Admittedly there are areas in the last section addressed, things with undercurrents, things moving as though only in shadow that require clarity, or necessity of being brought to the surface.
God help me, in how deep these matters run. For here we are not without some caution of danger in any thinking such are easily disclosed. Yes, once a matter is made clear it becomes simple to us. As even the most complex operation of a piece of equipment or machinery, if shown to its most minute workings, bit by bit, piece by piece can be understood. Even the most complex equation “works” only by the the operations of the simplest of laws of mathematics, addition and subtraction. (For multiplication and division and all else that would follow are but expansions of these basics. And to the extreme one might even say there’s only one operation…for subtraction is only negative addition.)
If I were to say Jesus descended into the heart of such workings (even allowing that machine to chew Him up, so to speak) might it be understood better? We would, in that case, or better, in this particular case, be speaking of the sufferings of Christ in such descent into such, that He even bring light to deep places to make them known and clear. Yes, once made clear (even the aforementioned proposition) it becomes simply seen, but God forbid we mistake any simplicity, or even simple, for easy.
For us, and to us, God has made all simple…a thing is either of life, or of death.All that might be seen as consequent workings (like mulitplication and division appear as different operations, or more advanced in mathematics, but are themselves only of same operating. What is multiplication but many additions? What is division but “how many times can a certain number be subtracted from this other certain one, with any remaining?”) and seeking to figure back to a single foundation. Yes, we can add symbols and sigmas and deltas, and note of exponents, parentheses and brackets, but ultimately all can be broken down to the only simple operations we have, additions and subtractions. Even so, all begins and ends in, or with our alpha and omega, Jesus the Christ.
A thing then of God is made simple to us, of being either of life, or of death. From these the more advanced seeming calculations of “good and evil”, right and wrong, good or bad; all must return for their standing. Yes, for us especially of all (if as believers we see) all always come down to Jesus as of life, all other things and matters, are of death. But lest one appear fey or coy pretending that simple and easy are always in equal exchange (even though all advanced mathematics rely ultimately upon addition and subtraction) things become less than easy in application, for “of life” is of God…yet, (and God forbid this be misunderstood) He also holds all key(s) and power of death. Jesus Himself declaring “I hold the keys of hell and death”.
O! but this now appears neither simple, nor easy!
I cannot pretend to not be as much in over my head than any other here. But nevertheless, here we are! Made by the faith of Christ in God (who is Himself of God) to bring us to and into reconciliation to that God (that we might even call Him, and know Him, as Father…even as Jesus the Christ himself knew and knows Him) to such end as knowing Him as our life. But we dare not settle to any place not ascribed as of Him, of places and things that are of all quite deep as revealed by the Spirit. “I kill and I make alive, I wound and I heal.” Even to such matter spoken of of God’s power to send strong delusion. And that he can, and will, and does! O! yes, God help me, (and all and any like me, here!) for here all calculations must break down.
The truth is, yes, simple as spoken “…All authority in heaven and earth are given to me…” but who of us dares now confuse simple, with easy? Or easily understood? Yes, we need the One who holds all and any key(s); to anything, of anything, and for anything and everything, to be understood. Yes, here my necessity is no less nor more than yours, yours no less nor more than mine, and even that admission (if we can make it) points to our common (as in shared) life. Even as Jesus recommended to our knowing, and promised to our knowing and understanding…a sharing in Him, that is of Him. Christ, our life. And for this, even our knowing, is the Holy Spirit given. And I believe I too, have the spirit of God.
Yes, undercurrents and mysteries only made clear by the Spirit given, and to those that are of Him. May we never deny the depths, no matter how much we may think has been “made clear to us”. It is not without reason an apostle wrote “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: …”
“Without controversy…” unless, of course, one wants to, needs to, or is pressed so to a must to to contradict, and find out what awaits there. We hold no dominion over any man’s faith. Yet all and any we might have, if having anything, have come through the work of another, and we are told to hold to that to which we have attained in any receiving of it.
Therefore our brother Peter, in his having received, was given to even speak (on such a day He was marvelously overcome by the Spirit) a deep deep mystery. Before a mystery can even be explored, or looked into, it must be seen and understood as a mystery. No one looks (Ha! even when perhaps they should, or might) at dust collecting (such a common occurrence) and marvels. Maybe it takes and in itself is a great mystery, to even help us understand how great mystery is!
But no, Moses did not continue on his way (O! just another burning bush being unconsumed…) but turned aside to see (even to seek to understand) “what was going on”.
And what is mystery to some, or one, may not appear as anything noteworthy to another. (Who makes thee to differ from another…? might be a good question to seek answer to) But do you see it (a mystery) here? As Peter spoke to those Jews in Jerusalem of Jesus the Christ:
Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
Why is this man going on so? (Better, perhaps, “Why do I?”) Why a call for repentance if in one sentence a thing determined by God was carried out…even by an “us” to whom this man Peter speaks as the ones performing…when all we did was according to the carrying out of God’s will? And now even saying our, or some hands were “lawless”?
How can hands be lawless that participate in the fulfilling of God’s will? And therefore, who could say they are?
No, I cant make anyone see it, nor from there, make anyone consider it.
But if you have, you have.
It might even, if looked into, hold a very great key.
But for that we must ask the Keyholder. And perhaps ask and keep asking, seek and keep seeking, knock, and keep knocking.
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