Dream
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I use Maddona as an example of someone publically accused and Jerry as someone that did the accusing, because it became subsequently obvious whom God honored. Open to all contributors.
I Samuel 1:16-17 Do not regard your maidservant as a base woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation." Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have made to him."
"Go in peace!" It is an interesting verse, because a this prayerful woman was mistaken for a base person by none other than the high priest. Later in chapter sixteen of the same book the prophet Samuel says "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."(Som16:7) This is really the theme of the book of Samuel, which tells the beginnings of the dynasties of Israel's first human kings. It is in I Samuel that David, still a boy, defeats a bear, a lion, and a giant. Who would have thought that visual appraisals could be so far off? Would that we could each learn to simply say "Go in peace."
This is similar to the words that Jesus speaks to a certain woman charged with adultery, caught in the act by the apparently pious and publically exposed. To her he said "Go your way and sin no more," a clear reference to the path of peace; and she had apparently and clearly broken faith with her community. Furthermore in the story Jesus was the only person present truly without sin, so it should have been his responsibility to throw the first stone. That is one way of reading the law, as the stoning could not commence unless a person without sin started it. Now you could argue that the unnamed woman's accusers were blameless, but Jesus was levels above what was considered sinless even by them. There was no one else qualified, so the duty fell to him. In fact, without his stone justice could not proceed! Jesus surely would not have broken the law, there must some other explanation for his action. Unfortunately, he never really explained it openly but merely wrote his answer in the sand. Few people if any know what it was that he wrote. It is a lost commentary, which we must strive to read without being able to see it.
It is interesting that false judgments come from observation, but righteous judgments come when we know that we cannot judge correctly.
I Samuel 1:16-17 Do not regard your maidservant as a base woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation." Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have made to him."
"Go in peace!" It is an interesting verse, because a this prayerful woman was mistaken for a base person by none other than the high priest. Later in chapter sixteen of the same book the prophet Samuel says "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."(Som16:7) This is really the theme of the book of Samuel, which tells the beginnings of the dynasties of Israel's first human kings. It is in I Samuel that David, still a boy, defeats a bear, a lion, and a giant. Who would have thought that visual appraisals could be so far off? Would that we could each learn to simply say "Go in peace."
This is similar to the words that Jesus speaks to a certain woman charged with adultery, caught in the act by the apparently pious and publically exposed. To her he said "Go your way and sin no more," a clear reference to the path of peace; and she had apparently and clearly broken faith with her community. Furthermore in the story Jesus was the only person present truly without sin, so it should have been his responsibility to throw the first stone. That is one way of reading the law, as the stoning could not commence unless a person without sin started it. Now you could argue that the unnamed woman's accusers were blameless, but Jesus was levels above what was considered sinless even by them. There was no one else qualified, so the duty fell to him. In fact, without his stone justice could not proceed! Jesus surely would not have broken the law, there must some other explanation for his action. Unfortunately, he never really explained it openly but merely wrote his answer in the sand. Few people if any know what it was that he wrote. It is a lost commentary, which we must strive to read without being able to see it.
It is interesting that false judgments come from observation, but righteous judgments come when we know that we cannot judge correctly.
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