This note on the VOICE is pretty straightforward (it’s found on pages 4-5 in my copy), and since many of you probably already know about this (even though I don’t think a lot of people will read this over the next several months), I don’t need to explain a whole lot about them. But I will say this: a lot of things written in the Old Testament actually bear fruit for death, just as Paul said in Romans 7 — yet he did soon write that these writings aren’t even sin (verse 7), which is pretty funny, because I didn’t know that something giving awareness could be both good for you and make lots of craziness happen at the same time. I hope not to spend a lot of time in the Old Testament anyway, since I find that there are lots of good things to write about once I reach the New Testament. But I am doing the notes in canonical order (from Genesis to Revelation without going backwards even one verse), and, spoiler alert: this will take a long, long time, probably ten to fifteen years… I don’t know. It could take more than 20 or even 30-50 years. I could reach my 80s without having finished this. But I won’t get into any particular timeline or anything beyond this chapter now…
However, what I think is problematic is when someone uses a Scripture like Ezekiel 23 to preach death and condemnation in every form one can imagine. I get that there’s a lot wrong with the world and there are probably some nations that won’t survive the next ten to fifteen years, even with God’s help in trillions of butt-loads of provisions (for He never fuels anyone’s greed), but no one needs to say that God’s going to condemn someone. It’s despicable. It’s heinous. It’s unbiblical, dare I say. I do enjoy going more in-depth into something, though.
Finally, I should mention that I’m writing on this note before I make another note about a Bible passage because I want to remind whomever’s reading this that Jesus isn’t the Author of death (Satan is the author of death, yet he’s been disarmed by a longshot; see Hebrews 2:14), but He is the Author of life, and His eternal life is to everyone who accepts Him (for He died and rose again for each person); plus, it is stronger than anything Satan is able to do. Even offence doesn’t stop Him indefinitely. But it can be a huge stumbling block to anyone who crosses its path.
See you later in Genesis 3! (Don’t worry, I’ll speak of a good provisional message on Christmas Eve tomorrow night.)
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