What Protestantism has not realized, is that the Holy Bible is NOT a "dogma package", but an "introductory" book that points us in the direction of that desired Relationship we are speaking of - the relationship that ultimately saves, instead of the dogma. Because, when we speak of "faith", we do not imply a "gullibility" towards a dogma package; because "faith" first of all implies "trust" towards our Creator.
A trust that cannot possibly be constructed through reading, but only through familiarization and interaction with God and fellow-man. Thus, we cannot expect a lamp to play the role of the Sun! A lamp sheds its light for us, until daybreak arrives. Thereafter, the Sun's own light - for whose sake the lamp preserved us - abolishes the need for that lamp. And besides, a lamp can never suffice as a substitute for the per se experience of Sunlight.
The lamp would be a mere "shadowy" light, indicative of the dawn, and not the per se luminous day that is dawning. And no-one can claim that they have learnt what "daylight" means, by having seen only the lamp's light and not the Sun itself!
Only then will we have a clear picture of the world around us, without the mysterious shadows attributed to the rudimentary light of the lamp. The lamp simply shows us if we are moving in the right direction. It is a "philosopher's stone" for that path towards the light. Each one receives whatever is commensurate. And at this point we now come to the second basic reason that the Holy Bible has such hidden meanings.
The reason is called "reciprocity"! Let us suppose you have a rare collection of paintings - works of art of great value - which you desire to show to the people you love, so that they can enjoy them with you. Now, how would you feel, if some of them were to say to you before even seeing those works of art "What kind of garbage have you collected?
Ezekiel Sheep are woven into the fabric of the Bible story dating back to the first murder that took place when God favored the sacrifice of a sheep over that of grain. Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Search for:. Recent Posts Why is pornography such a bad thing? Since then God has rarely communicated with people directly. He speaks personally to individuals in riddles. Apart from his written Word in the Bible, God speaks in riddle language because he wants all human beings to seek him first.
Those who seek him will easily understand his language of communication. Dear reader, start seeking God with all your heart especially through prayer and reading his written Word in the Bible. If you do so, you will easily understand his language of riddles.
Here is what God says:. How the Holy Spirit talks to you. These are a few of the attributes that make God, God. Well, that would take us to three more attributes that make God, God — Transcendence, Immanence, and Omniscience. Transcendence means God is far above and is on a level that is beyond what we understand, feel or touch.
Immanence means that God comes down to a level we can feel, touch and understand. Omniscience means that God has all-knowledge and knows all things. If we combine these three together, we understand why God always acts in His best interest. Because He exists on a level beyond transcendence what we can understand, feel or touch, He is able to see and understand more than we can.
And seeing that He has all knowledge Omniscience and can understand Immanence things on our level, His best interests will always work out for our best interest. I bet this must have been what Paul understood when he wrote this. There is this story about St. Well, it was a difficult journey. At some point, she had an accident that made her cry out to God. But His best interests is the medicine for our greatest good.
God speaks in riddles because we may not get the full picture if He told us everything from the start.
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