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Night is falling fast, and I cannot breathe. In a moment, I will not even be able to find words to express my discouragement. Who can console me ?
Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003), from “Aminadab” (1942), translated from the French by Jeff Fort
Imagine the scene right now: I will take you in my arms and will murmur words of the greatest importance in your ear, words that are so important that you would be transformed if you ever heard them. My face, how I would like for you to see it; for it is then, then but not before, that you will recognize, that you will know you have found the one you think you have been seeking throughout all your journeys and for whose sake you miraculously entered here ... I can hardly see you at all, can hardly imagine that one day I will know who you are. But in a moment we will be permanently united. I will stretch out my open arms; I will embrace you; I will roll with you through great secrets. We will lose each other and find each other again. There will never be anything to separate us.
Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003), from “Aminadab” (1942), translated from the French by Jeff Fort
Mahangin sa bangin . . . #Aminadab #Jerusalem #Israel #FaithWanders #FaithInISR #ThisYearInJerusalem (at `Aminadav, Yerushalayim, Israel)
… et lorsque la jeune fille se mit à lui mordre la bouche furieusement, comme pour épuiser cette source de fausses paroles, il l’attira lui-même contre lui afin de lui montrer qu’il était tout à fait d’accord avec ce qui arrivait. Ce furent des instants qui lui parurent durer sans fin. Il luttait désespérément non pas pour sa vie, mais pour mettre un terme à cette vie. Il cherchait, en pressant de toutes ses forces la poitrine de la jeune fille, une dernière explication, un dernier éclaircissement qu’on ne pouvait plus lui refuser et qu’il ne pouvait trouver que là. Parfois, ils s’arrêtaient et se regardaient en grimaçant. Puis ils roulaient à nouveau sur le sol, se heurtant tantôt au tabouret tantôt au pupitre, s’attirant et se rejetant avec des gémissements qui n’étaient que des paroles incompréhensibles, perdus tous deux, égarés parmi d’infâmes châtiments qu’ils essayaient d’atteindre, sans un espoir de lumière, dans des ténèbres de plus en plus épaisses, n’ayant plus ni mains ni corps pour se toucher, entraînés par une transformation déchirante dans un monde de malheur et de désespoir.
Maurice Blanchot, Aminadab
The History of Jesus Christ, Part 3 (Just Jesus Evangelistic Campaign, Day 11)
Matthew 1:1-6: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Pha-res and Zara of Tha-mar; and Pha-res begat Es-rom; and Es-rom begat Aram; And Aram begat A-min-a-dab; and A-min-a-dab begat Naas-son; and Naas-son begat Sal-mon; And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;"
David Livingstone said, “I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the Kingdom of Christ.”
Typically, when we look at the life of Jesus Christ, we begin with His birth in the manger at Bethlehem. But the Bible teaches that Jesus' history stretches from the eternal past to the eternal future. He is from everlasting to everlasting.
In light of His eternality, it is even more remarkable that He would intertwine Himself with the human race as recorded here in Matthew 1. In this “book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,” we find people from all walks of life — shepherds and farmers, nomads and kings, soldiers and carpenters. We will never know anything about most of the people named, but they each had lives just as complex and interesting as our own. The Bible’s historical record provides us some insight into the lives of a few of these characters. We have already looked at the life of Abraham and what it means in light of the coming of Christ into the world. Then, we looked at the lives of Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, and what their inclusion in the lineage of the Savior tells us about God’s willingness to allow sinners and outsiders into His family.
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The History of Jesus Christ, Part 2 (Just Jesus Evangelistic Campaign, Day 10)
Matthew 1:1-6: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Pha-res and Zara of Tha-mar; and Pha-res begat Es-rom; and Es-rom begat Aram; And Aram begat A-min-a-dab; and A-min-a-dab begat Naas-son; and Naas-son begat Sal-mon; And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;"
Matthew Henry said, “Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe the chief intention. It is not a needless genealogy. It is not a vain-glorious one, as those of great men often are. It proves that our Lord Jesus is of the nation and family out of which the Messiah was to arise. The promise of the blessing was made to Abraham and his seed; of the dominion, to David and his seed. It was promised to Abraham that Christ should descend from him, and to David that he should descend from him, and, therefore, unless Jesus is a son of David, and a son of Abraham, he is not the Messiah. Now this is here proved from well-known records. When the Son of God was pleased to take our nature, he came near to us, in our fallen, wretched condition; but he was perfectly free from sin: and while we read the names in his genealogy, we should not forget how low the Lord of glory stooped to save the human race.”
The “book of the generations of Jesus Christ,” the historical record of Jesus' human lineage, shows us the close connection Jesus has to the human race. He is not God in the form of man or God appearing like a man, but God as man. God literally becoming a flesh-and-blood human being.
The Son of God had human ancestors and one of those ancestors was Abraham. We saw that Abraham is the father of faith, of all those who believe, both Jews and Gentiles. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation, and that out of that nation, all other nations would be blessed. That great nation is Israel, and that blessing to all nations is Jesus Christ.
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Dreamcatcher
Genesis 22 1-2,8,10-12,15-17
22 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”
8 Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for…
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