The Resurrection
Death be not proud, though some are called thee mighty and dreadful for thou art not so, for those whom thou thinnest thou dust over through die not poor Death, nor yet cannest thou kill me from rest and sleep which but thy pictures be Much pleasure then from thee much more flow And soonest, our best men with thee do go. Rest of their bones and souls, delivering Thou art slave to fact, chance, kings and desperate men. And dost with poison were and sickness dwell. And poppy or charms can make us thou sleep as well. And better than thy stroke why swellest thou then One short sleep past, we woke eternally And death shall be no more Death thou shalt die”. The above mentioned poetic lines are taken from the most famous poetry of John Donne. Through these lines, he gave a wonderful description of death and its unimportance. Here, the poet advised the Christian believers that death is like a shadow which leads a person toward the grave (tomb). But death and tomb cannot do anything when a believer died and put in the tomb. This statement is general but no way connected to the tomb of Jesus Christ. But it is the belief of every Christian that the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the opening of the stone door of the tomb and all the story behind this event finally got freedom to all believers and achieved eternal life. Even this strange death of Jesus Christ, has been lingering in the minds of the believers through centuries; though all of us will die one day or other, we will have eternal life because of Jesus who died on the cross and shed His blood. So, we can boldly say that we will conquer death like Jesus. We can take it for granted that this belief informed the believers of Western Civilization for about twenty centuries. But the fact will not be taken for granted by the radicals. Death is not like re-occurring of cycle of spring season; on the other hand the resurrection happened as an event, simultaniously as historical and physical, when the re-occurring of the cycle of spring itself is a more shadow. 143The Mysteries of the Mysterious God The real defeat of death hangs on as implausible as anything is impossible. In a hewl rock which has a miraculous story behind was just outside the walls of Jerusalem. The corpse can be also said that space and times both pointed and reversal course, undoing the curse of death that had been upon it; since the existence of the Garden of Eden. Can this beautiful myth for our practical mind? Or it must be miraculously and literally happened in our like. it is impossible that a human being really and truly died will become inert corpse with all the attendance and unpleasant attributes. It again becomes a living with everything like breathing walking talking and eating like human beings. So, there would be no doubt and it is natural to occur with a small miracle. The claim of this event that took place was not merely important to the Christians, who were faithful, but it is central and crucial. Apostle Paul said that Christ had died and rose from the dead on the third day. In that case there is nothing more to discuss in the Christian faith. Paul wanted to say that if Christ actually and literally raised from the dead then the very Christian faith is useless. And also if Christ did not die and rise from the dead, then our sins would not have been condoned and washed away. So, the central idea of Christian faith is the death of Christ and His resurrection. This event mentally transforms and redeems every one of us, if we have faith in Him. If we believe, He did not rise from the dead, then we do not rise from the dead, and as a result, Death wins the race. So, fundamentally Paul pointed out, if Jesus did not rise from the dead then, we are all so called believers must be pited. If the claim of death and resurrection did not happen then the faith of Christianity is unthinkable because both happened literally. The event was superlatively central and crucial. According to Apostle Paul if the resurrection did not occur really, there is nothing more to discuss about Christianity at all. The opinion of Paul in this context was, if Christ did not rise really and literally, from the dead, then Christian faith is useless. So, the central idea of Christian was the death and resurrection of Christ, which fundamentally transformed 144The Mysteries of the Mysterious God and redeemed every one of us that put faith in Him. It seems some scholars during the last century, missed the statement of Paul, which was more suitable that Jesus had not risen from the dead, as science is more advanced enough, we have to take it for granted the death and resurrection of Jesus had taken place miraculously. We have to think seriously how those things must have happened. Still all is not lost in the contrary let us see what we might salvage from the riched people must have thought movingly as how Jesus had not risen bodily but risen spiritually. Whatever may be the meaning of their expression they must have understood that Jesus had raised in the hearts of His disciples? They must be the people of materialized temperament that would have dismissed the very idea of literal resurrection and with that every other kind of bonafide miracle. But Paul in his writings said that he heard such things before centuries ahead of his time. By meditating upon this, Paul also dismissed this kind of thinking. The church fathers and the church councils must have ratified the thinking of Paul as canonical and practically all this is nothing. Christians have no other alternative to change on this point. As a result the entire belief of Christianity is predicated on this miracle. Paul said, if Jesus did not rise from the dead, we are left precisely with nothing we are left with no forgiveness of our sins. Then we are considered more pitiable in the society. And it is really a pathetic situation and the so called Christians are worse than pagans or non – believers. In this context Paul quoted the example of Prophet Elijah. What he had done can be found in the second book of Kings. According to the event the prophet had a bet with the priests