Looking at drops of water on my hosta flowers, the drops look like jewels..
But they will melt away.. no jewels for persons to put in their pockets!
"Be not conformed to this world" for in the day (of the LORD) it will all be consumed away.. in an evening, the interlinear (bible hub dot com) seems to say..
Zephaniah chapter one saying "a speedy riddance.. gold and silver will not save.. it's against the cities and high towers"... Yes men's castles in the air will fall.. and so will the high towers..
riddance - "kalah" - "completion full end.. etc" - man's false world.. no more, and hallelujah the thousands and thousands of angels shall shout.. once again, the lion shall eat straw like the ox.. the leaves of the trees for the healing of the nations.. (metaphor and literal :banana: )
..lately I've been wondering if God had decreed that all be saved, reconciled and sealed of and into God, during this lifetime, would the witness and lesson (of learning good and evil) be complete?
What I had been thinking of was, maybe the Lord sees people getting born, which would not be born if he made everything peachy. Instead we are thrown into this chaotic world and into a life that is often bad, because WE were wanted, and not people who would have everything easy. It's like a family adopting sick babies, we are sick with sin and yet God loves us and when it comes to salvation doesn't need us to be fully righteous. But if we believe in Jesus Christ, that is already full and complete righteousness. But we do not feel that always and have our issues. That is life...
:thumbsup: Interesting!
I've had a thought somewhat like that.. like if He'd not interfered (with things running their course) and hadn't confused the languages at Babel Tower, things would have progressed way too fast - "see how nothing will be beyond them" (their doing) "let us" (Father and Son) "confuse their languages that they stop this building of the tower" (together). That likely the human race would have self destructed long ago.
And the Heavenly Father of course seeing all things and possibilities, saw all that would and could be born if He let things run their course much more slowly..
Or if like some of the world say, "if there is God why doesn't he stop the evil that mankind does?" Or if he interfered and put a stop to it, say a hundred years ago, where would you and I be?
I surely think God wants us to have the fruit of humility.. true humility.. and all the other fruits of the Spirit.. But just imagine a bunch of proud know it alls running around! :doh: Not fully recognizing His great and utter supremacy..
So I do kind of agree with you. :Peace2: :thumbsup:
:cloud9: Drops of water on hostas.....how I love that. :thumbsup: