Reading Matt 3:11-13
A poem inspired by 2 Cor 10:5
In Matt 3:11-13 we are introduced to John the Baptist and coming of the Messianic Kingdom. John the Baptist taught preaches that the one after himself, the Christ, will baptize with fire and the Holy Spirit. The fire will be punishment for those who are unrepentant. This can be viewed as similar for those who drowned in the great flood of Noah’s time. Those who are under the fire of damnation are as such because they have not obeyed God’s commands. They have not seen their need for repentance and have been passed over and condemned to the death. Christ comes, baptizing first with the spirit. He was baptized once for all, and will give us life upon repentance of our self-seeking, enmity with God and obey his Love. His fire for us will be hot and life giving. It will be a fire of purification to be manifest from our hearts in lives of purity. Seeking an uncompromising life of truth, love and fidelity to our Great Love should be our one desire. That desire moreover, will be fulfilled for an eternity and our lives, here we will live in honesty, truth and love.
The cleansing effect of water, the purification by fire can give us a greater understanding of the inseparable nature of our being. We are composites of what we see and interact and then still something more. There is something beyond us which is unknown. However, that which is unknown, lofty and high, is but an introductory subject for the LORD of heaven who reigns, now and forever.
Christ Captivated Consciousness =
In the mind of Christ,
I will direct my thought.
In the mind of Christ,
I will see His face,
In the mind of Christ,
My place will be known.
Captive thoughts, in the mind of Christ;
Anxiety, fear and contention,
They all become but naught.
2 comments:
First you say that the fire means destruction, and hen you say that the fire is positive. You seem to contradict yourself.
Fire assumes a meaning of both destruction and purification. Ancients Hebraic texts, i e the Psalms talk of heat being cleansing, purifying. The coupling of water and fire is a cleansing effect. The pure wrath of God is destructive to the wicked. His Love washes over His children and clothes them in righteousness. Things often seem as other than they are until inquired upon.
Thanks Gus/Adri. Looked forward to more discussion.
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