My Favorite Verses - Vol III (Aug 16 to Nov 16)
A collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
A collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
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2 Corinthians 5:2-3 … To leave the Tent<br />
(09/22/20<strong>16</strong>)<br />
“For in this tent we groan, longing <strong>to</strong> be clothed with our Heavenly Dwelling<br />
… And indeed, when we someday remove ourselves from it, we will not be<br />
found naked.” ~ Paul (2 Corinthians 5:2-3)<br />
While it is not clear what Paul actually meant with this passage (sometimes<br />
his teachings stumbled upon a harmony with “enlightened” unconditional Love, and<br />
many other times they did not), we can indeed reconcile these words with The Way<br />
of Jesus Christ -- when we see “the tent” here as our physiological body and its<br />
primitive desires (including our mental mind and its self-centered fears and yearnings)<br />
… Indeed, whenever we succumb <strong>to</strong> such instinctive impulses, our True Self<br />
does indeed “groan” in its longing for the re-manifestation of our Soul‟s far more<br />
noble, and far more Caring inclinations. And when we do inevitably choose <strong>to</strong><br />
throw off this “tent” of callous greed, we will indeed not be found spiritually<br />
"naked." Quite <strong>to</strong> the contrary, in the very moment we choose <strong>to</strong> emerge from<br />
our grungy unspiritual domiciles smeared with the stench of callous selfishness<br />
& arrogant violence, we will in-Deed find ourselves clothed in a truly brilliant<br />
raiment; a cloak of selfless Giving, a robe of courageous Love, and a crown of<br />
Bliss-filled Peace.<br />
Amen … Let it be so.<br />
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