More Story of God

In the beginning, the elohim created skies and earth.

Welcome back.  I pray our God of love blesses you on this day when we Christians celebrate the life of God's son who revealed to us what God in a human life is and would be for all time.

The story of God deepens my love for God.  It is a fascinating story, especially as it is told in the Bible, and even more so in other traditions.  

For instance, in the Hindi tradition when I read the Bahagavad Gita, I see the sight of Arjuna watching a battle from above a plain where below his kinfolk are engaged in letal combat.  

Arjuna grieves the war, just as we see the devastation of war being grieved in the Bible, for war is a universal sin of humanity against God and humanity.  

Indeed, war and its aftermath is a fixture in ancient manuscripts that preserve memories of battles fought.  God and gods are always present in war.

Think of Moses standing on a hill, holding up his arms so that Joshua could win a battle against Amalek.  Think of Joshua’s battle against the Amorites when the sun and moon stood still. 

Incidentally, according to Joshua 10:13, this event was recorded in a lost book of the Bible called the Book of Jashar.  The book is actually cited and given as proof that sun and moon stood still. 

That is another post for another day.

Think of David fighting Goliath.  Think of King Hezekiah’s prayer after the Assyrians who had sacked Samaria surrounded Jerusalem.

In the Christian Bible, a great war is present, but not mentioned except symbolically. 

That would be the Jewish War that ended with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.

Indeed, in Christian thought, God joins the believer in a spiritual war fought within the individual or against powers of dominion. 

Blessings…