Karen Roddy

Because "Jesus is the Lord" is for each and every Roman to realize and recognize they and Jesus are part of the Lord....and to not feel alone and react to their feelings of loneliness, desperation within their ignorance, and sense of isolation rendering them incapable of perceiving Universal Love.

Although a person's relationship with God is purely personal it reveals itself through the society in which one lives. Once God is clearly understood as definition of a Universal existence the manefestations representing this knowledge become eternal and those which do not perish.

The personal implication of Yahweh being your King and of Jesus being the Messiah sent from God is a relationship of inner being, of Spirit and Yahweh having sent a Man such as Jesus who understood the meaning of Yahweh and could readily relay this personal Spiritual relationship with Yahweh expressed the Magnificence and Love Yahweh has for the Human Race and the Earth and Universe as a Whole.

Tithing is a logical insurance for the continuation of the feasible maintenance and recognition of God and the work done in this name. The importance placed on tithing in the New Covenant is much the same although should one not have any material devices to offer....the value of the non-material is understood and of equal value.

Justice is understanding the paths of the Universe....Vengence is the observance of these paths....and Mercy is that knowledge which enlightens the ignorant of these paths..... A Holy and Righteous God forgives sins justly without punishing them by trying to enlighten the ignorant.... The significance of the cross in God's righteousness is to understand ignorance and faith in his Mercy.

God is the Helper of the Fatherless and the Protector of Widows -- that is, the poorest and weakest of society -- this says a Christian's commitment to social justice in communities could be better guaranteed with educational programs beginning at the high-school level involving school credits for graduation by interactive community efforts for the poor and needy and with each family in the community made aware of their ability to participate (postings in the community, leaflets distributed weekly, week-end gatherings in community playgrounds)in such educational opportunities.....However...due to the religious freedom (and the freedom to not be religious)interactive school credits of working with the poor and needy can still be part of the school curriculum...enhancing those with Christian ideals through this educational process....... A Christian's actions could be beter affected from educational programs concerning God's compassion made available at an early age, graduating them slowly into a society as an adult with unlimited possibilities in which to express this knowledge......

Indentifying with the concept that truth and morality are all relative to one's culture, recognition and understanding of the Righteous and Upright God can be visible by comparison of cultures and their creative output towards the universe...following this concept even further will undoubtedly unveil those who limit movability in expressing the glory of God's kingdom.....so in actuality God's righteousness and uprightness is absolutely not a relative issue but rather expresses the very wholeness of the universe itself...... We can declare God and his Son Jesus Christ in a relativistic world by aligning with entities who represent God's universal understanding....this should not become a strategy.....as the very definition of strategy would require time necessary for action in the alignment process.....those who choose to follow a "relativistic" approach inevitably end up with nothing but their ignorance and hence their ultimate recognition of that which is represented by God's kingdom......

The realization of God's holiness affects Isaiah in a way where Isaiah sees none of his own reflection when viewing God and is stunned with remorse......God's very presence to Isaiah surrounds Isaiah with God's reality of holiness and is no longer purely an abstract conception...bringing Isaiah to ask forgiveness of God for his ignorance...... The symbolism of the coal from the alter is to represent a fire that is still carried in warmth and holding Spirit to re-kindle those awaiting recognition of God's Kingdom ....and touching the lips of Isaiah give Isaiah the strength to understand his new place in existence... Now made holy -- dedicated to God -- Isaiah responds to God by receiving God's call to be sent to spread this knowledge of God's holiness.....

The passage on the "Creator of the ends of the earth" the words strength and weary are repeated in verses 28-31......The application as disciples to derive from this passage so that we may understand God's might as Creator is to have faith in God......

Creation is rendered by structures based on their inherent qualities....this is the right or representation of the molecularization...or thought co-agulation if you will....expressing these very parts mirrors our lives, our self-image and our sense of purpose....

It is ridiculous for a pot to second-guess a potter because each individual way of molding or understanding the universal scheme is unique.....Christians do this by doubting their ability to give and create patterns of Love, Compassion and Eternal Wisdom as innate as well as unique...and therefore the Promise has difficulty in completing its task as these doubts remain obstacles to human evolution.....A better attitude and behavior before our Creator is to accept our small but ever relevant importance in manifesting these understandings of God's Being Eternal....

I think David's understanding of the Living God enabled him to challenge Goliath by balancing the destructiveness created by Goliath....and the Fear....David considered himself to live by the laws of his Living God and create and enhance life not to take it...being human David would naturally come upon some antagonism in this understanding as he did with Goliath....waying the percentages, the pros and cons for David's well-being against that of Goliath he felt bolstered with God's reverence for Life that allowed David to challenge Goliath .... a paradox maybe but in human terms a conscious effort to grasp the importance of each and every living thing.....the Living God should inspire fear and dread in that it represents Eternal understanding of the futility of conflict....that a path of Love and Compassion is the only productive positioning otherwise destruction will reign supreme.