of baal who was a heathen god. Elijah wanted to prove who the real God was. For that purpose both Elijah and the priests of baal, built piles of wood and then asked their respective gods light their piles on fire. Elijah poured gallons and gallons of water also on his pile. The god of Elijah acted immediately. His pile was burned before 450 priests of Baal and Elijah won the bet. This is only a reference to show the power of our God. Let us say Jesus must have risen 145The Mysteries of the Mysterious God bodily from the dead or He did not. If He did not rise then we lost everything. Some people might say that the miracle did not meterialize. We must remember what Paul said. It matters more than anything and it has a great history of two thousand years ago of the church. If anyone said Jesus rose in the hearts of the disciples, we simply smile and leave it. It is a fundamental contradiction to what Paul said. Christian leaders have been saying since the last century. So, this remained as the biggest question to be answered. The information so far we got and studied is enough evidence to make an informal decision on this burning issue. Did this miracle really happen? This issue which appeared long ago, that is about resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. It is no doubt a startling and seemed to be unbelievable. Many people did not know much about it as we never know where Adam and Eve were buried or how the voice of Noah was. As we know there were many great personalities mentioned in the Bible. But the birth and death of Jesus took place within the historical times. The famous works like iliad and odysseys were written seven centuries earlier. The complete and brilliant plays of Euripides Sophocles and Aeschylus were written more than four centuries back. Regarding Alexander the great, Aristotle and Socrates too had their history who lived just a few centuries before the birth of Jesus. What we could know about Jesus was through the Roman history. About 54 Roman rulers ruled the nation of Israel, but their rule was not palatable to the Jews because they persecuted the Jews and Christians too much. The cross punishment was common during their reign. Among the Roman rulers the most cruelest emperor was “Nero”, and also a kind hearted and good Samaritan was emperor Constantine who embarrassed Christianity with his mother Helena. We also know the prosecution of the Jews by the Roman rulers. Whatever we know about the Roman rulers and how the Jews were ill treated by their forces made the Jews to hate them. So, with this brief information let us think seriously and determine whether this miracle of miracles regarding resurrection happened 146The Mysteries of the Mysterious God or not, whether such things are impossible to happen. Let us discuss this controversial issue that has been circling round the “Epic” event that took place during the reign of Pontius Pilate. Jesus was crucified on the basis of his final judgment. So according to scriptures, He was crucified and resurrected. Through this achievement it is crystal clear, that Jesus lived really and crucified, and laid in a tomb. Then on the third day, some disciples went to the tomb to see Him and they saw the stone door was removed and the tomb was empty. This fact forces us to say there is zero doubt about the crucification and resurrection of Christ. The next doubt was how the body was missing from the tomb. There are two options to clear the doubt, whether Jesus left the tomb by Himself through resurrection or through a less dramatic means. The next question is who must have stolen the body of Jesus Christ? There were already sixteen powerful soldiers guarding the tomb. It was closed with massive stone door and properly sealed with the cord across it, with an official wax bearing Roman the “imperial mark”. In such circumstances, missing of the body of Jesus from the tomb was a mystery, whether the dead body was given to somebody by taking the bribe which was impossible because if the Roman soldiers did such things the punishment was death. It was really a pathetic scene watched by many when such a diety was killed and kept in the tomb. If Jesus had already risen from the dead, what people must have understood about Him? We imagine the skepticism of some toward the miracle about the death of Jesus and also the behavior of the disciples if they had seen Him when He was resurrected. Actually, Jesus in His resurrected body was seen by about 500 people in 40 days before He went to His father. There was another theory called “Swan theory” that came into existence two hundred years ago. It appeared with bald and Sun burned head, but with dignity. It was also called, “Swan Hypothesis”. According to that theory, Jesus did not die but went into a “Swoon” or temporarily into “coma” sometimes such 147The Mysteries of the Mysterious God incident would take place in the case of some patients as per the medical sciences or we find such information in books. It is very important to note here, that Jesus was scourged terribly and due to that lost too much blood in His body. Thereby He became too weak to carry the cross to the site of “Golgotha” the place of crucifiction. During the third century there was a historian by name eubites who said that veins were laid bare and the very muscles, sinews and bowels of the victims were open to exposure; Most of the victims of the crucifiction were first scourged and brutalized this way. So, most of the poor would have this experience before they died. Jesus died after six hours and Pontius pilate heard this news and marveled at His death. The Bible readers know that the hands and feet were nailed to the cross with spikes and due to that Jesus lost so much blood and finally died. Then the authorities declared for the removal of the body from the cross before the sunset. The Roman authorities gave their consent to execute Jesus to decrease the unrest among Jews in Jerusalem. They could not contain the popularity of Jesus, especially when He entered Jerusalem on the Passover day on the donkey and this was the main reason. In such conditions stealing the body