The Knowledge of Good and Evil...

I was walking through the mall today, when a young girl and young man kinda scooted in front of me. The girl was wearing very high elevator boots that extended downward from her knee's, they were white in color and made of leather; they looked sort of sci-fi to me, like something out of Star Trek or Star Wars and the elevator portion was at least a foot in added height. It was one of those things that everyone noticed. I wish I had a video camera with me and caught all the comments and reactions on tape.

As I walked at a discreet distance behind them I couldn't help over-hearing all the comments her foot attire was drawing. Everything from laughter to disgust was being projected towards this little slip of a girl. One guy laughed and thought it was great looking boots. Another woman called her a name that was not very nice (what a slut) under her breath of course. How she was able to tell that just by her foot attire is beyond my understanding.

Love is the central command of scripture and judgment the central prohibition. Poor judgment in the beginning by Adam and Eve's eating from the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" caused God to kick them out of the garden least they also eat from the "Tree of Life".

Consider; GENESIS 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

Notice that the "Tree of Life" was fair game but the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" was not. Since gaining the knowledge of good and evil, we have become less than what we should be; we judge and mistake our lousy judgment for love and betterment of our kind.

Consider; GENESIS 2-3

Judgment was the original sin perpetuated by Adam and Eve and we have all tried to get life from the judging of others if they are bad, then we are somehow better than they. However as stated in Romans 5:8;

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I remember talking to a young lady once about God and she told me her parents are religious in fact they adopted her from another country along with her sister, which she was very thankful for. However when asked why she hasn't given her life to Jesus she said plainly; that the hypocrisy she saw in her parents lives and the backstabbing left Christianity as a non-choice for her, in her life. I guess her parents didn't read PROVERBS 22:6

Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.

We are more than our words, we are our deeds, and those speak volumes more than words. For deeds without love are no deeds at all.

May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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Wisdom is a Woman!

Wisdom is a she, according to my Bible’s I have many and they all refer to wisdom as a she. For an exhaustive list Religious Studies has them listed from publication date, revision, etc.

If wisdom is a she then she becomes more than just a cold abstraction she becomes personified someone with whom we can communicate with, someone who communicates with us. According to this passage from the Bible; she eloquently communicates her eternal presence from the beginning.

Proverbs 8: 22-30

"The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began. When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water; before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world. I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

She was beside God and he delighted in her daily should we not delight in her as well and not reject her for who she is in the Godhead for is there not a warning against rejecting her call.

Proverbs 1:20-33 (New International Version)

New International Version (NIV)

Warning Against Rejecting Wisdom

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
she raises her voice in the public squares;

21 at the head of the noisy streets ^[a] she cries out,
in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

22 "How long will you simple ones ^[b] love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?

23 If you had responded to my rebuke,
I would have poured out my heart to you
and made my thoughts known to you.

24 But since you rejected me when I called
and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,

25 since you ignored all my advice
and would not accept my rebuke,

26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you-

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me.

29 Since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the LORD,

30 since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,

31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm."

Footnotes:

1. Proverbs 1:21 Hebrew; Septuagint / on the tops of the walls
2. Proverbs 1:22 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs generally denotes one without moral direction and inclined to evil.

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Did you know the Bible was not always written as we know it today; chapter – verse but that is was originally meant to be understood in a thematic view. For example there are four ways to pray; Vocal, Meditation, Contemplation, Union with God... kind of like walking, riding a bike, driving a car, traveling by airplane.

To understand this better follow this link --> NIV Thematic Reference Bible, The

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The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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