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The Gardener, the Shepherd and the Hunter: a Garden
Scene One:

a Garden
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An illustration of times in life beyond the bounds of time and place
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The Gardener, the Shepherd and the Hunter

Once upon a time there was a gardener, a shepherd and a hunter.

I met a man who knew each of them (and many others), for he frequented the garden during his journeys through time.

But before I tell you about these men from long ago, allow me to describe this garden seen by just a few men, women and even children during these countless years and times.

To begin, you must close your eyes in order to look through a distant twilight upon a face of this place not visible to any who think we might see this extraordinary place by the light of this distant earth.

For that is how I met his man who showed me the way to look into the vast darkness to see this paradise.

Of course, if anyone wanted to look for a gardener,

wouldn’t you first try to find the garden where he works?

That’s what I did after I heard a Voice of the man who had met them all. Then he showed me where to look into the twilight of the night sky.

Better, with your eyes closed to this world, he said.

Do you have a picture of the garden where I can see this gardener, I asked?

Imaginations of it by men and women paint many pictures of places not at all like this garden, he replied.

You cannot allow even the most beautiful earthly place of your imagination to mirror this distant garden beyond the borders of time and place.

Beyond …time… and place

What do you mean that this garden is on another side of a border of time?
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(I thought is was a straightforward question about where I should look.)
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Have you ever been there … or met anyone else who has seen this garden?
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(Of course I hadn't.)

And without saying anything and with my eyes still closed I could still see the man who spoke to me as he gently looked into the depths of my thought.
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So you would like to see this garden..? .. and have me show you how to get past your border of..

.. The man was suddenly silent.

I strained to see him with faint light passing through my eyelids as I imagined a beautiful garden filled with light and life. I imagined scrumptious fruit, the greenest of plants and purest of air.. a blue sky (of course).. Behind a moving mist somewhere between my eyelids and my wandering mind, I painted for myself a paradise with several people wandering about carelessly…

… time … ?

But which one was the Gardener, I wondered?

Then as my mindless mist obscured my vision of this garden beyond the bounds of time and place, I realized that the man had just spoken to ME again.

…time… ? (he had just said – his last word inviting me to follow him there)

Do you see this … LINE …

he asked?

Yes.

Where does it end?

(With my eyes again closed tightly and staring into the distance both to the left and then the right, I could see NO END

and the … LINE … just keep going beyond where I could see..)

Can you see it’s BEGINNING?

I nodded.. NO.

Yet haven’t your READ the truth of a garden beyond this …LINE… drawn in …TIME…?

How about the other END of the …LINE…?

Now I thought briefly of the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John. A horrific scene of apocalypse began to unfold — a scene I had never wanted to look upon.

The Garden

And just as before when I had tried to glance back at the garden of Eden, the desired paradise with GOD, the voice of the man no longer spoke comfort into my spirit.

I did not know then WHO the gardener was, but now I knew where to look …beyond the line of time and place…for the garden.

from the Voice of Truth

וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם׃
Bereishit (Genesis) 1 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)

גַּן

CLICK HERE for MORE Original truth of the garden: Strong’s H1588 – gan
- garden, enclosure; גַּן gan, gan; from H1598; a garden (as fenced):—garden.
The LORD God planted a garden H1588 toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed..

Out of the ground the LORD God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden H1588, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden H1588 of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.
Genesis 2:15 NASB20

NEXT:

Scene Two: a gardener near the beginning

(more…)
April 2, 2022
Good, good, very good & the knowledge of Good and Evil
- January 4, In the year of our Lord, 2022: Good
What do you know about good and evil?

Short takes from Scripture:

God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
And God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good.
The earth produced vegetation .. according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.
.. day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
And God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves.. and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
God made the animals of the earth according to their kind.. and God saw that it was good.
And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. ..
Genesis 1:4,10.13,18,21,25,31

Creation: Good (so far)

Out of the ground the LORD God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:9 NASB20

The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Genesis 2:16-17 – Command of the LORD God to the man Adam (which he would disobey)

So now that we know the difference: what is good?

טוֹב
- What does it mean to be good?
- Is the idea of a good man (or woman) any different in the New Testament?
But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
Gospels of Mark 10:18 & Luke 18:19 NASB20
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What is your short take on the questions of good and evil? 

ASK your question in the Comments below OR give us your short take on how to be good.

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Have a GOOD COMMENT?

GOOD for you, and thanks for SHARING it.
January 4, 2022
Do you FEAR Almighty GOD!?
- In the year of our Lord, 2022: God
What do you believe about God?

Short takes from Scripture:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1

וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם׃
Bereishit (Genesis) 1:2 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)

And the earth was a [waste] formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the [primeval ocean] surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Do you believe in God? – אֱלֹהִים

Is your god or are your gods the God of Scripture?

IF SO (even if not), DO YOU FEAR THE ONE WHO IS AND WAS, THE ALMIGHTY THE ETERNAL ONE?

OR do you, a mere MORTAL & created one create a god you DO NOT FEAR?
- What if your theory of creation is wrong?
- Then might your concept of LIFE, DEATH AND JUDGMENT also be suspect?
- Will you bet your ETERAL soul on this failing flesh?
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What is your short take on Genesis 1:1-2 and the God (according to Scripture) who caused the biggest bang in the cosmos and created man from the dust of creation? 

ASK your question in the Comments below OR give us your short take on the God of Creation.

ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOME, but MODERATED. And all links provided for your further study are secure.

Roger@TalkofJESUS.COM 
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January 1, 2022