Sequential Logic in Creation
Introduction
In the School of Divinity, the Bible serves as an instruction manual for all classes.
There is always the first class, but it is the Almighty who chooses the actual graduation date and it is He that determines who graduates. The passing of the final test in the school of divinity we may call 'the victor's peak.'
The one that is in the first grade of learning must respect the one that is in the tenth grade. The one in the forth grade and the one in the fifth will also stand apart because one already enjoys the higher knowledge while the other just aspires to gain it.
Theology, which means knowledge about God, takes the Bible and attempts to unify it all into a frozen-in-time doctrine. History keeps on recording any freshly emerging knowledge and experience, but some knowledge transcends time therefore, in earthly terms, makes a poor candidate for such records.
In the first grade, one learns that two plus two is four, but later one understands ( E=mc2 ): energy equals mass / times / the speed of light / squared.
In the physical world, we understand that without an effort there is no achievement, as the saying goes, 'no pain no gain.' Technology moves forwards, each day we gain greater knowledge through computers and communications media, but when it comes to spiritual matters, the old religious superstition kicks in and we immediately mystify God as some distant enigma. However, if that was not enough we seek all kinds of ways to freeze God in time and shelve Him together with topics we have already figured out. Human nature tends to resist and often rejects anything beyond the scope of its comprehension.
We read the same Bible, but in our spiritual development, different verses apply to different grades. No one wants to make a soup from all that has been written and call it the correct teaching and then if someone questions the ingredients he or she questions the truth. If someone else teaches line upon line and precept upon precept, only few can take hold of this unbroken strand of knowledge, fasten it together and then enjoy the union with the Almighty.
The most appalling pride is the religious one, for it conveniently packaged God and made Him ready for shipment out of one's life. Be on the lookout for such for in their presence they will not let you open that box and examine its contents; but if you dare, they will brand you a false teacher. Run away from such for they are on this earth to test the quality of your faith, but do not forget that where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Fight for and protect this liberty for it is the most precious possession in this life.
The Bible speaks to all ages, it edifies and inspires, shows the right and the wrong therefore it is the foundation of morality.
Discrepancies in the biblical cannon are numerous, but these do not undermine the validity of the Scripture, but rather draw the reader towards scrupulous study and thus gain greater understanding.
A Bible student should not embrace one doctrine against another for a doctrine will never make something monolithic out of something that evolves within each frame or dispensation of time.
Although the Bible points towards the past and speaks of the future, which some interpret to suit own beliefs; one should study with keen observation rather than seek indoctrination. One cannot stress enough the importance of such study for through ingestion and absorption of the biblical information one embarks on a journey and begins to move.
In Him we live and MOVE... (The Book of Acts 17:28)