was worse than killing Him. So, the soldiers guarded the tomb honestly. Nest to Romans, the Jewish religious leaders were also in the same position. So, for the Jews keeping the dead body of Jesus means they were directly in trouble for killing Him. Another reason was, they did not believe Him, when He said, He was the Messiah and also the Son of God. In addition to that He said, if He was killed, He would conquer death and rise on the third day from the grave. These statements stunned the disciples also and behaved like strangers in faith. The disciples planned to spread the work of God, especially the miracle experience of resurrection. As a result of His resurrection His popularity in the public reached its pinacle. Regarding teaching, preaching, healing the sick and doing some miracles, the Jews could not tolerate. According to Jewish 148The Mysteries of the Mysterious God calendar the Sabbath Day would begin on Friday sunset and end on Saturday sunset. Coming to the story, after Jesus had died a rich man by name Joseph of Arimathea approached Pontius Pilate and took permission for the dead body of Jesus. He took away His body and buried it with all the dignity and other formalities in a nearby grave. The custom of the Jews was to anoint the dead body with spices before it was buried. Then on the third day they expected the body of Jesus in the tomb. It is expressed in the 4th chapter of the gospel of Mark, whether there was any one removed the stone door of the tomb. The door was about five and half to six feet high and it would require strong men to roll the door. So, when the women came to the spot the stone door was already removed. In this context the four gospels differ from one another in giving the details. In the gospel of Matthew it is said, there was an earth quake and an angel descended from heaven and rolled away the stone door. It was not only simply theological idea but also a reality for which there were eye witness. People witnessed the power of the omnipotent God, and the person of God in the resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. After this miracle happened nothing in this world could stop the believers from their faith and spreading of this happy news. The believers could understand now only when Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life”. The Roman rulers did not know much about the miracle or miracles especially regarding the miracle of resurrection. It was only a band of ill – educated fishermen of Galilee, and tax collectors that stood unitedly against all authorities of the earth with the resurrection of Jesus. The earthly Roman Empire was ultimately changed the truth is that it was the women who came first to the tomb, saw the door was opened and then informed the disciples. In the patriarchal culture at that time it would make no sense, in making this kind of news in the account unless it had happened really as described in the first instance. 149The Mysteries of the Mysterious God Peter and some other disciples did not believe the words of women first. It was like an idle talk for them and thought about Jesus only as a dead person. We have to remember one thing that is resurrection from the dead is impossible at that time and even today, but those who believed about the angel who appeared to them about all that happened at that time in that culture. The Roman soldiers were terribly afraid of the situation trembled and fled from that place. The guards after seeing the earth quake descending of the angel in white garments, and opening of the door thought that some supernatural was working. The guards as well as the women never had this kind of experience. The guards ran to Jerusalem to inform the chief priests what they had seen. After the door was opened, they were surprised to see the tomb was empty. According to the fact the elders gave enough money to the guards, to the guarantee that they should remain mum about what they had seen. They were advised to say here after that the disciples had stolen the dead body of Christ. It is a universal truth regarding the resurrection from the dead is impossible even today. But those who believed it and spoke about it bodily said they witnessed an outragions miracle. So, they had the courage to talk about it incessantly though they were threatened with the consequences of death if they continued their talk about resurrection. The believers felt the reality of resurrection should not be subsided by the authorities; as it was done by the power and authority of the Omnipotent God. It is not merely theological idea but also a reality for which there were eye witnesses. The believers also understood the power of God through this wonderful miracle of resurrection and proclaimed it openly. Now the believers need not be afraid of death, because they had seen it already. The death was triumphed by one who claimed to be the resurrection and the life. They need not have any doubt of the fact, after crucification and resurrection. Now, we are invited to submit ourselves to the logic of what we know regarding this most celebrated miracle of miracles actually happened. 150The Mysteries of the Mysterious God
Evidence for the Resurrection – Answers Special Objections Theory – 1 – The eye witnesses’ hallucination:
It is unlikely if not impossible for the 500 people to have the
hallucination resurrection did not expect to see Him again were
surprised to see Him. Psychiatrists agree that hallucination
requires expectation. A psychiatric study performed in 1975
suggests that the contents of the hallucination reflects the effects
of the one experiencing the hallucination to, master anxiety to
fulfill various wishes and needs. Theory – 2 – Jesus did not die on the cross:
If Jesus did not die, the Roman soldiers would have failed in
their duties. Jesus had to survive massive bloodloss; torture and
a stab wound, the next important point is rolling of the stone
door. (Which normally requires a good number of people for that
purpose) eye witness said that when Jesus was stabbed in the
side water marked with blood poured out. It indicated medically
that Jesus died already.
