X, it's pretty interesting that, that particular passage was revealed to you. Could be speaking directly to you,
Isaiah 17:10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants And set them with vine slips of a strange god.
I wouldn't dismiss it as suggested. We have enough of that type of thinking in front of us everyday.
Nice correlation, but I don't think it pertains to me directly. I feel that way, way too much has been needle dicked of "the written" word. I feel sorry for all the good folks thinking that THEIR denomination is the TRUE meaning of the written word. Jesus said some where how In the body we live in spiritual poverty. The meaning of that is beyond comprehension for a lot of folks....Their experience's in this life has yet to open its deeper meaning.
Back to 17:10, I lived most of my life in up state NY where hundreds of thousands of Hasidic Jews have summer camps coming up from NYC. If you knew even a fraction of how they live and treat Gentiles, you would be shocked. Recently I watched a documentary on multiple interviews of random Israelis in Israel on "do you believe Jesus is the son of God"? Not one in the numerous personal interviews believed it was so. NOT ONE! The interview concluded that in Israel, 100 percent of practicing Jews simply believe Jesus was just a prophet like all those before him and nothing more. Most non practicing believed the same or were not sure one way or the other. No my friend, 17:10 is EXACTLY what it says and has nothing to do with me for the most part in my beliefs. For the record, I am in no way an anti Semite, I have one Jewish buddy of mine who is my go to guy on anything single shot. There are some bad apples in all peoples around the world. That's just who we are as humans. But hey, I'm sure there are a bunch of things I'v yet to grasp.
Hey Lost, thanks for chiming in here! We both know disparaging critic would be an open invitation, but share this simply because we know how valuable a good heads up can be to those that would listen. A thick skin is the result of a long & happy life!
