Bible Question:
nutshell question can you transform the horrifying Black Hole of ageing (growing old over the decades) into a cumulatively beneficial experience? does jesus teaching here seem to provide a glimpse into the secrets of eternity, of dumping the tree of knowledge of evil and regaining Eden and the fruit of life most relevant excerpt from all before... q Perhaps instead you would care to give your input on Solomon's use of "vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Or was that the intent of your question? vanity-the quality of being futile, of it all having been done, endeavoured in vain and to no avail whatsoever, especially since as i wrote below and as Jesus taught, there is no secret life philosophy beyond the inspection of the astute disciplined Word-meditating believer mt 13 (addendum) and confronted by Christ in the sincere authentic Church jn 3:20-21 ---im not so sure of this point, this is my conviction at best now is it possible when jesus said as last words: a little while you will lose sight of me, then a little while later you will see me again that this can be reinterpreted anew as exclusionary regenerated vision for the elect alone; also cf Ecc 12:11-12---jn21:25 |
Bible Answer: You begin with, "can you transform the horrifying Black Hole of ageing (growing old over the decades) into a cumulatively beneficial experience?" I am a simple person who tends to see things in simple ways. I personaly do not view the aging process as a horrifying Black Hole nor do I think that God desires us to view it as such. Jesus came to give life and to give it more abundantly. I view growing old more as a process that my body must go through (as a result of Adamic sin that brought death into the world) that will eventually lead me to a better life and a much better body. Isn't that our goal? Our aim? Isn't that what we strive for? The life we are living currently is meant to be temporary. We have a greater, eternal life promised to us. Isn't that the reason we are running the race? "1Cr 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain." I am promised a better body someday. One that is incorruptible. "1Cr 15:42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:" I am promised heaven. I don't know why we hold so tenatiously to this life other than it's the only reality that some have experienced. I, myself, have experienced a touch, a taste, of another reality and I, like Paul, hope to press forward to that mark, that goal, that aim and I try to live my life as one that fully expects that end! I like to read Ecclesiates several times a year just to remind myself of what life is all about. It keeps me grounded in reality and what's really important. Ecc 12:13 ΒΆ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man. |