THE BIBLE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
Read Ezekiel Chapter 20
There are some concepts in the Bible which totally explain the entire view of life. Well least from a human perspective. Scriptures such as:
PROVERBS 3: 5&6- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path straight.”
PROVERBS 4:23- “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”
PSALMS 32: 1&2- “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit”
JOHN 1: 1-5- “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
JOHN 14:7- “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
JOHN 3:16- “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
The Bible is written to be the blueprint for humanity. Our salvation: how our world became saved from self-destruction, the origin of creation, the destiny of fate for all humanity, all these facts are found in the Bible. The truth is not because you believe in it; the truth is intentional because it is real, much as gravity. Nevertheless, I’m not trying to preach why the Bible is an oracle of truth. I’m pointing out the reality that if you focus on the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 20, you can understand from a point of depth why God judges the world and feels about humanity as He does today. Ezekiel 20:3 reads:
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them. ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Consider a faithful lover forgiving an adulterous wife. God physically illustrates this morality with the story and life of Hosea the prophet (a book also in the Bible). Here in Ezekiel, Chapter 20 we witness God given a full account of the original generations of Israel and how there were continuously unfaithful to Him. Yet and still, they show the audacity to come to Him with tempt to request favor of His good nature as they never even shown shame to blush. We then see God’s response and promise to outreach His mighty right hand to reconcile His people back into a nation of obedience. We see in verse 22 of Chapter 20 God’s intentional plan to restore His everlasting covenant through the offsprings off King David’s lineage through nations scattered all across the globe.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) EZEKIEL 20:22- “But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.”
Thousand of years in time we see the tender words of Jesus address the churches for the outcome of judgement (Armageddon) The seven churches were: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia & Laodicea. In these scriptures we read the message of a lover who may address his concubine. At that time the nation of Israel attempts to attest the Lord by addressing to talking to Him. (REFLECTION: Chapter 20:31)
Now we know of a promise wedding among the Son of God and the church to be the destiny of all humanity (the Book of Revelation). What does it take for a faithful husband to forgive and reconcile, reestablish then fulfill an everlasting promise of marriage based on the basis of a honorable and justified courtship? This answer is found in the mystery of humanity salvation. This is the meaning of life.
Read Ezekiel Chapter 20
There are some concepts in the Bible which totally explain the entire view of life. Well least from a human perspective. Scriptures such as:
PROVERBS 3: 5&6- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path straight.”
PROVERBS 4:23- “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”
PSALMS 32: 1&2- “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit”
JOHN 1: 1-5- “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
JOHN 14:7- “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
JOHN 3:16- “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
The Bible is written to be the blueprint for humanity. Our salvation: how our world became saved from self-destruction, the origin of creation, the destiny of fate for all humanity, all these facts are found in the Bible. The truth is not because you believe in it; the truth is intentional because it is real, much as gravity. Nevertheless, I’m not trying to preach why the Bible is an oracle of truth. I’m pointing out the reality that if you focus on the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 20, you can understand from a point of depth why God judges the world and feels about humanity as He does today. Ezekiel 20:3 reads:
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them. ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
Consider a faithful lover forgiving an adulterous wife. God physically illustrates this morality with the story and life of Hosea the prophet (a book also in the Bible). Here in Ezekiel, Chapter 20 we witness God given a full account of the original generations of Israel and how there were continuously unfaithful to Him. Yet and still, they show the audacity to come to Him with tempt to request favor of His good nature as they never even shown shame to blush. We then see God’s response and promise to outreach His mighty right hand to reconcile His people back into a nation of obedience. We see in verse 22 of Chapter 20 God’s intentional plan to restore His everlasting covenant through the offsprings off King David’s lineage through nations scattered all across the globe.
(SPIRITUAL REFLECTION) EZEKIEL 20:22- “But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.”
Thousand of years in time we see the tender words of Jesus address the churches for the outcome of judgement (Armageddon) The seven churches were: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia & Laodicea. In these scriptures we read the message of a lover who may address his concubine. At that time the nation of Israel attempts to attest the Lord by addressing to talking to Him. (REFLECTION: Chapter 20:31)
Now we know of a promise wedding among the Son of God and the church to be the destiny of all humanity (the Book of Revelation). What does it take for a faithful husband to forgive and reconcile, reestablish then fulfill an everlasting promise of marriage based on the basis of a honorable and justified courtship? This answer is found in the mystery of humanity salvation. This is the meaning of life.
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