Like Martin Luther who would beat himself bloody with reeds and punished himself by laying in the snow naked? He felt the suffering brought him closer to the Lord.Have you ever thought that it was all deliberately written that way to divert the enemies of the authors, both the godless and the irrational who either dismiss the stories as ridiculous or take it literally and go insane. Either way the hidden teaching remains hidden in plain sight buried, protected and perpetuated by the enemies of the people who wrote the book who still do not think very deeply to this day..It's just all too silly to take serious but far too many adults take this shit literally.
So he drove the man out and to the east of eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming and flashing sword that turns in every direction, to guard the way to the tree of life."
Damn smart them ancient goat herders if you ask me.
He was sure he was living in the end of times just like people today believe we are living in the end of days.
No, I wasn't talking about him, he didn't write the book, but it seems to have had its desired effect on both of you.
You dismiss it as ridiculous, he went mad. The secrets to the kingdom of heaven remain locked up and hidden in a vault gliding safely through time, well out of reach, obscured by the clouds, high above your head.
"Take from my hand this cup of fiery wine and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. When they have drunk it they will vomit and go mad; such is the sword that I am sending among them.."
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