The motive to destroy
Creation, and more about holiday displays on public property are considered,
today. A “Yahoo! Answers” writer using the ID “Diet Cola” (Level 7 with 27,183
points, a member since August 22, 2007) posted the
following:
Does the Devil want to destroy
Creation?
Does he want to destroy animals and the planet as
well as Humans?
THE BATTLE AXE: Holiday
Displays? (12/07/2012)—Many who charge that religious displays on public
property violate constitutional and other provisions in the law, do so falsely,
selfishly, and with malice that derives from disbelief and ignorance. By
public-sponsored displays, communities may declare the presence of civic pride,
commitment to growth, consensus, shared purpose, solidarity, and strength. Such
displays may not be regarded as preferential treatment to a minority, or as
imposed worship. Given there is no criminal intent, motive to proselytize, or
systematic attack against reasonable constitutional and municipal limitations, a
community’s public acknowledgement of practices among faith-based and religious
organizations within the boundaries of its jurisdiction should be held as lawful
and appropriate. It is a legitimate goal for a prospering community to signal
the presence of inclusiveness, pluralism, religious liberty as well as custom
and tradition. There are two parts of the single statement known as the
“religion clauses” of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Establishment Clause (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion) appears with the free exercise clause (or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof). In a healthy community, for example, simply placing a
menorah or any other symbol of a Jewish observance upon public property is not
automatically a demand that residents attend synagogue any more than the
presence of public schools denies parents a right to enroll their children in
charter, parochial and private academies. Where the issue is raised of unfair
public funding, the burden to the individual tax-payer often amounts to cents
and pennies rather than dollars. When it is correctly a public benefit, goals
that everyone safely enjoy the holidays together should always override efforts
to destroy, divide and disparage celebration.
THE GOLDEN ARROW:
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you
in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober,
be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But
the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen. (1st Peter 5: 6-11, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The
Adversary? (12/05/2012); “Soul” Food (12/06/2012); Sin Unknown? (10/10/2012);
Coveting the Throne (03/07/2012); Too Many Interpretations? (03/08/2012); A
Partnership (11/05/2012); To See With New Eyes (11/06/2012)
It is not the primary purpose and work of
a believer’s ministry to “explain” the mind and motives of other created beings
and living creatures, or to give instruction regarding those in rebellion
against divine law (e.g., apostates, atheists, demons, unbelievers). Yet, the
full revelation of GOD to mankind requires awareness of judgment, of salvation,
and of sin. Consider the following:
A group of schoolboys all laugh and think it
fun when they “get away” by running from the scene after a window is smashed
while they are playing baseball. They are immature, thoughtless, and unaware of
both their shared accountability and the far-reaching, “unintended” consequences
that may result from their deed: Because of the broken window, a person’s
health may be ruined through cold air, drafts, or the access to insects.
Someone could be permanently blinded by flying glass that suddenly struck them”
in the eye directed by an unseen cause, and, as it were “from out of nowhere.”
A small child easily could be given a concussion by the baseball traveling like
a missile with terrible velocity.
Similarly, those spirits presently in
rebellion against divine authority do so as beings who lack foreknowledge,
insight, wisdom, and sacred vision. The measure of knowledge instilled at their
creation within angels and other beings of heaven was set as unchanging, and did
not include awareness of sin, repentance, and the ability to comprehend or
project the full aspect of holy revelation. Fashioned to serve and exercise
authority within a peculiar sphere, those having lost their first estate through
sin, seek to continue as if still in heaven. However, these must realize the
presence and damage of sin by the changes to themselves, and the conditions of
their existence. Sin opposes existence for divine law, the holy law-giver, and
all that has been put forth by GOD.
There is far more to be said, correctly
applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, those living in heaven only
respond to GOD through faith as must mankind and the living spirits upon the
earth. However, through the ministry of Jesus Christ, humans now receive added
supplies of faith, and continually grow and improve through experience that
nourishes their ability to detect and apply sacred truth. By the example of the
church and mankind, the host of heaven is to be cautioned, confirmed in
humility, and corrected through righteousness, rather than through mere
punishment and scourging.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be
it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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