I stumbled across this account a week or two ago. Many rabbit holes worth traveling down 👇🏼
The ancients believed that sacrifice was the only way to appease God. I've long held that they were partially right, and partially wrong.
Self-sacrifice, not animals or wheat or external things, shows that you're willing to do the work and mold yourself into a better representation of what He made us to be.
Does slaying a goat or ox show that you're willing to take back ground after man's fall? No.
Does a willingness for the toil and pain to make yourself stronger, better, and with a cleaner soul?
I believe so.
Self-sacrifice, not animals or wheat or external things, shows that you're willing to do the work and mold yourself into a better representation of what He made us to be.
Does slaying a goat or ox show that you're willing to take back ground after man's fall? No.
Does a willingness for the toil and pain to make yourself stronger, better, and with a cleaner soul?
I believe so.
Why do you think the "redemption arc" speaks to us so loudly?
I think it speaks to something far deeper than most realize.
I think it speaks to something far deeper than most realize.
The best weapon of our time is to ridicule the ridiculous. This is a good one:
https://thespectator.com/topic/remembering-january-6-lectern-guy/
https://thespectator.com/topic/remembering-january-6-lectern-guy/
The Spectator World
Remembering January 6
January 6 was the end of our country as we know it. In the days that followed, cleaning crews spent countless hours sweeping and dusting