He Came as a Thief in the Night

 Because of inner turmoil, and not being diligent enough in the processing of anger and other negativity, one felt the teaching light basically decrease in one's heart, so it was not possible to share much with others. But God has been helping me deal with that, hence there is more to share now. Nothing can be shared if it doesn't appear between the ears; and it isn't likely to appear between the ears if we do not make sure the environment is hospitable for warmth and light. God does not want to be around us when we are in angry pants mode. "If we would have friends we must show ourselves friendly, and there is a Friend that sticks closer than a brother." "Watching over fire in ourselves" therefore constructs a runway for the airplane of God. Matthew 3:3 - King James Version (KJV) <3> For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straigh...

  Everything in the Word and the universe involves a marriage of will and understanding. The will can be either good or evil, and the understanding can be either true or false. This marriage in all things from God to Heaven to the bottom of Hell is the real reason why the Bible contains so many pairs of symbols: bread and wine, honour and glory, bread of wickedness and wine of violence, shame and contempt. These expressions have been selected because they are diametrically opposed to each other: that is because the first two pairs exemplify the Heavenly marriage which is conjunction; and the second two pairs exemplify the infernal adultery of sin and error which is disjunction. The punishment for evil or perceived evil is hanging from wood, because wood is linked to good. The punishment for falsehood or perceived falsehood is being stoned, because stone is linked to truth. Meantime, to roast flesh represents something imbued with good; while to boil something on the contrary has ...