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for the earth is filled with violence
January 5, in the year of our Lord, 2022: Violence.

What to do about violence
- Can WE prevent it?
- Who should judge it?
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The world of this 21st century A.D. remembers, in a moment of silence and more months of rage, those acts of violence WE THE PEOPLE have brought upon ourselves.

I will return to this application (tomorrow) after today's short take on Scripture from near the beginning of the Bible.
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“The end of humanity has come before Me;
for the earth is filled with violence because of people;
and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.”
Genesis 6:13 – The word of the LORD to Noah

Suppose the Perspective of God
1. IF you can imagine the destruction of just the past year through the eyes of the Creator, how would you view it?
2. (Do you know the blessing of Lamech, where today’s Scripture begins?)
“This one will give us comfort from our work and from the hard labor of our hands caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
Genesis 5:29

Genesis 6

Corruption & Wickedness: Increasing Violence brings Judgment!
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Each of these could be a Scriptural topic to itself; however today's short take from Scripture will focus ONLY on violence.
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¹¹Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
¹²And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.
Genesis 6:11-12 NASB

13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

Cleansing this wickedness

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. – Genesis 7:17
- Do YOU believe that the LORD God judged the violence of the earth by destroying ALL THE PEOPLE, except Noah and his family?
- Does GOD have a right to judge?
- Will GOD continue to judge violence and evil by punishment of humankind?
- Do you believe that GOD will again destroy the earth, this time by fire?
Violence – חָמָס

Violence is a word with an origin well-known to humankind, though by hearing and seeing it through partisan eyes we may not have recognized its source.

Listen: חָמָס
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Listen, then COMMENT with your ANSWER to violence.

VIOLENCE: To be continued January 7, in the year of our Lord, 2022.
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January 5, 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.

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

Roger@TalkofJESUS.COM 
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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