Have a look at Isaiah 2:3. It is said “Zion”, the hill of Jerusalem, is “the mountain of the Lord” because from this city was born a creed that brings this world to the peace. That creed is at least currently brought by the two big religions in this world: Christian and Moslem. So, inherently, the reality that happened was true. As long as the word “Jerusalem” itself is presumed to come from the word “U-ru-sa-lim” that exist in “Tell-el-Amarna” manuscript (1400 BC) and has a meaning as “Salim City” (Peace City). But there is another reality that accuses each other with the first one: The areas around Jerusalem are those that involve lots in physical war from the old age until the time being! Two realities that in the same time are accusing each other. What does it mean? It means that we have to separate clearly between “what is occupied by God” and “what is occupied by man”. “Zion” occupied by God is “Zion” that brings peace, and “Zion” occupied by man is another “Zion”, that not known when it’s going to be peace.
My brothers and sisters that I love, when we read the bible we often find many sentences (in this matter I called it “symbolic”) that can’t be interpreted directly like that. And because of the huge number of people, so it is not surprising if the interpretations that come up are also vary, from the “wise” one to the “false” one. Our brother, the communist, has been really annoyed looking at those religious people’s behaviors who tend to do mystical thing than a real one. For instance, in a poor and suffer condition, they only pray again and again instead of doing something that can make their life better! So when can they get better? As the result, come out the words like: “Religion is a social addiction! Has to be destructed! Bring people into day-dreaming and make them live in unrealistic world! So initially, what they see is partly correct: many religious people are behaving “inappropriately”. But practically, those communist are too over because they are too overactive destroying other people. Moreover, supported by their power and army, they destroy all kind of religious services without any mercy. And because of that spirit, they have insensibly treated all God’s creatures like a clay that can be formed as they want. At the end, the time will prove all. “What comes from God will be eternal” and “what comes from man will be extinct”. So that is the history that always happens again and again to the people on Earth. Sometimes to get a “pearl” in our life, people have to sacrifice lots of important things with unmeasured value. Mistake by mistake verifies them. Because of that, happy all those who can get that “pearl” easily and in peace, and those are people who read the bible with their true heart, thought, and observation to the existed reality so that the holy spirit is willing to show the righteousness implicit.
There is a good example to show how a different interpretation affects a reader’s behavior. We took one of the sentences that is so famous in the bible, which is in a prayer thought by Jesus: “So be Your will Father, on Earth as in heaven”. This sentence we observe together with: “At the end of time, God will come in His glory and covered in clouds of heaven, and so on….”. Interpreting these two sentences, Christians will straightaway divide themselves into two big groups:
The first group is the mysticism, which are those people who say lots of prayers everyday while “seriously closing their eyes” but never do anything in action to make this Earth to be as in heaven in the future. What they think is: “Isn’t that God can just say hey presto, so that in no second this Earth will be the same as in heaven! Why do we have to put ourselves in trouble instead of just believe it, and done, isn’t that easy? Moreover it is clearly said that God will come in the clouds of heaven! Sorting those true and false people. So why do we need to have a hand in? Just let God’s will happens.”
The second group is the realistic-religious. These people are aware that our Earth has millions years of age and during this time the glory of man is only reach its current level. Need a really long time to make this Earth to be as in heaven. How long will it be is depending on our role to take a hand in. So if there are people who say that the end of world will happen soon just because lots lots of disasters, that are words without any basis and reasonable context, seen from how hard our Earth has been doing evolution to reach its glory that God wants. That is false prophets’ bullshit. God wants to make this earth as in heaven is because for us, not for Himself. And it is impossible that heaven is fulfilled by those who just want all the things done in hey presto without having to do anything. And it is also impossible that God will destroy this Earth at once while it is still fighting to reach its glory and has been shuffling for millions of years. Even God has sent His beloved Son to hasten this process. For that reason, this group is aware: “Don’t just mumbling saying lots of prayers everyday, instead let us fight for it together with God the Almighty”.
My brothers and sisters, which group are you in? Just forget your past if you feel that you were in the first group and let us live in the second group. Why like that? Because our faith is clear: “Jesus is both God and a man, not just God who can say “leviosa” and please all Harry Potter fans (famous figure in magic fiction). I know God is glorious. And He also wants us to be glorious, until He willed to incarnate become a man to look after us, directly meet us who smeared all over the messiness to lead us to the right way in this Earth that is still far from its glory.” You have to believe that we will not reach that glory in a second, even it is needed a really hard work to contribute all of our best ability that God has given to us: intellect, good physical condition, nice family, and hopefully our country that will get better and better, and many other good things. “Earth as it is in heaven” will not happen if the mysticism people are always more that realistic-religious, even more added by anarchism, terrorism, imperialism, etc, that harass the human glory itself. Let us be more realistic and not too much dreaming. For every little thing that we contribute, we should do it with the spirit of serving for our beloved Earth.
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