Why do bad things happen? They happen because this is a fallen 'corrupt'
world; we do not belong to this corrupt version; we are in the world
but not of it ~ John 1:10, John 15:19,James 4:4. That is why, on our
own, we cannot escape it just yet. There has to be reached a saturation
level before the reboot. What we know is that Christ came to be our
overcomer here and now, He is the patch! He entered in to give us hope
that through Him/His sacrifice we will return to our original unfallen state.
When Adam and Eve sinned, they lost their true 'real' covering; they
attempted to 'recover' themselves. But God made them a 'covering'
enabling them/us to function in this fallen (corrupt version) world.
But, this skin covering as we see is more akin to the beasts of this
fallen world than to God.
"For the world offers only a craving for
physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our
achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are
from this world" ~ 1 John 2:16.
It was through sin we became a kind
of lesser being. Isn't it obvious that these beastly skins are the
reason that fallen humans behave like beasts. We think and act in
beastly ways. The lie that we evolved from beasts only reinforces this
idea and we see today that this notion leads to all sorts of impurity,
sexual and otherwise. When Christ returns and restores us to our
original design, exactly like Him, we will see how beastly this skin
'covering' really was. And, in His Kingdom, we will be like Him! For now our means to cope with bad things is to pray His Kingdom Come!
"Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as
it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our
debts/sins, as we also have forgiven our debtors/sins. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." Matthew 6:9-13.
This is the most powerful prayer we can pray ~ given us by Jesus Christ. Why? Because, in the last days, there will be those who think that His Kingdom is coming by mans' hand. It is not. Yes, some
think that by increments God's Kingdom is coming here on earth in the
form of progress and technology. As if it is slowing uploading. The
problem with that is this - Our God is Almighty and Powerful and why
would He slowing upload His Kingdom here?
This is a fallen world and it will come to pass. How do we know? Look
at what Augustine said about the City of God vs the city of man. The
City of God is coming and the city of man is going 'passing away'.
Yet,
in our sin, we mistake going for coming. What confirms this mistake? The
second command that Jesus gave us (First being love the Lord thy God)
love your neighbor as yourself. In the city of man the self is served.
The city of man is build upon the foundation of self love and because of
that premise men fear their fellow man and they necessarily reduce
freedoms as they feel threatened by other men's sense of freedom since
every man becomes the center of the universe - self loving and
preserving. Jesus asks us to love our neighbor as our self and in this
we know that God's Kingdom is yet Coming because in His Kingdom the self
as we know it here and now does not and cannot exist.
Take
a look at Hebrews 8: 7-13.
In a commentary by
Matthew Henry we learn from this Scripture that God once wrote his laws
TO his people, now he will write his
laws in them; he will give them understanding to know and to believe his
laws; he will give them memories to retain them; he will give them
hearts to love them, courage to profess them, and power to put them in
practice. This is the foundation of the covenant; and when this is laid,
duty will be done wisely, sincerely, readily, easily, resolutely,
constantly, and with comfort. A plentiful outpouring of the Spirit of
God will make the ministration of the gospel so effectual, that there
shall be a mighty increase and spreading of Christian knowledge in
persons of all sorts.
Oh that this promise might be fulfilled in our
days, that the hand of God may be with his ministers so that great
numbers may believe, and be turned to the Lord! The pardon of sin will
always be found to accompany the true knowledge of God. Notice the
freeness of this pardon; its fulness; its fixedness. This pardoning
mercy is connected with all other spiritual mercies: unpardoned sin
hinders mercy, and pulls down judgments; but the pardon of sin prevents
judgment, and opens a wide door to all spiritual blessings. Let us
search whether we are taught by the Holy Spirit to know Christ, so as
uprightly to love, fear, trust, and obey him. All worldly vanities,
outward privileges, or mere notions of religion, will soon vanish away,
and leave those who trust in them miserable forever. Now,
some reading the above commentary in context of God's Kingdom Come,
will yet conclude that it illustrates the slow upload of God's Kingdom.
But it cannot.
The key is in the last sentence. All worldly vanities,
outward privileges, or mere notions of
religion, will soon vanish away, and leave those who trust in them
miserable forever. Again, some will still argue that the slow upload is
not contrary to arriving at a new reality. But it is. How? It is because
there are those left behind. If it were a slow uploading, everyone
would be changed but not everyone will be. This is a glimpse of the
rapture. God's Kingdom will Come and all of what we know now will be
gone suggesting a clean cut, not a slow transition wherein old
information could still creep in.What is clear is that a brand new
reality will exist; so we pray His Kingdom Come!
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