[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Second Coming of Jesus

[w.schlesinger at pvida.net]

The Greek word translated ‘again,’ is ἄνωθεν, (anothen). Its root is ἄνω, (ano), which means ‘above.’  The dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus is one of John’s examples of people not getting it.  Being ‘born from above’ is getting a radically new perspective on life.  ‘Above’ is that which gives a broader, more inclusive perspective – like going up on a mountain and looking down at the valley, or the ‘earthrise’ perspective on the planet.

 

You can’t get there from here.  You can’t start with a national, racial, economic or familial identity and ‘get’ the context of inclusiveness, forgiveness, compassion for all and responsibility for all.

 

To a large extent, the intent of RS-1 (and even occasionally succeeding) was to ‘get there.’

 

FWIW

 

Bill Schlesinger

 

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…and I’m thinking that “born again” is something to be thought of as akin to evolving, which suggests that the Big Bang is something akin to an infinitely massive birth.

 

 

David

 

ps. Wow.

 

🤩

 





On Dec 31, 2024, at 5:01 PM, Wesson Gaige via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote:

 

If you are not being continually reborn, how can your continue?





On Dec 31, 2024, at 11:14, Seth Longacre via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote:

 

Yes, Randy, me too. Sometimes four times a day!

 

Seth Longacre

Sethlongacre at gmail.com <mailto:Sethlongacre at gmail.com> 

Sent from one of my iThingies, please excuse typos and brevity





On Dec 31, 2024, at 09:02, Randy Williams via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote:



I was asked if I’d ever been born again. I said, “Absolutely! As a matter of fact, four times so far just this year.”

Randy

 

 

 

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