tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post5490938511660346226..comments2024-01-30T03:40:00.558-08:00Comments on Adventist Media Response and Conversation: God With Us, Allegory and MatthewRon Corsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160607058464028162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-1265223983649579512008-07-21T06:49:00.000-07:002008-07-21T06:49:00.000-07:00Were the Lessons always like this? I can't believe...Were the Lessons always like this? I can't believe (OK, I guess I can) the Lesson would include that quote you referenced. But I clicked the link, and yes it did. Terrible.Bulworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506195561153519897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-57363484518218477382008-07-20T19:02:00.000-07:002008-07-20T19:02:00.000-07:00"Let There Be Light""In The Beginning" The Creator..."Let There Be Light"<BR/><BR/>"In The Beginning" The Creator(Our Father) said,<BR/> "Let There Be Light, and There Was Light"<BR/><BR/> "LIGHT Begets Light!"<BR/> "The Beginning of The Creation of GOD!"<BR/><BR/>And the revelation that The Messiah received of<BR/>The Creator and gave unto the apostle John bore <BR/>witness to The Truth that The Messiah, was <BR/>"The Beginning of the Creation of GOD(Our<BR/>Father, Creator of ALL)"! (Rev 1:1, 3:14)<BR/><BR/>And The Messiah bore witness to His Brethren <BR/>when He testified, "My GOD is your GOD and My <BR/>Father(Creator) is your Father(Creator)."(Jn 20:17)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah testified "I have sent My angel to <BR/>you with this testimony for the assemblies. I am <BR/>the root and the offspring of David. I am the bright,<BR/>Morning Star(Light)"! (Rev 22:16) ) Peter testified<BR/>"We have the more sure word of prophecy; and <BR/>you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a <BR/>dark place, until the day dawns, and The Morning<BR/>Star(Light) arises in your hearts."(2Pt 1:19) "But <BR/>you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, <BR/>a holy nation, HIS own special people, that you <BR/>may proclaim the praises of HIM who called you <BR/>out of darkness into His marvelous Light."(1Pt2:9)<BR/><BR/>And the evening(darkness) and The Morning<BR/>(Light) was the First Day." (Gen 1:5)<BR/><BR/>"Let There Be Light"!<BR/><BR/>"The Beginning of The Creation of GOD"!<BR/><BR/>It is very important to both know and experience <BR/>The Messiah as He Is, Was and always Will Be, <BR/>and also to know the "glory He had with Our <BR/>Father" before He was born in "the likeness of <BR/>sinful flesh". (John 17:5, Rom 8:3) For what The <BR/>Messiah Was and Is, Is that which He will always<BR/>Will Be."The Only Begotten Son" of "Our Father"!<BR/><BR/>First, let me simply state that I do not believe the<BR/>"catholic" and "christian" theo'ry'logical doctrines <BR/>concerning "The Only True GOD, Father ALL". For <BR/>they "image"ine a three-headed "god" they call <BR/>their "trinity", or they declare their "christ" to be <BR/>their "god and father", or they believe that The <BR/>Messiah was but an exalted messenger(angel) <BR/>or prophet.<BR/><BR/>John The Baptist testified, "And I saw, and bare <BR/>record that The Messiah is the Son of GOD(Our <BR/>Father)."(John 1:34) Peter testified, "You are The <BR/>Messiah, The Son of The Living GOD(Father of <BR/>ALL)"!(Matt 16:16) And the Ethiopian eunuch <BR/>testified, "I believe that The Messiah is The Son <BR/>of GOD(Our Father)". (Acts 8:37) "Seeing then <BR/>that we have a great high priest, that is passed <BR/>into the Heavens, The Messiah, The Son of <BR/>GOD(Our Father), let us hold fast our profession." <BR/>(Heb 4:14) "These things are written so that you <BR/>might believe that The Messiah is The Son of GOD<BR/>(Our Father)". (John 20:31) The Messiah testified <BR/>that He was "The Son of GOD", and that His GOD<BR/> was "The Only True GOD(Father of ALL)".