SageTree

"The Last Temptation of Christ" is a really cool fictional account with Gospel History intermingled within the tale. I don't want to give much away, other than the premise of the book is that Jesus chose to go to the Cross and didn't merely fulfill a destiny without reason.

In regard to JC's ness-ness you might find it interesting to read about Arianism at the Council of Nicea and subsequent meetings where theology was agreed upon.

The Old Testament has some amazing stories that still ring in allegory today and social justice messages.It's true there is however many descriptions of Wrath. I consider who is bringing the message.

There are many books that aren't present in the Catholic or Protestant Cannon that are named as well as referenced in the NT mainly in the Epistles or Letters. Enoch is a book that comes to mind. They are dated and numerous enough to show their influence and validity in that day.

Not all but more than a few, in my experience, namely use the OT to reference a chosen people, as to why God should be feared, for the prophecy of the Messiah, who is Jesus and scriptural references as to why HE's the one. What was changed, tailored or left out? I don't know all of it for sure.

I also know many beautiful people in this life who work powerfully and equitably in their communities because of what they read in the Bible as well. They profess a love for others in positive ways and, in my biased opinion, doing the work that faith should bring.

Where does the variance come in? Do they in fact even believe ,remotely, the same thing? What does one see the other doesn't? These are all interesting in understanding what is really the message we are to take from the Bible. And were all these books even supposed to ever have been arranged to 'make sense'? And if so, who is defining 'sense'?

I feel that when I take an old testament or new testament book singularly it reads a lot differently than when I try to plug it into the rest of the Bible. I feel it's easier for me to take the sociological picture of who and what are being addressed, the where when why of what is to be done. Not always, but from a larger 'answer to problems' stand point, each book seems to become more clean when read 'alone' rather than part and parcel of the whole theology.



I'm not saying Yes or No about if it's all true, because I don't think that is the important thing to take from it. I only wish to share how I find meaning in the Bible's books and some that I reckon kin to it.

In the end the Bible is a document ,not an oral history as it was for hundreds of years before the originals were hand written , where it comes from it your calling, but it's something that has been put together throughout history and whoever guided it, history is bound to have effect on it.

So reading about the Synods has brought to light the who and what, was happening in the time of the meeting, knowing full well they are history in and of themselves, and the where when whys certain things were entertained while others deemed heresy. Also, what splits came from them and how that 'heretical' church still functions as a Christian institution.

There are so my 'types' of Christianity out there.
And surely I feel there is a larger essence between the lines of the Words.
In the end I feel it's a metaphor for connection to each other in All. "Loving God with all your heart", as is said, can lead to a place where you can talk to nearly everyone of Faith and you'll find intersection point irregardless of the details.

God isn't in a book in my understanding, It's in the action taken from whatever inspires you to affirm life here and now. Verbness- being Being. Metaphors speak to us individually. Hopefully the actions It leads us to are collective.

*steps off soap crate*


Namaste
SageTree

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