According to studies of first century tombs the tomb of Jesus
must have been closed with about 2000 pounds rolling stone. It
is naturally impossible for a sole individual to move, and open
the door of the tomb. Theory – 3 – The body of Jesus was stolen:
The enemies of Jesus took various steps to prevent the disciples
from stealing the body, such as sealing the stone and providing
the guards of soldiers to watch the tomb. The soldiers of the tomb
did not sleep for fear of death. The coward disciples abandoned 151The Mysteries of the Mysterious God
Jesus at the time of crucifiction. The disciples did not understand
the importance of crucifixion and the resurrection. They did not
have courage to pass by the guards to the tomb and move the
Stone door and rob the tomb undetected. Theory – 4 – Everyone went to the wrong tomb:
The women observed where the body of Jesus was laid. After
hearing from women, Peter and John ran to the tomb, without
taking proper directions from the women. It is unlikely that Peter
and John committed the same mistake as the women.
If the body of Jesus was in the correct tomb his enemies would
have produced the body immediately. Can we take it for granted
that everybody went to the wrong tomb? Joseph of Arimathea a
rich man happened to take the dead of Jesus with the permission
from pontious Pilate and buried the body of Jesus and would
have corrected the people that went to His tomb. 152The Mysteries of the Mysterious God
The wonderful word of God
If we study the family history of Prophet Moses, the Jew. We can understand that he was not much educated. But due to strange circumstances he was brought up in the house of pharaoh a heathen king of Egypt. The king of Egypt actually did not know who he was. Though, he was a Jew he did not know that, but he learned all the wisdom of Egyptians and became mighty and powerful in words and deeds (Acts 7:22). Since Moses was familiar with Egyptian thoughts, we can take it for granted that he had been trained in Egypt. It is quite natural that he would uphold the Egyptian beliefs. It was most amazing that the Egyptian belief was how the universe began and how the earth came from an egg. And Moses in his first book the “Genesis” in the Old Testament said that in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1). But the astronomy of the Egyptians claimed the earth could give birth to the Sun; Moses wrote, “And made two lights and greater lights to rule the day and lesser lights to rule the night with twinkling stars. Then God sent them in the firmament of the heaven to give light on the earth. According to Egyptian anthropology, humanity was derived from warms along the river Nile, whereas Moses wrote, “And the Lord God formed man out of dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils, the breath of life and as a result man became a living soul. The fact is what Moses knew, the Egyptians did not know; because their world view was based on the incomplete and inaccurate reasoning of humanity and the world view of Moses was based on the revelation of God. Creation Myth and Reality – The belief of the Hindus was the earth rested upon the turtle, and the turtle restored upon the back of the Elephant. The Greeks believed, the earth rested on the shoulders of the giant “Atlas”. For the Egyptians, the earth rested upon five great pillars. In an amazing and 153The Mysteries of the Mysterious God naked contrast the earliest Bible writers declared “He” hangeth the earth upon nothing (Job 26:7). Job knew what it would take humanity thousands of years to discover because God told him. Prophet Isaiah was very ahead of his time in understanding of Geography. He wrote of the one that sitteth upon the circle of the earth. He wrote this 2000 years before Columbus discovered the world was round. Isaiah was sure of those facts because God had told him. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews, knew 1900 years ago what the scientists have been able to prove within the past century. The physical tangible and visible universe in which we live is composed of material invisible to the eye. We can say in an understandable manner that through faith. We can understand the worlds were framed by the word of God. So, the things we see were not made of things, which do appear, (Hebrews 11:3). This is fundamental in understanding the molecular atomic nature of the universe. But how could a theologian understand this truth centuries ago? The answer is very simple, the God had told him. Apostle Peter was a popular preacher of his time. By the divine power he looked down the corridors of time to view the end of human history. He clearly saw the destruction of the earth through the nuclear explosion. He explained this in the following lines:- “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and the works that are there in shell burned up”. (2 Peter 3:10) Scientists confirmed this as an accurate description of a nuclear explosion. As Moses clearly explained the origin of the earth and heavens, Peter foretold their demise Peter knows this because God had told him. What is revelation? : - Revelation is nothing but disclosing of truth to