Yesterday at Ein Gedi Spring, we (AIA group and me) met a park ranger. When he realized that I was American (from my accent) and the others not, he asked how is it that people from 3 different countries could know each other and be together. This opened the door to speak to him (Yaacov) about our faith in Jesus. Yaacov believes in humanity and in nature, but he finally admitted grasping something of what I was saying when I used an illustration of a boulder being one boulder, with people breaking off pieces of that one rock and demanding recognition as if it were the rock itself, or at least the most important part of it. Yet the truth – the righteousness – is that each piece of that rock belongs to and is part of the one whole rock. The rock determines the significance and value of the pieces. In other words, righteousness and peace and wholeness – truth – comes from God’s determination and perspective, not from our own or of others.
Jn 3:3 to see theKingdom ofGod, one must be born again from above by the Spirit of God
–sovereignty of God
Mk 4:11-13 to us is given to know the mysteries of theKingdom ofGod; must understand the first parable in order to understand the others
Rev 4:1 a door open in Heaven to see the things about to take place
–need to know what will be in order to be prepared, and to give an answer of hope to others
Rev 5:9-13 from every tribe and tongue and people and nation give glory to Jesus who redeemed us by His blood
–the Great and Good Shepherd of the sheep is leading us to His (and ours) Father’s house
Is 41:17-20 different trees (people) planted together in such a way as each and all are dependent upon YHVH God to live and to love one another so as to demonstrate to all that He has accomplished it
Jn 17:20-24 to be one even as Jesus is one with the Father so as to demonstrate that Jesus was sent from God the Father, and that the Father loves us as much as He loves Jesus
–must cooperate with the Lord because only He knows what this really means and how to accomplish it
