Tag: grief

Echoes of Wickedness

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The scriptures echo.

The last time this kind of wickedness was described, God was grieved that He made humanity. In His grief, He ended their misery.

I think we have to view what is going to happen here the same way. It’s meant to be seen as a parallel.

But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.
Genesis 13:13 (NKJV)

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
Genesis 13:13 (NKJV)

Sad in the Beginning

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Genesis 1:2 begins with a profoundly sad state of things. It shows the world, but I think that for many of us who have “deconstructed” and felt broken off from heaven, we feel like the earth that’s shown in this verse.

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis 1:2 (NIV)

But God is there. And the next verse is blessed hope.

Hope for the Hopeless

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A story of hope makes sense only to those who first know the story of hopelessness.

“I will fix this” is a message for those who know brokenness.

Light makes sense in the context of darkness.

But this is not the same as “first, know you are a sinner.”

Genesis 1, which sets up the proper order of things, doesn’t blame the creation for its own darkness, or the land for its barrenness.

It simply acknowledges that it is. And then God fixes it: Light and Life.