feast: The Blind See
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 20-Oct-11; Sermon # FT11-14; 70 minutes
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Richard Ritenbaugh, acknowledging the premature death of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, and his accomplishments, reports he had a darker side, dying as a Zen Buddhist and displaying the characteristic of a tyrant. Though he was highly successful by worldly standards, he was not called, and had no concept of God’s plan. This 8th Day, symbolizing the Great White Throne Judgment, depicting the huge harvest, will be the harvest of the greater part of mankind—all the rest of the dead. What Jesus preached about in John 8-10 is the gold standard of instruction about the eighth day. Jesus comes in as the Light of the World, providing forgiveness to the woman caught in adultery and rebuke for the recalcitrant Pharisees. People in the world cannot understand without God’s Spirit. Jesus Christ knew that God the Father had his back. At the conclusion of His confrontation with the Pharisees (pointing out their hopeless bondage to sin), the next part of God’s plan is revealed—the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Pharisees, by their behavior, proved that they had not the foggiest concept of God the Father, but instead were children of Satan, as is the bulk of the world’s population. The episode contained in John 9, about the man born blind from birth, depicts the hopeless spiritual blindness of most of the earth. Only Jesus Christ, as the Light of the World, can release the world from spiritual blindness. The clay and spittle Christ uses possibly depicts or alludes to a new creation in the future. Jesus Christ’s admonition for the blind man to walk and cleanse himself emphasizes the works of repentance. The pool of Siloam alludes to the paradise of creation –waters of Eden from Gihon Spring, perhaps depicting the Holy Spirit and its power to heal.
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Apple computer Atari program Blindness Blindness as a punishment for sin Bondage to sin Children of the Devil Clay and saliva Divorce rate Dust of the ground Ephesians 2:11-13 Exodus 23:16 Feast of Ingathering Jesus Christ’s power over death John 8-10 Judged according to their works Miser Nehemiah 8 Man born blind from birth Next step in God’s plan Numbers 29 Pharisees Revelation 20:11-13; 21:5 Slave of sin Steve Jobs Steve Wasniak Transmigration of souls Truth shall set you free Woman caught in adultery
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