It is said in scripture that God let Himself be provoked by Satan in allowing Job to suffer as well as punishing His people too harshly. It is said in scripture how God became jealous over his 'wife'. Anger, wrath and actions taken in those states of being. A king sins and God sends a plague upon the whole people while the king sits merrily in his castle. Sure he suffered pangs of guilt, but really, the guilty party did not suffer directly, lived a long life and is considered to be faithful.
So, how is it that God punished Eve for being decived/provoked to disobedience, when God Himself was not above such behavior? It is the same with all of the other behaviors. Mankind suffers for behaviors even God Himself is not above in His Divine Perfection. "Is He just?" thus does become a valid question. Yes, people are unreasonable in their judgements at most times and God's choices mostly just. However, so much of what we do can be attributed to being made in God's image.
When going through domestic violence educating, I was often sent spinning as I realized how many qualities they would attribute as abusive were exactly what God would do and has done. I saw clearly how like God men actually are. There is no doubt in my mind that God Himself has grown up with us, alongside us. As He comes to completion, so do we. We've all done alot of growing. The only difference is that humanity dies, God doesn't...unless He chooses to return to whence He has come, which I believe He will do when He hands over the Kingdom to His son. for as much as God grows and understanding dawns in us all, He says himself, the root determines the tree. God is unchanging and His roots will always contain what they contained in the beggining. It's too painful to constantly struggle against one's own nature. That is how God is old and tired. Only a new creation can go on living in peace, something without division as it's foundation. Something of a whole, complete, peaceful nature. Something that loved and defended it's Father but understands the reality of the situation and can let Him go, go on living. A new creation is a reflection of the Dance in it's entirety instead. It is whole and complete within it's self, having gone through a complete journey of self-discovery from a foundation of wholeness, purity and innocense. Something that has not sinned against it's self, going through a journey of sinful nature so it has understanding and appreciation for what it is about and where it is going.
Is life everlasting actually living forever, or is it really only a legacy of consciousness? That i smy question. For we all die, I have not seen evidence to the contrary. Miraculous, healing yes, but living forever, a ressurrected human who has lived thousands of years I have not seen and no longer believe in. Quite the turnaround for me, personally. i used to take for granted that living forever meant forever living. But it seems a legacy of consciousness is what everasting life means.
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