From Eliyahu
Consider this:
Context is vital to truth. Beware of deceivers
who weave a false narrative that changes the context to create a twisted
perception of the truth. Want an example? The Bible.
Don't get me wrong here. None of this is the fault of the Bible.
Even so, the Bible
is probably the most misused source in the history of the world. Tommy
Douglas, an influential Canadian politician of the mid-20th century, put it
this way:
"The Bible is like a bull fiddle, you
can play almost any tune you want on it." - Tommy Douglas
It is unsurprising that a
politician originated that saying, since politicians are known for having a
knack at twisting the truth to their own advantage. Not that I'm saying
Douglas was wrong about how people use the Bible. In fact, we all know, the
Bible is often quoted (out of context) to support all sorts of dubious
behavior, let alone false doctrines. It is even a common practice in the pew
for a preacher to read one verse of Scripture and then use that as a
springboard to tell an entertaining story to make everybody feel good, that
unfortunately, has nothing to do with the real context of the verse cited.
As I wrote above, none of this
is the fault of the Bible. The reason the Bible is misused this way, so
often, is because the Bible is known to be the source of Divine Truth. No
wonder people, good and bad, want to represent the Bible as being on their
side! The reason they can so easily get away with it is because so many
believers do not know and understand the Bible in its true context, so they
either don't see the contradictions, or, don't feel confident enough to call
them out. Context is key to understanding the Bible - and just about
everything else.
This is just as true of people
as anything else. Why do we have people who "identify" as everything from
cats to space aliens today? Why do so many others simply not know who they
really are? Personal identity is a major problem for millions of people in
today's world. People not knowing themselves, or thinking they are something
other than who they are on the biological DNA level has become a HUGE issue
in today's world. Why?
This is on purpose. All the
foundations of sanity have been systematically attacked over the last few
centuries, decades and years. Everything that tells you where you come from
has been assailed and vilified. At the same time you are constantly told
that the important thing in your life, is all about you - how you look, how
you dress, what toys you have, what brings pleasure to you - you, you, you.
Just two or three generations
like this has been enough to totally remove the historic context from the
life of average people - setting them adrift in time as islands unto
themselves. People who have been removed from the context of their identity
are desperate to find one. Such a person has been made into a blank slate
onto which anything can be written by the architects of this modern living
hell.
No context? No sanity. |
 
Sanity begins with knowing who
you are as part of a larger whole. That's why God willed for a new person, a
baby, to have a mother and a father, to start out from the very beginning as
part of a family. Your family is something bigger than yourself, of which
you were meant to be a part. Growing up as part of a loving, highly
functional, family is the best thing that can possibly happen for a child.
Here the child learns from the start that love means loving back. Love must
be reciprocal to accomplish its purpose. From this grows trust,
industriousness, and every other aspect of character so necessary to the
formation of a sane, well-adjusted and worthwhile person.
Right here I should acknowledge
that many people today, maybe most people, have not had the ideal family
experience as laid out above. If that's you, you were robbed of something
that should have been your birthright. If that's you, all your life you have
been faced with a struggle to make up for that deficit. That's not easy, but
I suspect if you are the sort of person who reads this newsletter, then you
have already overcome that loss to a great extent, and I salute you for it.
I also want to tell you that the
roots of your family, your roots, go back much further than you know. There
is a lot of good in your family lineage, and you can tap into that richness
of your family tree, with the Lord's help, to kindle more of the true
context of your identity. Your family tree exists for a purpose, and that
has a lot to do with who you really are. God knows that family context, and
true identity, and is able to restore that to you.
Yeshua the Nazarean was born
into the kind of ideal family I have outlined above, with a rich family tree
well known to each generation. The Nazarean reference suggests, not only
Yeshua's immediate earthly family, but also earlier generations of the
Davidic family line that He was born into. As with every person born into a
family, He grew up as part of a family, and His family formed a framework
for His true identity as a man in this world. As we look at Yeshua's life
and ministry, we can observe how He carried forward and advanced His family
legacy.
The Way of Yeshua the
Nazarean is the theme of our live-stream broadcast tonight. This will
give you greater insight into the earthly life and family identity
of Yeshua. Join our live stream tonight,
June 25, at Tsiyon.Net
at 8 PM, Central. See how Yeshua manifested the roots of His family
tree.
In His Name,
Eliyahu
Tsiyon.Org
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