A
depiction of Joshua and the miracle at Aijalon
Today,
reply is on mankind being in covenant with divinity, the problem of
sin as an obstacle to all existence, and the miracles at Aijalon
where GOD caused the sun and moon to stand still. The holy writings
report more than simply the ongoing human predicament that has
resulted from sin; there are multiple accounts of one-time events on
a divine scale that should be acknowledged as the primary focus of
the Scriptures. The process and substance of GOD are revealed
through expressions of sacred law, divine prerogative, eternal
purpose, and divine fullness as the origin of life. The natural
event of astronomical objects becoming fixed in the sky and
suspending the operations of time and space is overshadowed and
surpassed in its significance by an incontestable display of
authority, power, and sovereign majesty from the Creator acting in
judgment and divine wrath against sin. It is written: Joshua 24:
14-24, King James Version (KJV): 14 Now therefore fear the LORD,
and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which
your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and
serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto
you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom
ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were
on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose
land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should
forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 17 For
the LORD our God, he it is that brought us
up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved
us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through
whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from
before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land:
therefore will we also serve the LORD; for
he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot
serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he
is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor
your sins. 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve
strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you,
after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto
Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And
Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against
yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to
serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore
put away, said he, the strange gods which are among
you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of
Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD
our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. A fighter in the
“Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who
uses the ID “Lighting the Way to Reality” (Level 7 with 10,947
points) posted the following:
Bible
believers, what is the REAL problem in Joshua 10:12-13: “Let the
sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of
Aijalon”?
13
So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged
itself on its enemies..."
and
its supposed result of sunlight lasting into what would have been
night so that the Israelites would have time to slaughter their
enemies?
Never
mind the problem of god stopping the rotation of the earth, or any
other such “explanation” that is typically given.
If
you are able to comprehend and think about that quote rationally and
with an understanding of what it states, you should be able to
realize what would ACTUALLY occur concerning that verse in the
context of today's knowledge.
A
response of “God can do whatever he wants to do” instead of
stating the problem is not an answer.
So,
what do you think the REAL problem is, even if you believe your god
could work around it?
Updated
45 mins ago:
Joe,
passing a belief in the supernatural for an answers is an excuse, not
an answer.
Regardless,
what I was getting to is that if you are able think about it
rationally, you should be able see what would ACTUALLY occur
concerning that verse in the context of today's knowledge.
The
point is whether you have the rational capability of recognizing the
problem REGARDLESS of whether you go on to pass it off to the
supernatural.
Apparently
you don't.
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: God is
jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD
revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will
take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for
his enemies. The LORD is slow to anger,
and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked:
the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh
the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan
languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. The
mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned
at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can
stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of
his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown
down by him. The LORD is good, a strong
hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place
thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. What do ye imagine
against the LORD? he will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time. For while they be
folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as
drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nahum 1:
1-10, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: More Required Than Crucifixion? (12/10/2019); The
Tools Of Divinity (12/09/2019); Eternal Judgment With Mercy
(11/19/2019); Understanding
Existence and Life (10/15/2019); The Word From GOD (12/11/2018);
Judgment Against The Canaanites (08/01/2018); On Law and Sin
(06/07/2017)
“Lighting
the Way to Reality”, we need to see with new eyes; to grasp the
miracles at Aijalon, our focus has to be on the eternal purpose
divinity addressed by making the sun and moon stand still, rather
than the human aims and practical goals involved. Mature Christian
believers acknowledge the existence of sin that is no imagined,
occult, or supernatural thing. Sin is no carnal or material object
created by GOD or man, contains no spirit substance, and has not been
put forth by divinity. Even so, sin is described as having
direction, effect, and presence; and sin may dominate
awareness and self-will within created beings and living creatures.
The operations of sin can be observed conforming to mechanical
process and natural law; yet, sin itself is an enigma and a puzzle
that has no answer and can not be eliminated, explained or dissolved
by mankind relying on finite human tools such as intellect, logic,
science and self-will (willpower). Sin opposes the continued
existence of sacred law, the divine order that is our universe, the
Lawgiver, and the existing spheres of life. More than simply
destruction through weather events or eruptions that are natural
occurrences on the earth, sin promotes a return to the conditions of
chaos, confusion, and flux that were in place before the founding of
heaven and earth (we say, preexistence).
For
man on the earth to apprehend the problem of sin requires more than
carnal reason, secular knowledge, and mental focus on material
existence. Sin appears as the controlling aspect within the betrayal
of divine trust made visible by covenant relationship, the
transgression of divine law, and the rejection of sacred provisions
for cleansing, correction, healing and restoration. Sinners who turn
to divinity seeking relief from sin through Jesus Christ are granted
sacred knowledge and divine resources that include a fresh
endowment of life essence (breath; spirit; word) imparted from
the makeup of GOD. Included are inseparable aspects of divine
fullness such as balance, completeness, faith, holiness,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, personhood, oneness without sameness,
righteousness, self-government, wisdom, and wrath against sin.
The
process within covenant relationship between the Creator and the
created is one of revelation whereby divinity is being made knowable,
known, accessible, and approachable to the living. Believers are
provided with the same mind-set and consciousness that was in Jesus
Christ through discovery, fellowship, gradual growth, observing
sacred practices (e.g., fasting, praise, prayer, worship), study of
the holy writings, unselfish service, and the godly endurance of
suffering. Consider again the following that uses language from the
Bible, and a selection from the music ministry of the Gaither Vocal
Band:
(1.)
Deuteronomy 29: 29, King James Version (KJV): 29 The secret things
belong unto the LORD our God: but those
things which are revealed belong unto us and to our
children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
(2.)
Isaiah 55: 7-13, KJV: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD,
and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as
the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So
shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye
shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains
and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the
thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come
up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD
for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
(3.)
Jeremiah 6: 11-19, KJV: 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the
LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it
out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men
together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the
aged with him that is full of days. 12 And their houses shall
be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together:
for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land,
saith the LORD. 13 For from the least of them
even unto the greatest of them every one is given to
covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one
dealeth falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the
daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there
is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they
blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time
that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways,
and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and
walk therein, and ye shall
find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound
of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 18 Therefore
hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among
them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people,
even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not
hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended (for example, (4.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxaAmNuL7BU.) Even so, I
trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
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