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Flashback: The Rehabilitation of Peter
A major focus here at Kiln of the Soul virtual parish is healing, of restoring divine justice to the lives of individuals. Naturally that puts our emphasis on pastoral counseling. I write with the aim to declare as clearly as … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, Jesus, moral justice, pastoral counseling, pastoral ministry, psychology, scripture, Simon Peter
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Psalm 35
This is the first imprecatory psalm we encounter, a form which has no parallel in Western literature. It sounds to us like petty vengeance because we lack the proper moral background in our world. Paul warns us that all Creation … Continue reading
Restoring Divine Justice
A life worth living requires a vision bigger than yourself. God’s wrath is also God’s blessing. When the Lord brings His Presence to bear on a human situation, some will feel His wrath, some will feel His loving mercy, and … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, divine mercy, moral consciousness, mysticism, spirituality
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Spiritual OpSec
Terminology first: spiritual — relating to matters of the Spirit Realm; OpSec — broadly recognized as a bureaucratic acronym for Operational Security, those considerations that help to protect some operation from interference and hindrance from any source, whether internal/external, natural/artificial, … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, divine revelation, government, Holy Spirit, mysticism, oppression, OPSEC, spirituality, Two Realms
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Why Things Are So Messy
The heart is more than a mere sensory organ. It is the seat of the will. In theory, it is the place where the executive should reside, but precious few humans have an active wisdom in their hearts. They don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, divine revelation, government, heart, law, Law Covenants, prophecy, scripture, survival
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Psalm 17
In Ancient Near Eastern feudalism, one would present before the sovereign emperor a petition against injustice. The natural assumption is not that the Lord doesn’t know, but that He won’t necessarily act if you think you can handle it. Delegation … Continue reading
Psalm 16
In the Hebrew mind, the highest good was shalom. More than simple absence of distress or conflict, it was much broader. Perhaps a better term would be “social stability” — a combination of salient factors working together to provide a … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, hebrew poetry, King David, mysticism, Psalms, symbolic logic
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Psalm 10
As noted before, this continues the acrostic order of the previous psalm. However, in a sort of parallel, while the previous addressed external enemies, this one mourns over internal enemies. It is unlikely David failed to understand, at least in … Continue reading
Psalm 5
This is a morning song. The context is clearly David as King, perhaps in a warm-up to more formal worship. In the quiet of his first rising, David appeals to God as a king beset by a royal court loaded … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, government, King David, prayer, survival
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Job 42
Job confesses that God is beyond limits as He is the One who created boundaries. God’s divine justice cannot be thwarted by anything or anyone within Creation. Then Job answers the two direct questions God asked of him, in recognition … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, answer to Job, divine justice, Job, knowledge of God, revelation, scripture
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