Monday, November 16, 2009

We Still Have Time, But How Much?

Job 28: There is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined....Man sets his hand against the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots. He carves out channels through rock; his eyes behold every precious thing. He dams up the sources of streams so that hidden things may be brought to light. But Where can Wisdom be found; where is the source of understanding? G-d understands the way to it, He knows its source, for He sees to the ends of the earth, observes all that is beneath the heavens. When He fixed the weight of the winds, set the measure of the waters; When He made a rule for the rain and a course for the thunderstorms, then He saw it and gauged it; He measured it and probed it. He said to man, "See! Fear of the L-rd is Wisdom; to shun evil is understanding."
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Submit, submit, not by force but through your own understanding, for The Holy One is taking notes as He walks His fields of grain, biding His time, assessing His harvest, stepping over the stubble. For behold most of the grain is gone. Lost to ignorance, negligence, disease and decay. The air is calm and cool, not a leaf stirs. The lofty mountains raise their heads behind Him as the once fertile valley sprawls endlessly below, in futility, as she cries for fruition. But her breadbasket is empty. His ears catch the sounds of small whimpers, dying notes... softly, soulfully, they quickly fade away. He follows them to their source. The sight is overwhelming. Tiny corpses, discarded like empty milk cartons, hollow vessels, litter the field. He stops, makes an entry in His Journal and moves on. "Even though I AM THAT I AM even I am having difficulty dealing with man's ignorance and the magnitude of his evil inclinations. How long am I to allow this to continue? Human on Human atrocities and other corruptions have filled up the pages of My Holy Journal: Defiling of My Holy Name; Worshipping False Idols; Lewdness; Perversion; Depravity; Murder; Selfishness; Greed; Power; Arrogance, until their numbers spill over. Man has willfully disobeyed and corrupted My Laws I set forth for Him since the Beginning. I am a patient G-d but Man's Evil proclivity is wearing thin and his time is running out". He Who Has Ears, Hear. For the Time of the L-rd is very dear and His Coming is very near.

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