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The parable that Jesus gave about a sower takes us through the progression that occurred as we moved toward wider participation in the principle of, collateral damage and the Heart of God. Please, absorb this Scripture, as a basis for our further evaluation of the wider participation.

The sower soweth the word.And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

(Mark 4:14-19)Here is an interesting passage of Scripture as pertains to the need for an enduring example of wider participation in the principles that are the framework of the law of Moses.

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– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part Thirty –

 

At the dawning of the New Age, the service of the LORD was endowed with an even greater portion of the power of growth, in the LORD, thusly.

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. (Matthew 9:35-38)From that time, there would be many other harvests–this, too, was ordained by the LORD, as being a source of precious jewels for service. Jesus alludes to those times, to come.

 

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– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part Twenty-nine –

At the dawning of the New Age, as recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, we were told to submit our self to a certain measure of anguish. The purpose of this submission was; to lead us to a place of renewed quickening in the LORD. At that time, we had drifted far from the principles that are in the law of Moses. This was during the time of the excesses of the Caesars, and other officials of the world, among those that followed the Roman pattern of civilization.

In this very brisk fashion, a certain spokesman for the Lord Jesus Christ gave us insight as to the environment of that day.

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

(Revelation 17:1-6)That time in history required intense quickening of the servants of the LORD God; especially, those ones that walked in the way of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. A certain servant of the LORD described that need for quickening.

 

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– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part Twenty-eight –

Point of view: this is a very important aspect of the assessment of the LORD’S actions, as in labeling them as being the cause of unnecessary collateral damage. This is also the logic that is applied to our assessment of when something is damaged. In the present day, we tend to see things from a present perspective, and shade them with modern hues of applicability, civility, and varying seriousness of moral disdain. Wherefore a great number of us try to apply modern rules to past events. Let us consider the hazard of doing that too freely. Let us look to Scripture, to evaluate this practice, as applied against some of the events that are deemed as being unacceptable to modern civilizations–of course, varying among the philosophies of the various cultures of the world.

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There are certain rules of avoidance that have been set in society, in general. Among those rules is the concept of incest. Today, as through most of our legal systems, we totally condemn a situation such as this one.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

(Genesis 19:32-35)Today, there are few cultures that would consider this to be appropriate. Could this be because; there are few societies that would ever truly face the daughters’ crisis. (At this point, please walk in the daughters’ logical framework.)

 

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– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part Twenty-seven –

When we are under servitude (for instance, as being an employee), we need to be open to new opportunities that are a unique part of the life and capabilities of the ones we serve. This is true, at all levels of servitude. In the life of the nation of Israel, there was a time of intense opportunity for learning, as in the following joint venture which was after the one with king Nebuchadnezzar. This is the beginning of the joint ventures to . . .

Implement Variety

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In the cooperation between

Israel and the Medes and Persians

To give Israel a greater breadth of management skills for sharing philosophical collateral, the LORD started moving the people to a directed supervisory role. The role was managed by a different type of civilization than Israel had known before. The period of greatest intensity in that non-divine management, as allowing Israel to be the supervisor, was during this time, here.

Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

(Daniel 6:6-9)This decree was of great significance because; if it was had been designed so as to be automatically activated, it would have terminated the venture at that point. Fortunately, it was such a decree that still required permission before it could be activated. The decree of Darius was of the same sort as a notable serving of judgment of the New Age, as from the plate of Pilate. In that serving, an associate of the nation of Israel, Jesus, was presented to the people for their review, with a designated opinion about the character of the man. The fashion of the presentation was also accusatory, as Daniel’s was.

 

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