[TruthTalk] Incompatibility

[Slade Henson]

I've been doing some thinking. I know... it's dangerous, but sometimes I can't help it. I'm supposed to be doing my homework, enjoying my children, or making my wife happy, but here I am.   Today I'm a grump. I'm under stress from all sides and I'm taking it out on my family. I was going to work at home tomorrow, but I think I'll take it to a coffee shop with a power point (i.e., power plug -or- plug in) and let the family get a break from me. Well, enough confessing.   I've been doing some thinking. I know... it's dange... hmmm. Been there. Done that.   Judy made the following comment few days ago. I would like to quote it.   Good Morning Terry & John: Why let Satan steal your peace? Jesus said that in the world we would have tribulation. It's sad but true that the world has infiltrated Church and since light and darkness is incompatible there will be trouble, but hey! we can allow His Peace to reign in our own hearts - regardless. jht   Has there always been an incompatibility between darkness and light? I must say I don't think so. While the argument can be made that the Creation Narrative is merely Midrashic, or parabolic literature, I tend to believe it is most likely literal truth, not figurative pandering.   Within this narrative, and interesting phrase is given:   And Elohim distinguished between the light and between the darkness... (Slade's translation)   The nuances in the text here are subtle and I differ from some translations which indicates a separation between darkness and light, and that is probably just as accurate. In my rendering, Elohim is the one who notices a difference between the two and calls each by their proper names: Chosek (Night), and Yom (Day). This caused a separation between the two entities.   This means that before this time, there was no separation between the two. They coexisted in the same swirling pool. Before you blow me off, hear part two. In like manner, earth and water, when they were first created were one entity:   "Let the waters under the Heavens be collected to one place and let appear the dry land."   When haEretz (Heb. the land) was created, it was a "soupy" combination of water and soil, and when Elohim spoke, the water was pulled from the "soup," exposing solidifying Yabbashah (Heb. soil).   In like manner, we are to remove the allegiances we have toward "our kingdom" and focus on "His Kingdom" [Thanks, John for the terminology of allegiances], or perhaps another way of looking at it is: separate the acts of carnality (Adamah, Heb. Earth) from the acts of the Spirit (Mayim, Heb. water). However, as the Land was created as a mixture of soil and water, we were created both with diverse allegiances (spirit and flesh), inseparable until an act of God creates change.   God, from the beginning, has been in the business of separating. But He's also been in the business of collecting together. I'm glad we haven't lost important parts of that collective in TruthTalk (I'm speaking specifically of Bill and John).   By the way, Judy, thanks for NOT saying irregardless.   -- slade