He pursued them - ג - Revision history

Dubbayou2 at 04:03, 10 April 2018

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Dubbayou2 at 22:52, 5 April 2018

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Dubbayou2: /* The camel */

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‎The camel

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‎References

Dubbayou2: /* The gimel represents the rich man (God) pursuing the poor man (the sinner) */

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‎The gimel represents the rich man (God) pursuing the poor man (the sinner)

Dubbayou2: /* The gimel represents the rich man (God) pursuing the poor man (the sinner) */

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‎The gimel represents the rich man (God) pursuing the poor man (the sinner)

Dubbayou2: /* The gimel represents the rich man (God) pursuing the poor man (the sinner) */

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‎The gimel represents the rich man (God) pursuing the poor man (the sinner)

Dubbayou2: /* The camel */

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‎The camel

Dubbayou2 at 16:18, 31 March 2018

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 Those pangs of guilt; the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch; are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to God for it. God pursues you.
-Next: [[With the Word]]
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-The gimel ג is such a fun letter. Jesus used it in saying concerning the rich man. But it has a deep theological meaning as well.
+The gimel ג is such a fun letter. Jesus used it in a saying concerning the rich man. But it has a deep theological meaning as well.
-The gimel is drawn as a vav ו which splits. Jewish children learn that it is a rich man pursuing a poor man, because it looks like an outstretched leg.
+The gimel ג is drawn as a vav ו which splits. Jewish children learn that it is a rich man pursuing a poor man, because it looks like an outstretched leg.
-The vav is the Word of God (Jesus <ref>[[Joh 1:1]] ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.</ref>) which in the case of the gimel, doesn't just explain or clarify things, but also teaches holiness. The teaching of holiness is how God pursues us.
+The vav ן is the Word of God (Jesus <ref>[[Joh 1:1]] ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.</ref>) with the focus being on clarifying by separating, but in the case of the gimel, doesn't just explain or clarify things, but also teaches holiness. The teaching of holiness (separation) is how God pursues us. Though we experience grace, we need to understand holiness to understand the grace.
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 The man contradicts Jesus saying that only God is good. He doubles down that he himself is good, with the implication that he is equal to God.
-If he is equal to God, then he should do what God has done: Jesus, the eternal Son of God left his high estate, giving up everything to be man in order to reveal the father through teaching, and through his death. "Come follow me", he invites, after you also give up all you possess.
+If he is equal to God, then Jesus says he should do what God has done: Jesus, the eternal Son of God left his high estate, giving up everything to be man in order to reveal the father through teaching, and through his death. He invites, "Come follow me", after you also give up all you possess.
 The rich man (Jesus - incarnate God) has chased the poor man (the sinner) with the law and judgement.
 =The camel=
-Jesus highlights the meaning of the encounter: The name of the letter gimel ג also means 'camel'. They are the same word. Now consider the eye of the needle.  When you thread a needle, you wet the thread and twist  it to make it stiff. Then you hold it up close and bring the needle to the thread. You do this because if you move the thread, it will shake and fall and you will have to wet and twist it again.  You bring the needle to the thread.
+Jesus highlights the meaning of the encounter using the gimal: The name of the letter gimel ג also means 'camel'. They are the same word. Now consider the eye of the needle.  When you thread a needle, you wet the thread and twist  it to make it stiff. Then you hold it up close to your eye and bring the needle to the thread. You do this because if you move the thread, it will shake and fall and you will have to wet and twist it again.  You bring the needle to the thread.
 How is it that the rich man could think he was sinless? If we approach the law, like the thread approaching the needle we wilt before it.  In order to think we are sinless, we must hold ourselves still, and draw the law to us so that we fit in the center of it. We re-interpret the law, or redefine it so that we are not guilty of sin.
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 We say that we are not guilty of murder, though Jesus says we are if we have been angry with a brother. We didn't steal that stuff from the office, we borrowed it and just haven't returned it yet.  We don't lust, we just enjoy beauty. We don't covet, we just want to improve our lot in life.
-It is easier for the real camel to go through the eye of a real needle, than is is for the rich man sinner who chased the poor man, to justify himself by the law. It will never happen.
+It is easier for the real camel to go through the eye of a real needle, than is is for the rich man sinner, who chased the poor man, to justify himself by the law. It will never happen.
-Those pangs of guilt; the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch; are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to it. God pursues you.
+Those pangs of guilt; the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch; are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to God for it. God pursues you.
 Next: [[With the Word]]

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 Those pangs of guilt; the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch; are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to it. God pursues you.
-Next: [[The Word|With the Word]]
+Next: [[With the Word]]
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 Those pangs of guilt; the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch; are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to it. God pursues you.
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 Jesus uses this meaning in a brilliant riddle which reverses the historical event with the hidden meaning.
-Consider the dialog and circumstances around the meeting of the rich man and Jesus. <ref>[[Mk 10:17]], [[Mt 19:16]], [[Lk 18:18]</ref>]
+Consider the dialog and circumstances around the meeting of the rich man and Jesus. <ref>[[Mk 10:17]], [[Mt 19:16]], [[Lk 18:18]]</ref>]
 The rich man came running to the poor man Jesus and asks what he must do to have eternal life, but he refers to Jesus as the 'good' teacher.

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 The rich man came running to the poor man Jesus and asks what he must do to have eternal life, but he refers to Jesus as the 'good' teacher.
-This is a trigger word for Jesus. Original and universal sin is when men determine for themselves, or define, good and evil for themselves, usurping God prerogative. Only God can declare what is good or evil.
+This is a trigger word for Jesus. Original and universal sin is when men determine for themselves, or define, good and evil, usurping God prerogative. Only God can declare what is good or evil.
 Jesus gently confronts the man, explaining that only God is good. The motive may be two-fold: "Why do you make a judgement that I am good since only God can judge?", or "Has God told you that I am God, and therefore I am good?"

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	Those pangs of guilt, the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch, are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to it.		Those pangs of guilt, the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch, are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to it.
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