humanity. It is for those who could not know apart from devine enablement. Moses, Job, Isaiah, Peter the writer of the Hebrews and other Biblical writers shared this so called truth 154The Mysteries of the Mysterious God made known to them directly from God. On the other hand they got the inspiration and the superintending of the word of God. This is through men who were totally under the controlling influence of the Holy Spirit. It is said, part of the Bible came from the direct revelation and the remaining part came through the inspiration of God. Apostle Peter described the process of inspiration in this manner. “Holy men of God speak as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). Then Apostle Paul described the advantages of inspiration. He said “All the scriptures are given by the inspiration of God; and it is profited to the doctrine of reproof for correction and for instruction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect nature, thoroughly (completely) furnished unto all good works (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Therefore Bible is the map and compass in the journey of our life, in this material world. It is a book, a devine volume a precious gift to humanity of infinite unsurpassable wonder. Bible is wonderful – It is undoubtedly a wonderful book. It is essential to know the formation of the Bible. It was written over a period of 1600 years by about 46 writers of different ages (1500 B.C to 100 A.D). The human authors have been different in their life style, education and in their geographical locations with a few exceptions. The most amazing is, they never know one another, and they never read the book of one another. But the most astonishing thing is its unification within the pages. Regarding the contents of the Bible, it is the embodiment of history biography, prophecy, philosophy, poetry and science. Still the theme is singular which made the 66 books a glorious whole – a golden devine which points out to Jesus a sarlit thread that speaks of redemption through His shedding of blood. We can understand, there is the wonder of the nationalism. God is the prerogative of devine sovereignty chose the descendents of Abraham Isaac and Jacob to give this unimaginable treasure to the world. If we look into the Bible carefully, we understand that Bible belongs to Jews only. From Genesis to Revelation we read of Jewish people, Jewish land, Jewish culture, and a 155The Mysteries of the Mysterious God promised Jewish Believer. The language the authors used is also wonderful. The book is set forth with amazing directions with the origin of earth of man of sin of death and of potential redemption. The Bible is the book of unveiling (revelation) with stark candor and graphic imagery tells how it would end. In all the books the language and style are wonderful but the book Isaiah is different. There is the thought provoking logic of Romans which broadly proclaimed that the Holy God could redeem unholy men and women without becoming stained by humanity’s sin. At the same time trying to answer the strange statement of Socrates to Plato. “If deity can forgive sin” I don’t know how” We have the greatest contribution of 150 Jewish hymns in the Bible called Psalms. They were the valuable contribution of King David and others. They were so popular and give peace of mind to the people like, the discouraged, the downtrodden the fearful the confused, the lonely one and many more. All kinds of people would get consolation, comfort, and truth by singing these hymns. The Bible has a wonderful appeal. The reader will find among its pages, comfort and guidance for happy living. The elderly people will find consolation, good understanding and confidence in dying. The rich and poor, the educated and the simple, the King and the subject all people would magnetically draw to this precious volume. Its appeal to the readers is timeless because it answers the questions like why was I born? Why am I living? And is there any life and hope beyond the grave? There is wonder of eternality – Jesus Christ time and again said that “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). This truth the psalmist also confirmed that fact. “O Lord thy word is settled in Heaven” (Psalm 119:89). Prophet Isaiah illustrated this eternality when he wrote, “The grass withered, the flower faded, but the word of God shall stand forever” (Isaiah 40:8). The importance of eternality must not be over emphasized on any event. People at the time of wedding ceremony in the church, take an oath with the words “love and cherish till the death”. But in 156The Mysteries of the Mysterious God the present days the oath they will take brake and almost half of such marriages are ending with divorce. In the same way some nations at times enter into treaties with other nations may be with some selfish motive. But in course of time due to some reason they break their treaty since we see and experience different kind of things, let us refresh ourselves and remain far away from the sinful humanity. “God is not a man that He should lie” (Numbers 23:19). There is wonder of its Truth – It is worthless and meaningless to have