<BR/>(John 10:36,17:3) <BR/><BR/>And The Messiah also testified that He was the <BR/>"Son of man" and "The Light of the world". <BR/>(Matt 26:64, John 8:12)<BR/><BR/>It is needful to believe that The Messiah Was, Is <BR/>and always Will Be "The Son of The Living GOD", <BR/>and that there is but "One GOD, HE WHO is <BR/>Father of ALL". (Mat 16:16, Eph 4:6) The Messiah <BR/>bore witness to His Brethren when He testified <BR/>after being "raised from among the dead", "My GOD <BR/>is your GOD and My Father(Creator) is your Father<BR/>(Creator)" (John 20:17)<BR/><BR/>Is The Messiah's GOD and Father your GOD <BR/>and Father?<BR/><BR/>Who are The Brethren of The Messiah?<BR/><BR/>"Let There Be Light"<BR/><BR/>Once again, It is very important to both know and <BR/>experience The Messiah as He Was, Is and always <BR/>Will Be. The Messiah simply testified in John 17:5 <BR/>"And now O Father, glorify Me with YOUR own self <BR/>with the glory that I had with YOU before the world <BR/>began".<BR/><BR/>Prior to that testimony The Messiah had testified, <BR/>"Yet a little while is The Light with you. Walk while <BR/>you have The Light, lest darkness comes upon <BR/>you: for he that walks in darkness does not know <BR/>where he goes. While you have Light, believe in <BR/>The Light, that you may be the children of Light." <BR/>(John 12:35-36)<BR/><BR/>And the apostle John testified: "In the beginning <BR/>was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and <BR/>The Word was GOD. (John did not testify that <BR/>The Word is GOD)The same was in the beginning<BR/> with GOD. All things were made by Him, and <BR/>without Him was not any thing made that was <BR/>made. In Him was Life; and The Life was The <BR/>Light of men. And The Light shined in darkness; <BR/>and the darkness comprehended it not. There <BR/>was a man sent from GOD, whose name was <BR/>John. The same came for a witness, to bear <BR/>witness of The Light, that all men through Him <BR/>might believe. He(John the baptist) was not that <BR/>Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. <BR/>That was the True Light, which enlightens every <BR/>man that comes into the world. He(The Messiah) <BR/>was in the world, and the world was made by <BR/>Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto <BR/>His own, and His own received Him not. But as <BR/>many as received Him, to them He gave power<BR/> to become the sons of GOD, even to them that <BR/>believe on His name: Which were born, not of <BR/>blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will <BR/>of man, but of "The Only True GOD, Father of <BR/>ALL"." (John 1:1-13)<BR/><BR/>It is needful to realize that The Messiah testified <BR/>of "The Only True GOD" in John 17:3, and so it is <BR/>that The GOD and Father of The Messiah IS, <BR/>WAS and always WILL BE "The Only True GOD".<BR/><BR/>"The Only True GOD" is "Father of ALL".<BR/><BR/>And "The Father of ALL" is "Our Father", HE WHO<BR/>IS "The Only True GOD" and Father of The Messiah <BR/>and His Brethren.<BR/><BR/>And the apostle John testified in John 3:17-21: <BR/>"For Our Father sent not his Son into the world <BR/>to condemn the world; but that the world through <BR/>Him might be saved. He that believes on Him is <BR/>not condemned: but he that believes not is <BR/>condemned already, because he has not believed<BR/>in the name of the only begotten Son of GOD(Our <BR/>Father). And this is the condemnation, that Light is <BR/>come into the world, and men loved darkness <BR/>rather than Light, because their deeds were evil. <BR/>For every one that does evil hates The Light, <BR/>neither comes to The Light, lest his deeds should <BR/>be reproved. But he that does Truth comes to The <BR/>Light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that <BR/>they are wrought in GOD(Our Father)."<BR/><BR/>In John 12:34 the people asked, "Who is this Son <BR/>of man? Then in John 12:35-36, "The Messiah said <BR/>unto them, yet a little while is The Light with you. <BR/>Walk while you have The Light, lest darkness come <BR/>upon you: for he that walks in darkness does not <BR/>know where he goes. While you have Light, believe <BR/>in The Light, that you may be the children of Light. <BR/>The Messiah spoke these things, and departed, <BR/>and hid Himself from them."