tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48542618140954127922011-07-29T02:47:41.635-07:00Bob Marblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776629585021119589noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854261814095412792.post-1448525937886537282009-10-04T22:05:00.000-07:002009-10-04T22:08:24.694-07:00<div align="justify">And the adventures continue …<br /><br />Standing, where I have stood … on more occasions than I care to remember … having done it so many times … keeping my eyes focused on the family … the words just sort of flow … like when we pray the Lord's Prayer … or recite the Apostles' Creed … but … each time it's different … each time it's personal … "Behold, I will tell you a mystery …" A mystery … brings a challenge … a fascination … a desire … to unravel it … like Jupiter playing peek-a-boo through the clouds … it's moons visible …(that is … if I brace the binoc's against a post, should have set up the scope) … in a line … like looking at Saturn's rings on edge … swing out from it … spinning … as Jupiter spins around the Sun … spinning like Ezekiel's … 'wheel in a wheel' … or Andromeda's spiral galaxy … spinning … 'wheels within the wheel' … looking out into Creation's mystery … wheels … spinning the mystery … the vision of God's glory … if you were to asked me … is the vision clear? … I confess it is very obscure … and I do not profess to understand it. But … I somehow get this feeling … maybe Ezekiel got it … and has passed it on to us … the whole dynamic scene … even before Ezekiel was able to grasp it … was animated by the spirit he recognized as the Spirit of the living God -- the same Spirit needed to revive and empower him … the same Spirit that enabled Paul to write …<br />"God gave me the responsibility of bringing his grace to you. He let me understand the mystery of his plan through a revelation … and the mystery of Christ." Ephesians 3:2 (GW)<br />So … over the next three weeks … we will be exploring life's mysteries … will try to make sense of them … 'cause reading and exploring His Word … viewing and exploring His creation … comes … "What on Earth is God doing?" … we've got to know the story line in His mystery. Over these next weeks … we will be trying to obtain a bird's eye view … a panorama of history … maybe like we've never seen before … from the beginning … to the end of time … looking into God's plan … in its five acts … come join us as we work to unravel Paul's understanding of this mystery … the Mystery of History … the Mystery of God's Plan … and just what is that 'wheel in a wheel!' See ya … in His observatory … if you don't know me … just look for the fellow sitting at the telescope … come … I'll be happy to let you sit there … to look into His mystery. Bob </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4854261814095412792-144852593788653728?l=mabelvaleumc.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Marblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776629585021119589noreply@blogger.com1