a word from God that is eternal, if it is not true. Jesus said on some occasion “sanctify them through thy truth” (John 17:17). Sanctify literally means “to set apart”. Jesus is asking His father to set apart those whom He has redeemed through the truth of the word. It would be futile to have eternal word from God which is not true or a true word which is not eternal. Eternality and Truth must wed each other, if God’s word is to be profitable. Let us see how beautifully the psalmist united those principles. “Thy word is true, from the beginning and every one of thy righteous judgment endureth forever” (Psalm 119:160). The word of God is eternally true but it is more than that. There is wonder of its living power – The author of the Evangelistic Book from the Old Testament is again most useful regarding the word of God to humanity. He wrote, “So shall my word be goith forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me, word but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall profit in the thing where to I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11). The writer of Hebrews wrote, “For the word of God is quiet and powerful, sharper than any double-edged sword”. (Hebrews 4:12). In the ancient world, there were different types of swords. The first type of sword would have sharp blades, and it was used for the purpose of piercing. The second type of sword would have also sharp edges. It was used for the purpose of cutting. The third type of sword would have sharp blades. It was very heavy and it was intended for cutting through an opponent’s weapon. It was cumbersome, and it had to be handled with two hands. The fourth type was later invented and it was light 157The Mysteries of the Mysterious God weighted. It was sharp on both sides. This sword actually revolutionized the ancient war fare. The writer of Hebrews referred to the fourth type of sword. When he used this sword he meant, the word of God is like two edged sword. According to him, this sword had the capacity of cutting the inner most recesses and a person’s eternal life will be set right. In this context we have the example of a person how he was reformed. It was John Newton. He experienced the aliveness and the intensity of the power of God. When he was a young man he happened to run away from the house and went to the sea. After experiencing some inconveniences he finally became the captain of the ship. In that position, circumstances forced him to involve himself in the slave trade. And this trade eventually led him to immoral way of life. In such critical situation, he planned to commit suicide. Then the word of God touched his heart. What he heard from his mother as a child came to his mind. There was a sudden change in his mind and Newton was gloriously saved. This wonderful change with the power of God, which made him to become a devoted preacher in a church and also became one of the members of the public hymn writers. Among many hymns he composed, the hymn “Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that save a writer like me I once was lost”. This hymn brought him good name and fame. Newton experienced for the first time the eternally true word of God; which is alive and most powerful. People saw in him the transformation through the golden word of God. He was actually a condemned vile sinner. Such a horrible person became an eternal son of God. A Tragic Truth – It is utterly tragic that humanity disdains so great a treasure as the word of the infinite God. The Bible is totally ignored, ridiculed and rejected by a great many people called un-regenerated humanity. It is like a little more than a dust collector, for a large segment of those who call themselves Christians. Such people often preach more about themselves as conservative Evangelical fundamental Christians. It is like plunging into one’s own thoughts 158The Mysteries of the Mysterious God or applications or giving an application from a Biblical text without first interpreting the text being considered. At other occasions people totally ignore the historical, grammatical, and cultural background out of which a particular passage comes into existence. As a result, many people who called the name of Christ are deficient Biblically in spite of their many years of instructions in the Bible believing churches. It is really perplexed and wonderful how many of God’s people are spiritually anemic and unstable. They follow divergent doctrines and make shipwrick of their lives. This is not an unrealistically harsh apprised of the present hour but it is the Bible that declares an indication of the hearing of the end of the age. (2 Timothy 3:1; 7:4; 1:4) The word of God is eternal. It is true and it is alive. It is more powerful and sharper than double edge sword what we have to do is to pull it out for the use of courageous band of believers of Jesus Christ. Then the bibles heart flashing blades will do the rest of the work. The Bible is the only weapon that can stop and cure the insane from his insanity. And we can have so many examples regarding the word of God and the truth through this wonderful article. 159The Mysteries of the Mysterious God