<BR/><BR/>Simply, "In The Beginning" The Only True GOD <BR/>spoke The Word, "Let There Be Light", "And there <BR/>was Light"! "And there was evening(darkness) and <BR/>there was morning (Light), The First Day". (Gen 1:5) <BR/>Certainly such "Light" was not "natural" light, for <BR/>"natural" light, the sun, moon, and stars were not <BR/>created until the "fourth day". (Gen 1:14-19)<BR/><BR/>"In the beginning", "The First Day", The Father of <BR/>All created "The Light", without which Creation and <BR/>Life, as we now know and experience it, could not <BR/>have been.<BR/><BR/>The First Day, "The Light", The Messiah, "The <BR/>beginning of the Creation of GOD(HE WHO is <BR/>The Only True GOD and Father of ALL)"! <BR/>(Gen 1:3, Rev 3:14, John 17:3, Eph 4:6) <BR/><BR/>And "The Only True GOD" created all "things" by,<BR/> through, and for "The Light", The Messiah, "The <BR/>Son of The Living GOD" and "Son of man".<BR/>(Col 1:15, Eph 3:9, Mat 16:16, Mat 12:32)<BR/><BR/>LIGHT begets Light!<BR/><BR/>And "The True Light which enlightens every man <BR/>coming into the world", was born as a child <BR/>destined to be The Messiah. (John 1:9, Mat 1:21)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "The Light of the world". <BR/>(John 8:12, 9:5)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "The firstborn of every creature <BR/>(all creation)". (Col 1:15)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "Begotten of Our Father", <BR/>"The firstborn among many Brethren".<BR/>(Heb 1:5) (Ps 2:7) (Rom 8:29)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "A servant of The Only True GOD<BR/>(Father of ALL)". (Isa 42:1-7)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "The Lamb of GOD".<BR/>(John 1:29,36)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "The firstborn from among the dead".<BR/>(Col 1:18)<BR/><BR/>Once again: "In The Beginning" Our Father, "The <BR/>Only True GOD" spoke: "Let there be Light, and <BR/>there was Light"! The Messiah, "The Beginning of <BR/>the Creation of GOD", "the firstborn of every <BR/>creature(all creation)". (Gen 1:3, John 17:3, <BR/>Rev 3:14, Col 1:15)<BR/><BR/>Thanks Be To "Our Father"!<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, The Creation of "The Only True <BR/>GOD, Father of ALL"! (Rev 3:14)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "made so much better than the <BR/>angels"! (Heb 1:4)<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "The Light of the world"!<BR/>(John 8:12, 9:5)<BR/><BR/>"The Lamb of GOD", "The Light of The New <BR/>Heavenly Jerusalem"! (Rev 21:22-23)<BR/><BR/>Paul experienced "The Light " on the road to <BR/>Damascus. "And it came to pass, that, as I <BR/>made my journey, and came near unto <BR/>Damascus about noontime, suddenly a great <BR/>Light from Heaven shone round about me. <BR/>And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice <BR/>saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why do you <BR/>persecute Me? And I answered, "Who are <BR/>You, Master"? And He said unto me, I am <BR/>Yehowshuwa'(Yeshua, Jeshua) of Nazareth, <BR/>Whom you persecute. And they that were <BR/>with me saw The Light, and were afraid; but <BR/>they did not hear the voice of Him that spoke <BR/>to me. And I said, "What shall I do, Master"? <BR/>And He said unto me, arise and go into <BR/>Damascus, and there you shall be told all <BR/>things which are appointed for you to do. <BR/>And when I could not see for the glory of <BR/>that Light, I was led by the hand into <BR/>Damascus." (Acts 22:6-11)<BR/><BR/>Paul also testified, "At midday I saw in the <BR/>way a Light from Heaven, ABOVE THE <BR/>BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN, shining round <BR/>about me and those who journeyed with me. <BR/>And when we were all fallen to the earth, I <BR/>heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying <BR/>in the HEBREW tongue, Saul, Saul, why do<BR/>you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick <BR/>against the pricks." (The Messiah could not <BR/>have told Paul, "I am jesus" for He spoke in <BR/>the "HEBREW tongue") (Acts 26:13-14)<BR/><BR/>Paul saw "The Light" that was The Messiah <BR/>and he was blinded(naturally, not Spiritually) <BR/>for a time. Now when The Messiah was in<BR/>the "likeness of sinful flesh", born as "the <BR/>Son of man", He could only reflect "The <BR/>Light", liken unto the moon which but reflects <BR/>the light of the natural sun.