In my last entry I wrote about evidence that proved the truth of the Bible (and I will share that evidence in the near future); however, here's another piece of evidence, although this evidence is somewhat circumstantial and subjective in nature. It seems quite eido to me (that is, empirical, observable, see the first red entry, last blog). I'm talking about the above picture of a group of Palestinian Christians attending a mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, taken by Christopher Anderson and which appeared in National Geographic in December of 2007. What other explanation can there be for the behavior of these Palestinians than to say that the glory of God has come down (glory in Hebrew is defined as "weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness"—and I must include the etymology of copious from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Middle English from the Latin copia abundance, from co- + ops wealth, power, help). So, instead of the glory of God we could say the weighty goodness, splendor, copiousness and abundant wealth, power and help of God, and that is what the people in the above photo are experiencing. That's why they look like they're going on some kind of a trip, because they are going on The Trip. It's great to be a member of the the Body of Christ: you can see a picture of a group of people from another part of the world and you love them as your own brothers and sisters, because we all have the same mind blowing Father. I have brothers and sisters in Palestine, in Israel, in China, in South-East Asia, in India, in Europe and Russia, in Africa, and all over the world. We all have the same spiritual DNA. We're a big, big family with a big, big Father who lives in big, big heaven. And He is so good, good, good. Try reading Luke 15: 11-24 (Jesus is a genius when it comes to metaphors) and see how much the father (God) in the story loves his son (any one of us). And then come and join the family.
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