In the dawn of the New Age, new potentials were set in the world. Among those potentials is this: for us to abide in a place of undefined collateral. This is not a place of confusion; rather, it is the expansion of this place.
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– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part Thirty-three –
In the Beginning, in a time of rapid expansion of mankind’s awareness of his ability to share self, there was limited interest in discovering how to do that righteously. At that time, we moved in a compartmentalized view of the purpose of our existence . . . as, it being solely for us. Some may say that; today, we have come full circle, back to that atmosphere. Well, let us not rest in that assessment.
Let us return to the example of, how extended sharing must be done. That example begins in Noah. In the matter of sharing self as in an extended fashion, Noah is significant because; in a world that was in disarray, Noah did not lose his focus on either of these two things: the requirements of the community; the place of the Greater Law of God. This is apparent in the accolade that the LORD bestowed upon Noah.
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
(Genesis 6:7-8)
This was not an example that was restricted to the time of Noah. Indeed, it could not be restricted to the time of Noah because; there was no significant population, of that day, with which it could be shared. This event sealed that truth.
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The life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ is the envelope for the consolidation of worship of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It is a consolidation that has overtaken the entire world, in some form. Wherefore; either by adherence, or by criticism, we are all a part of the church of God, in Christ. Consider this wisdom of the apostle Paul.
The wider world is Christ’s inheritance:
Israel is Christ’s gift from the LORD God, the Father.
The gift is cherished and respected, with the same vigor as the inheritance.
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– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part Thirty-two –