<BR/><BR/>"Let There Be Light"<BR/><BR/>The Messiah, "The Light of the world"!<BR/><BR/>And consider the natural light provided by the <BR/>sun, which was Created on the fourth day. <BR/>Does not the natural light of the sun reveal <BR/>outwardly, all the earthly, natural things? <BR/>Consider what happens when that which you <BR/>thought was clean is exposed to the light of <BR/>the sun? Is not the least outward particle of <BR/>uncleanness readily seen in the light of the <BR/>sun? And so it is with "The Light" that is The <BR/>Messiah. For His Life, "The Life", reveals <BR/>and exposes all the uncleanness in "our" <BR/>life, the life that is of "our" own creation, <BR/>which is the "I(ego, id)" in all of us, the <BR/>product of "our" own vain "imag"inations! <BR/>So it needs be that "The Light" penetrates <BR/>deeply, even into the innermost recesses <BR/>of the heart, "rightly dividing the soul and <BR/>spirit", exposing all the darkness that the <BR/>"I" in all of us did not want to "see"!<BR/><BR/>Yet for such a cleansing to begin one must <BR/>"experience The Messiah(The Light) and <BR/>The Power that raised Him from among the <BR/>dead"!(Php 3:10) Oh, there are many who <BR/>know of a "messiah", yet who has <BR/>experienced "The Light"? For "The Light" <BR/>was "The Beginning of Creation" both the <BR/>old, which was natural and earthly and The <BR/>New, which is of The Spirit and Heavenly. <BR/>Those who "love this world and it's things" <BR/>yet desire that which "decayed, waxed <BR/>old and vanished away" (Heb 8:13) They <BR/>are of those "whose 'god' is their belly, <BR/>and whose glory is in their shame, for <BR/>they mind earthly things". (Phlp 3:19)<BR/><BR/>Sadly, those who "love this world and it's <BR/>things" yet love darkness more than The <BR/>Light and they will abide in the darkness <BR/>they loved forever ;-( (1Jn2:15,Jn3:19-20)<BR/><BR/>Sadder yet, systems of religion that are of <BR/>this world, such as "catholicism", "christianity", <BR/>"judaism", "islam", etc., have so perverted<BR/> The Testimonies, that today, as in the two <BR/>thousand or so, years gone by, "The Way <BR/>of Truth is evil spoken of"! All because of <BR/>the theo'ry'logical, heretical doctrines that <BR/>are of men! And especially those <BR/>theo'ry'logical doctrines which seek to <BR/>define "The Only True GOD, Father of All". <BR/>(2Peter 2:1-2)<BR/><BR/>All such doctrines are but the product of <BR/>mankind's "imag"ination and mankind's <BR/>"imag"ination is destroying and perverting <BR/>Creation(land, air, water, creatures, Light, <BR/>Truth, Love, Peace, Joy, Hope, .etc.)<BR/><BR/>Yes, sadly ;-( Creation is being destroyed <BR/>by self-willed men who could care less <BR/>about that which is of The Truth(What Is, <BR/>Was, and always Will Be), and care even <BR/>less about those things which they can <BR/>not comprehend apart from their <BR/>"natural" senses and mental processes ;-(<BR/><BR/>And The Truth testifies, The Creator "will <BR/>destroy those who destroy the earth(HIS <BR/>Creation)"(Rev 11:18).<BR/><BR/>Sadly, in this wicked world, those who <BR/>seek profit will naturally overcome those <BR/>who do not ;-(<BR/><BR/>Yet, There Is Hope!<BR/><BR/>For The Life is of The Spirit!<BR/><BR/>And Miracles do happen!<BR/><BR/>And Faith rejoices against profit(greed)<BR/>and theo'ry'logy(logic)!<BR/><BR/>Hope is there would be those who experience <BR/>The Miracle that is receiving "a love of The <BR/>Truth" for they will "see" "The Light". <BR/>(2Thes 2:10, John 8:12, 9:5)<BR/><BR/>And they will receive peace, in spite of the <BR/>dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this world, for <BR/>they will clearly "see" that "The WHOLE <BR/>world is under the control of the evil one". <BR/>(1John 5:19) And they will clearly "see" <BR/>things as they are and not as "imag"inative, <BR/>world-loving humans would have others <BR/>believe them to be, for they will "see" The <BR/>Light that is The Messiah....... franciscoelderchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827206019505093406noreply@blogger.com