It is really remarkable, this Jewish reluctance, for they held in their possession the oracles of God. They had the law and the books of Moses, they possessed the writings of the Prophets, which spoke of the coming Messiah, and they were in control of the Temple, yet with all that, they vehemently rejected Jesus Christ, the Anointed of God.
The first item is a statement rather than a question. One reader wrote, according to Eph. 2:6, it’s his understanding that some Christian believers have already gone to Heaven prior to the return of our Lord.
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth real well.” (Psa. 139:14). You know, David was not the only one that could utter these words, for we all who are of the stock of Adam, through Seth and Shem to Abraham and ultimately to Jacob-Israel, are made in the image and likeness of God.
First, let us look at Isa. 45:7 that reads, “I form light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I, the Lord do all these things.”
Whereas our forbearers crossed their Sea of Reeds by the miraculous Hand of God, led by Moses, went across on dry ground, leading their flocks and driving their herds of cattle, we on the other hand are being driven across our virtual Sea of Red Tape as cattle being led to the slaughter.
“When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice,…he will not forsake thee, nor destroy thee, not forge the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.” (Deut. 4:30,31). “Egypt” Circa…
Well, as the story goes, good old Dick was often heard to reminisce about a car that he used to own years back and how he wished that he still had that car, but alas it was not possible. Now, one day old Dick’s son, Jesse, was driving through the country and lo and behold, there in a farmer’s field, amongst the grass and the weeds, Jesse found an old rusted and dented car.
Fear, what is fear? In this case, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, to a great majority of the people, fear is the ever-present uncertainty of what is in the immediate future.
Man is a social animal, man needs to interact with man, for by nature man has a herd mentality, yet under the new system we are forced to disregard the norm and distance ourselves even from relatives and friends.
When I wrote the title for this article, I was thinking should I write the more familiar phrase, Soldier of the Cross or The Warrior one? I decided on the Warrior because of what I want to say in this essay, seeing that warrior depicts a fighting man of a more independent nature, not someone that necessarily follows the lead or command of an higher officer, but one that works and operates on his or her own initiative, more or less a maverick.
