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INSIGHT FOR THE SOUL
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A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth
~John 1:14

What effect did the Fall produce in Adam's mind? He and Eve lost their true perception of reality. We read in Genesis 3:7, 8, that they tried to hide from God. Doesn't that reveal a faulty understanding of who God is? How can you hide from God? After the Fall, Adam and Eve weren't thinking straight.

In essence, when Adam and Eve sinned, their minds were robbed of the true knowledge of God. In God's original design, knowledge was relational. Knowing someone implied an intimate personal relationship. You can see it in Genesis 4:1: "Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived" (KJV). Yet we don't generally equate a knowledge of someone with personal intimacy.

Before the Fall, Adam and Eve knew God, not sexually of course, but in the intimacy of a close, personal relationship which we associate with marriage. They knew God by being with God. When they sinned and were banished from the garden, Adam and Eve lost their relationship with God and the knowledge of God which was intrinsic to that relationship. And you and I inherited Adam and Eve's darkened mind. Before Christ, we knew something about God, but we didn't know God because we had no relationship with Him.

The necessity of being in relationship to God in order to know God comes into sharp focus in John's announcement: "The Word"-- logos in the Greek--"became flesh" (John 1:14). The word logos represented the highest form of philosophical knowledge. For the Greeks, saying that the logos became flesh was the same as saying that ultimate knowledge became personal and relational. God was announcing to the world through John: The true knowledge of God, which can only be discovered in an intimate relationship with God, is now available to the world through God in the flesh--Jesus Christ. In Christ we are able to know God personally, not just know about Him.

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PRAYER: Lord, I thirst for deeper intimacy in my relationship with You. I want to know You more personally today.
~nta

This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
~Joshua 1:9 NLT

No country or alliance of countries can destroy Israel. The six-day-war and the many wars Israel won are proof of God's promise to them as a nation once they become a nation again in the end times. These blood-thirsty religious extremists will be disappointed.

Those who curse Israel will be cursed and those who bless this great yet small nation, will be blest (Gen.12:2-3).

Only the coming Antichrist, a worldwide leader, as prophesied will make Israel run for their life. As he will deceitfully deal with them and as the Devil empowers him. But eventually, the Antichrist, the False Prophet and Satan will be bound to hell after the Armageddon war.

Israel will believe Christ in the end times and 144,000 of them will be saved during the tribulation.

Pray for peace in Israel. 🙏🇮🇱

The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 CSB

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and total darkness.

~Ezekiel 34:12 CSB

Yet even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
~John 11:22 CSB

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.
~Psalms 86:15 CSB