The temple of God: The Mystery!

Hello To All:

Often, during the unfolding revelations of this blog, the mystery of God has challenged us. The call to comprehend, apprehend and embrace this mystery, as an essential foundation to "victorious discipleship in Jesus Christ," has been set before us, in a variety of ways; with each of those ways, being rooted and grounded in the King's Book: The holy and inspired word of God.

I must confess, that it is with a certain amount of apprehension, that I submit to God's direction to speak more fully of this Mystery, revealed in and through His Son Jesus Christ. My apprehension comes from considering the question: Who am I, to be able to comprehend the Mystery that is God? But, God reminds me, that this is a question that is relevant to each of us: Who are any of us, who are able to comprehend the Mystery that is God? The answer, of course, is that none of us are able; but, if we are willing to embrace the Mystery; if we are willing to submit to the Mystery; if we are willing to be converted to the Mystery: then the Lord our God will reveal Himself, in and through His Son Jesus Christ. Can we say thank you Jesus?

The word mystery, has been capitalized, here and in the title for this essay, because: The Mystery is God; and God is the Mystery! This Mystery, is not something, that we in the west, are very comfortable with. In fact, we, generally speaking, are very uncomfortable with any discussion concerning mystery and the relation of mystery to the Lord our God. Western thinking has been trained and developed to be very rational and very orderly. Mystery, to our way of thinking, is not rational. Mystery, to our way of thinking, is not orderly. Thus, because of our way of thinking, we most often avoid any consideration of "mystery;" and, as a result of this avoidance, we often fall short of the fullness that Jesus Christ has for us!

We like to think that everything has a natural explanation that can be readily discovered in the natural realms. Discussions, regarding the supernatural realms, tend to make us nervous. Our room, with "no windows," (please see essay of 12/13/11, titled: "Can we see the trees?"), rarely allows for an adequate consideration of the mystery of the supernatural realms. But, the King's Book tells us (John 4:24), that: "God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth." Can we, my beloved brethren, see the mystery in such a text as this? If we cannot comprehend the mystery of this text, how can we claim to be able to fully worship the Lord our God?

As we make progress, in our examination of the relationship between the temple made with human hands; and the temple not made with human hands; we should find ourselves, in a better position to answer the question posed, with regards to the above text (John 4:24); and to more fully comprehend and apprehend and embrace the Mystery that is God. Can we say Amen?

Until next time, my beloved brethren, in Christ Jesus, I continue to be:

Your servant and your fellow pilgrim,
Elder Theophilus