We need to understand the darkness growing around us and defeat it. God has provided us with a way by living a similar moment of darkness in the person of the Son. As the ministry of Jesus on earth was coming to an end, the enemy was getting ready for the final attack. You may remember the words we read in the last post: "darkness did not comprehend it", the same phrase "ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν" is translated also as "darkness did not overcome it." The original Greek seems to work like Italian … [Read more...]
A Meditation On Logos
Lots of pages were written about the meaning of the Greek word Logos (Λόγος) and I do not plan to add anything here. Christian translators decided to use the basic meaning: Word. That makes a lot of sense because it connects Logos to the words that God used to create everything that is. But Logos means a lot more than that. The sages of ancient Greece did not have the benefit of the Torah. They were no different from the other peoples of antiquity in that they explained everything through myth … [Read more...]
Trust With A Calmed Heart
Thales of Miletus predicted the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BC. No one knows how he did it and some say that there was no such prediction but a few historians registered that as one of the many accomplishments of Thales, who lived to the ripe old age of 80, and died of sunstroke while attending the Olympiads of 545 B.C. By the way, the year of his death is an educated guess. But good old Thales -- to whom I was acquainted through his famous Theorem -- had a talent for the practical … [Read more...]
Vanishing Sovereignty As Kingdom Comes
Some are neglecting to appreciate the one advantage of President Trump losing the contest: Mike Pence will never be one heartbeat away from being President again. The Iscariots multiplied faster than Fibonacci rabbits on mating season for Donald Trump. One traitor and ten cowards sufficed to condemn the Son of Man, it took many more to cut the political legs of hour President. But don't let your hearts be troubled, this was supposed to happen. First of all, because no one is above Jesus. There … [Read more...]
Calling the Flaming Sword
«The prideful rebellion of the devil always comes back to one point: The devil was not content with the nature God gave him, which was to be the greatest of all the angels, so he made some expression of desiring to be “like the most High.” According to Tradition, the archangel who cast the devil from Heaven is Michael, whose name is a question: “Who is like God?” It would seem that this humble retort was a rhetorical one, but angels don’t debate. Angelic knowledge is complete and intact, so the … [Read more...]