baptism! Nevertheless, it does mean those numbered with the Twelve had to have been with Jesus before John was imprisoned. Moreover…
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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 Bible begins with God’s creation. Due to Satan’s rebellion, the creation soon became old, separated from God. God foretold, in the Old Testament, what He would do to bring forth the new creation. And in the New Testament God in Christ brought forth a new creation.
The New Jerusalem is the ultimate consummation of God’s new creation work. This consummation is a mingling of the processed, consummated Triune God with the redeemed, regenerated, transformed, conformed, and glorified tripartite man. The mingling of divinity with humanity is the church. This is the intrinsic view of the church as the Body of Christ, which consummates in the New Jerusalem, and this is the consummation of the entire Bible. The entire Bible consummates in this mingling, which is signified by the New Jerusalem.*
We have been regenerated into the new creation by being born of the Spirit in our human spirit (John…
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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!
New Jerusalem is a city of resurrection life. The divine light, the river of water of life, and the fruits of the tree of life are the eternal life supply in New Jerusalem.
The uncreated light, the river of water of life, and the tree of life are all for the divine dispensing to maintain the New Jerusalem, to supply the necessities of the holy city, and to sustain the divine building for eternity. The light shines to dispense, the river flows to dispense, and the tree grows to dispense. The light, the river, and the tree are for dispensing the very substance, element, and essence of the Triune God into our being.*
The Triune God created man in His image so that man could express God. However, man in himself cannot do this. Man needs God’s life to express God. So God put the created man in…
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The Ecumenical Affair is a story that takes place as representatives of the world’s Christian Churches assemble. As the word “Affair” suggests, two people find themselves together in an upper room after sundown.
Many people inside the Church are familiar with the story of Nicodemus and how he met with Jesus under the cover of darkness..after sundown.
Nicodemus was the Teacher of Israel and a member of the council. He was a trusted teacher. Why did he risk his reputation by meeting with Jesus alone, after sundown? Did he loose his head?
The Ecumenical Affair is a mirror story. It mirrors the story of Nicodemus and Jesus to reveal the Woman Jesus called Mary. The Nicodemus Story is followed by the Story known as the Woman of “Sum Maria.” For those who know Latin, she is the Woman Jesus who stands with other bitterly treated women saying “I am Maria.” For the Greeks she is the Photini, the Light of John’s Gospel.
The Mystery of the Trinity is like a tangled code, a cryptogram or a combination of interwoven symbolic characters. Without the Woman Jesus called Mary, there would be no Holy Spirit, no Vesica Piscis. There would be no tangled web, no big reveal, no crucifixion, and no resurrection.
The Woman in The Ecumenical Affair knows this. So she heads out to the 6th Assembly of the World Council of Churches. There she meets the Greek who like Nicodemus is the “Orthodox” Teacher, the one the counsel members consider to be their plumb line. He is the one the counsel members turn to when issues arise concerning scriptural interpretation. However, the Woman is the one the rabble of the assembly easily recognize and identify as the Woman Jesus. As the story unfolds, the tension mounts. The Woman knows she’s in an adulterous trap. The Greek knows he is not the Light, nor the Christ. He knows the Bride belongs to the Bridegroom and the Woman knows that that the man whom she’s married is not the Bridegroom, the Gift of God waiting for her.
Hidden in the silence that quilts The Ecumenical Affair is the word blasphemy. Has the Woman blasphemed? Has the Greek? Have I? What do you think?
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As the Christmas Story goes, three wise men some say were priests, others say were kings others say were astrologers bring gifts to the newly birthed Jesus 12 days before. Did Mr. Scrooge and the Grinch steal your Christmas and keep you standing outside in the dark and cold looking in? It is hard to celebrate Christmas when the story doesn’t bring you food, warm clothing and safe cozy lodgings. My wish for all my readers this year, is that they find the love of Jesus and nurture it as they would a brand new baby.
Did Mr. Scrooge and the Grinch steal your Christmas?
Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch are laughable characters. ?Death is not. Death comes to countless numbers of people every year at Christmas. So does unemployment or the loss of one’s home. Many people watched TV movies hoping for the promise of sugar plums and gifts and making it home in time to reconnect with family. Many were disappointed. They just couldn’t see any hope. Christmas came…and God didn’t wow them with a miracle.
Where is the hope of Christmas when death or some personal let down comes like a Scrooge or a Grinch? Can the Christmas Story bring hope to those facing hard times?
As the Christian Story goes, Mary is pregnant with a miracle—an immaculate conception.? Should the authorities find out about Mary and Joseph, they and Mary’s gift could be killed. Miraculously they escape the death grip of the…
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