The idea the "first" and "last" expresses God's affinity with the Universe...The Vastness and the miniscule....Everything....All the was and All that Is...And all that will be...over-riding destructive powers in the understanding of the Eternal......The Revelation 1:8 relates to God's revelation to Moses of "I AM THAT I AM" in that it represents the definition of Eternity with which mankind can work and create beneficial endeavours.

"Inhabiting Eternity" is Remembering Eternity and Being Eternity.....Being with the Eternal God will be Remembering that One is With the Eternal God....Inspiring emotions of Compassion, Love and Patience.

Yahweh reveals the concept and reality of "The One Who Is and Always Will Be"......The Eternal .... Oneness ..... The United All Encompassing.... In Contrast with the idols worshipped by the Egyptians it represents the limited and material dimensions represented by the consciousness through which the human species maintained itself (i.e. Egyptian)....although the Egyptians were quite advanced in their representations of the other world..the afterlife and nonpermanence....in contrast to Yahweh they were still involved in conundrums of doubting other representations of this afterlife and nonpermanence of the human form and the permanence of "All That Is"...

Had fortune been more in the way of the human race it would have been clear to them to have observed only the bare essentials of existence through Nature itself...However...due to Mankind's repeated denials at historical revelations, it has been thrown into vortex after vortex of repetition....In this sense Timidity and Brashness have their drawbacks in not clearly perceiving why the Lord will not fight our battles.

In this battle Moses' rod was a signal pole in that it represented his steadfastness to remain true to his belief that they should be Free men.....Like the bows that defended the soldiers raised high is readiness so it was with Moses rod maintaining a united psyche for Freedoom of their homeland....The Lord is a banner in battles faced on the human plane of existence encouraging strength through ignorance and ultimately defining the futility of disagreement or disharmony among individuals...retaining the goodness of the Being and sharing compassion and love throughout the Universe.

Jesus did not call on the heavenly host in the Garden of Gethsmane because Jesus realized it was not of concern to the Heavenly Host.....Jesus realized that Mankind has its own path to learning and the Heavenly Host is there to advise and help when asked and not to change its course ... That is to be a decision for Mankind alone.... It would be utterly fruitless to force upon the Human Race a Vision of Peace and Harmony when it cannot find it in the very bathos of its subconscious existence....Jesus had chosen the path of knowledge and awareness of the heavenly host relinquishing the realm in which mankind wallows in ignorance and suffering for the sake of predomination.....When Jesus was released from his human materiality Heaven was there to welcome him and place him where he remains to this day, one of mankind's finest representatives of the Vision Mankind has yet to fulfill.

Jesus did not call on the heavenly host in the Garden of Gethsemane because he knew the heavenly host had more important things to do. Later, after his crucifixtion, when he entered the Kingdom of his Father....his heavenly hosts came and acompanied Jesus as he bid his farwell to his beloved here on Earth.

Elisha's servant was afraid because he didn't have the same Vision as Elisha and saw no one to help them. Elisha realized that one not necessarily see with one's eyes in order to understand. Although Spirituality is mentioned here in a military context...the original conflict is begun with the non-acceptance of Spirituality...hence when reached to the stage of definition, as in Elisha's dilemma, his Spiritual Strength will carry him to his Ultimate goal...God's support for Life.

The Commander said he was on neither side because this form ("Commander") of consciousness is impartial to opposition. However, due to the immense compassion and understanding offered by Realms other than the Human existence, The "Commander" reaches out to raise the awareness of each and every individual regardless of their pre-destination. Joshua was slightly confused as to the perplexities of the "Commander" being neutral in a pursuit regarded by Joshua as a struggle for survival...but remained steadfast in his need for ultimate conquest of Jericho... After conquering Jericho, Josuha felt assured that the Lord was with him but still at odds with how the Lord was with his "enemy"....nevertheless, Joshua was more confident about he Future prospect of his military success by entering the acquisition of Jericho into his military equation.

"King of Glory" and "Father of glory" follow suit in reigning in strength in possible times of failure...both military support and for planning the Visions of the Future. Therefore it is with these attitudes of worship that History has been written. Corinthians 3:18 represents the success of this pursuit and the Confidence with which the Vision of The Future could be comprehended.

Encompassing Eons of existence..."As was from the Beginning so shall be in the End"...reflecting a reality without Time where the sinews of consciousness meet and form to manifest the Golden Rays of Love. This in turn should affect acts which mirror this conception with Realization.

The titile "Most High" represents an awareness of exhalted consciousness wherein the very definition of Life permeates all understanding. I incorporate this focus in worship to penetrate the very essence of Being.