Reality Physically and Metaphysically

Physically and Metaphysically Speaking:

The most exhilarating

or the most terrifying

kind of reality in life

Is the discovery of

the absence or presence

of something as nothing

Every ideology,

when followed faithfully enough,

benignly offers a "helpful" golden thread to follow -

inevitably leading to a "sacred" place...

The place where they mass produce grape cool-aid.

Giving God Glory Through Our Voice

The Voice in the Wilderness that gives God the greatest glory,

comes not from the mouth of a single individual,

but from a blending of eclectic voices

that speak or sing as one -

a Divine fuge of sorts...

Think Handel's Messiah,

a unified voice,

that swells up and out of a dark grotto of the world.

The Prophetic Voice

To be "the lone voice calling out in the wilderness,"

Does not mean there are no other voices...

It just means it's the only voice,

That found the courage,

To be it's own kind...

rag/4/13/12

The Significance of How We See Death Then And How We See It Now…

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is significant,

not just because he defeated (physical/temporal) Death;

but more importantly,

because He defeated (spiritual/eternal) DEATH. *

The first victory over Death is merely miraculous.

The second victory over DEATH is Divine;

and is what makes possible the move from utter annihilation

to restored "sonship" with the Father in Heaven. **
Christ’s Resurrection gave the early 1st Century Christians

JOY, HOPE and delicious FREEDOM from the STARK TERROR,

(that lay await) for departed souls existing beyond the grave. ***
For most THEN, the idea of death was horrifying; and an ever present reality…

For most TODAY, the idea of death is offensive and inconvenient; and marked by anesthetizing denial...

REJOICE! Christ's Life, Death and Resurrection makes it possible to have LIFE over DEATH!!!

*"Where their worm does not die and their fire is not quenched". (Mark 9:48)

** But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son… so that we might receive adoption as sons.

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God (Gal 4:4 - 4:7)

*** 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, 

then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"
  1Co 15:54-55

The Loss of Fear in Death

One of the greatest losses of our modern day era,

is not so much the fear of death,

but the stark terror of what may lay beyond it.

So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom

(Psalm 90:12 ESV)