The following 4-post series is an update of commentary on the January 6th crisis of 2021 following the insurrection and assault on Capitol Hill - a lingering malignancy which not-so-amazingly continues to shake the very foundations of freedom of WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES of America.
Have WE prayed to the God in whom 'we trust' in these difficult times? OR have we led the PEOPLE against God in the difficult times of these past two years destined to continue?
I have taken brief pause from my January 2021 series to weigh what tears at the hearts of mortals in this world. Today I am introducing next week’s topic – Shaking by the LORD God.
So now on this hallowed ground where just a few days ago violence sought to shake the Capitol’s very foundation, we come together as one nation, under God, indivisible, to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. – 46th & current president of the United States since 1/20/2021
We lay intertwined embraced in warmth flowing from fingertips to toe. Our paradise shattered as I awoke to a loud knock on the door…
We will return to my reaction to this awakening later, but for now we must leave the security of our dreams to a new reality of this prison of our solitary confinement.
Separation
COVID – 19 – – & other causes
What happened to the security of our past?
WHYa ‘new normal?’
(It’s not really normal, is it?)
We often feel like the man in prison wondering how he got there and missing his freedom of being with others.
Look into the soul of the one locked up – – – in a prison away from everyone — even in solitary confinement — to keep him safe — from other prisoners – – – to keep others – – safe from his own threatening condition.
This new reality is not like when we were back home in paradise – – home – – – with those who loved us – – – not like when our security became LIFE – – | | | – behind these confining bars – – | | | with a window looking out – – to a world virtually separated | | | from my lone soul…
We MUST get back HOME – – – – – – – for this is not our home.
..you will become like God, knowing good and evil.” – – –
The TREE was desirable to the eyes, | | | but it was the one place the LORD GOD commanded adam not to go.
Cursed is the ground because of you; With hard labor you shall eat from it All the days of your life. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground,
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden,
and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:24 NASB
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jesus, Son of the Father, the Son of ‘adam – The Good News of John 14:
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT in the world outside the Good Garden – – – an eternal place to which the Son of ‘adam invites those banished and condemned to DEATH . . . to return to the Lord our God and Savior.
Separated from walking in Personal relationship with THE LORD GOD . . .
Therefore we pray:
.. and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us…
And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
Our hearts in this year of our Lord 2021 still struggle with the affliction of COVID and restless crowds of displaced people displaced from work. All the world suffers a great loss of normalcy as we cry out, “HOW?”
COVID – the Affliction of Social Distancing – 1 + talk of Jesus .com
We will return to our 21st century lamentations of COVID, but now return to the 6th century B.C. question of the people of Judah:
This prophesy of Jesus Christ may not sound any more encouraging than the affliction of COVID or our isolation in social distancing; but you with ears to hear, listen to this metaphor of the Lord Jesus for the time ahead.
The Gospel of John
“Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish G2347 because of the joy that a child has been born into the world. – John 16:21 NASB
Does the Lord’s metaphor not apply to these early pangs of pain in these last days?
Jesus continues in His metaphor of labor pain applying it personally to His own approaching Crucifixion for our sins in Jerusalem, which of course is followed by the Lord’s triumphal resurrection!
The Disciples would once again know their Lord in His risen flesh!
COVID may be one cause of our present affliction, but social distancing will not cure the condition of our dejected demeanors of heart and soul.
“Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. – John 16:22 NASB
The Lord assures the Apostles that they will be ALONE.
While Jesus is isolated in death they will think that HE is ALONE. But HE is not.
Jesus will be with the Father.
“Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
John 16:32 NASB
SCATTERED.. AND ALONE! Sure sounds like our contemporary SOCIAL DISTANCING.
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, G2347 but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 NASB– Strong’s G2347 – thlipsis: tribulation, affliction, trouble
COVID – an affliction of God’s Judgment?
Jesus and the Apostles guide the Church to the narrow path along the valley of the shadow of death.
Perhaps the time has come and is now here for Christians to witness Light into the darkness of these foreboding days of COVID’s crumbling impact on the unclean social environment of the world.
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