02-23-2011, 12:02 AM
Nu Lang wrote:
Ok, this is the beginning of understanding. But there is more, there is experience. To become the stories.
Remember when DJ told Carlos to make "a collection of memorable events in his life"? (TASOI) There was a good reason for that.
Exactly. There is no more memorable event than to "Find Youself in Scripture" as I have come to call it. Which I have been approaching and describing.
Back to the original idea of "You Are Here" on the roadmap.
Jesus found himself in the book. Just after being baptised and then going into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
He found himself in the prophecy of Isaiah in the old testament and read it in the Synagogue.
Lu 4:16
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Lu 4:17
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
Lu 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Lu 4:19
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Lu 4:20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Lu 4:21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
We also find ourselves if we look. We become the story. Because the bible was not only written for us, but about us. It's about our spiritual journey. It is a map, but a map is useless if you don't know where you are on the map. The "You Are Here."
As we begin to peel back the flesh of our hearts (circumcision) we also experience to a gradual expanding of awareness and find that our lives parallel the lives of the lineage (the Patriarchs) of Jesus who was the Pinacle of what mankind can become.
Each of the Patriarchs (the circumcision) illustrates a new level of Spiritual Understanding that we come to. We gradually become more aware of Spirit and less concerned with the "flesh."
Of course when Jesus made this anouncement they did not believe him;
Lu 4:21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Lu 4:22
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
Lu 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself
They thought he was crazy. And they thought they knew him,..he was just the son of the local carpenter.
And you are right. There is more. We can also find ourselves in the Book of Life. That is the world we live in.
Paul referred to the scriptures as the "Oracles of God." ...This means they speak to us!!!
Would God only have put this hidden knowledge into a book and not in the world around us? Of course not.
But in learning how to read the book we also learn to read the world around us. They are written in the same way. Allegory!
That is the key to the "Mysteries" That Jesus gave to his disciples.
Ok, this is the beginning of understanding. But there is more, there is experience. To become the stories.
Remember when DJ told Carlos to make "a collection of memorable events in his life"? (TASOI) There was a good reason for that.
Exactly. There is no more memorable event than to "Find Youself in Scripture" as I have come to call it. Which I have been approaching and describing.
Back to the original idea of "You Are Here" on the roadmap.
Jesus found himself in the book. Just after being baptised and then going into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
He found himself in the prophecy of Isaiah in the old testament and read it in the Synagogue.
Lu 4:16
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Lu 4:17
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
Lu 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Lu 4:19
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Lu 4:20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Lu 4:21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
We also find ourselves if we look. We become the story. Because the bible was not only written for us, but about us. It's about our spiritual journey. It is a map, but a map is useless if you don't know where you are on the map. The "You Are Here."
As we begin to peel back the flesh of our hearts (circumcision) we also experience to a gradual expanding of awareness and find that our lives parallel the lives of the lineage (the Patriarchs) of Jesus who was the Pinacle of what mankind can become.
Each of the Patriarchs (the circumcision) illustrates a new level of Spiritual Understanding that we come to. We gradually become more aware of Spirit and less concerned with the "flesh."
Of course when Jesus made this anouncement they did not believe him;
Lu 4:21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Lu 4:22
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
Lu 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself
They thought he was crazy. And they thought they knew him,..he was just the son of the local carpenter.
And you are right. There is more. We can also find ourselves in the Book of Life. That is the world we live in.
Paul referred to the scriptures as the "Oracles of God." ...This means they speak to us!!!
Would God only have put this hidden knowledge into a book and not in the world around us? Of course not.
But in learning how to read the book we also learn to read the world around us. They are written in the same way. Allegory!
That is the key to the "Mysteries" That Jesus gave to his disciples.