Still Today

Still today my heart burns with desire of soon beholding the Bride of Christ dressed in and with His splendor, adorned with the aroma of His (sophia) Wisdom while She walks, while She talks, as She is loved by Him and as She loves the world.

It is with the voice of wisdom tamed by love - within us - His bride, His Church that the overcome the limited spheres of understanding and knowledge experienced by humanity - those that do not know Him are expanded toward the knowledge of Him and no longer is He regarded as a mere historical character but the Son of the Living God. With wisdom tamed by love our voices resound and request repentance emoting His message, His gospel and as we are heard humanity ia able to differentiate our tone from that of mere legalistic fools.

Still today the voice of God's wisdom that resounds within, is used by His Spirit to bring us closer to All Truth (Aletheia) while All Truth is brought closer to us.

It was the voice of (sophia) wisdom - that resounded before the foundation of the earth and declared Truth (Aletheia) with the distinctive vocal overtones of a Paschal Lamb selected by Perfection to pay the price established for our imperfection - that all the worlds were spoken into existence.

Is that same Voice the Voice of the Almighty and Invisible, Invincible, Incomprehensible, Lover of the Soul of Man, Savior of the Universe that still speaks to us today. That same creative Voice, the Voice of the Spirit that overshadowed the womb of a blessed and full of grace young virgin and filled the virginal womb of a young woman and in an instant she became Theotokos, and within her the Logos was dressed with human flesh . While the Logos grew within her, she grew in the knowledge and experience of Him. He slowly grew and developed within her, while she slowly grew and developed in the knowledge of Him. While He as King of the universe subjected himself to human form, her womb became His throne and gave form to the Incarnate God that eternally and unequivocally I AM and with this the heavens and the earth were provided a new dimension of communion (koinonia), He then became man while still being God. He Jesus, the God/Man was born outside of the conventional, outside of the boundaries of the expected. And then for the first time - something new happened under the sun. This was the time for first times. For the first time God saw through human eyes. For the first time created eyes contained the total vision of heaven. For the very first time the earth felt the tiny footsteps of a corporeal body that contained the fullness of the LOGOS of God. For the first time the light proceeding from human flesh, coming out of human eyes illuminated the darkness of human kind and the destiny of the cosmos was eternally changed. For the first time the voice that was sounds like thunder was able to speak to the weak, to the poor, to the sick, to the lame, to the outcasts and forgotten as well as to the rich, the powerful and the lost. The Savior of the ages walked upon the earth dressed in human flesh. The awaited moment for heaven as well as earth, Emmanuel, God with us - and then without theophanic expressions - God walked among us, He came and established, called, and also responded, thaugh with love about love, was sacrificed, promised to raise from the dead, explained, proclaimed and reigned. God the Logos spoke and still speaks today.

Still today, His disciples are proclaiming the message He entrusted and commanded to tell and live and only through wisdom tamed by love we will be able to continue living, enjoying and sharing this incomparable and powerful message, His message. A message that is much greater and profound than any other message because it regulates the eternal destiny of men. Still today this message is capable of transcending time and space. So powerful that is capable of transforming the characteristic that personifies Khronos time and not limited but limited but able to be measured only by Kairos the right and opportune moment or time of God; this way publicly and entirely challenging and rendering powerless the order of the cosmos. Still today, making the blood shed at Calvary fresh and acceptable, accessible and real to men. Accessible as payment, still today -available as the only acceptable ransom. Still today we are to expect that through the proper application of the understanding provided by the wisdom of God our hearts will experience the ineffable lifelong responsibility of embracing the fear of the Lord and that publicly. Still today He and only He is God. Still today, He loves us, ALL of us.

Only with the assistance of ancient divine wisdom translated into understanding we will be able to slowly grasp the eternal love of the Father for us. Expressed in so many illogical ways, sending manna, establishing the law, giving His Son, sharing His Spirit, calling prophets, anointing kings, presenting theophanies, visitations from heaven, dreams, visions, angelic hosts interacting with humans, burning bushes, parting seas, mere men commanding the sun, calling back the dead, commanding droughts, commanding rain, human negotiations from earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth, Moses for the Israelites, Abraham for Lot, Hezekiah for his life, Jesus for us... Incomprehensible and inaccessible to common human perception and limited wisdom but enjoyable bliss to the mind shaped and formed by the wisdom of God. Still today.

My dear brother the Apostle to the gentiles Paul formerly known as Saul expressed it this way (Eph 1:15-21 ALT) For this reason, _I_ also, having heard of the faith of each of you* in the Lord Jesus and your* love for all the holy ones, do not cease from giving thanks for you*, making mention of you* in my prayers, so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory [or, splendor], shall give to you* a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full [or, true] knowledge of Him, the eyes of your* heart having been enlightened, for you* to know what is the hope [or, confident expectation] of His calling and what [are] the riches [or, abundance] of the glory [or, splendor] of His inheritance in the holy ones and what [is] the surpassing greatness of His power to us, the ones believing, according to the supernatural working of the might of His strength, which He supernaturally worked in Christ, having raised Him from the dead and set [Him] at His right hand in the heavenlies [or, heavenly [realms]], far above all rule and authority and power and lordship [or, dominion] and every name having been named, not only in this age, _but_ also in the one coming.

The enjoy the presence of His Wisdom requires meditation, contemplation and for us to "think about this things" and eventually become a thinking people. It is within our mind, within our heart that all battles are waged, lost or won. Therefore to possess a skillful intellect in matters of the spirit and of the organic is not an option but a necessity. He enjoys our hearts. Sharing His thoughts with us is prophecy, marrying His most intimate desires with our human knowing even without instantly or entirely perceiving Him is miraculous. Possessing His mind, entering into His understanding by invitation, by blood, by relationship, through covenant, legally, accepted and not rejected is our inheritance. Existing within the limited parameters of the finite while experiencing eternity within and living with the knowledge that that same divine eternal experience of God, that is our destiny. No longer common but extraordinaire...

Within ourselves He speaks in the form of thoughts composed by deep and sometimes unutterable words and then He reveals, provokes, corrects, restores. "The Kingdom of God is within you" He said.

If ALL these is true and it is, then our responsibility is great, where do we start to life in accordance with the mind of Christ? Listen to St. Philotheos of Sinai from the Ascetic School of Thought from Mount Sinai from (6th - 10th century) from his 40 texts on watchfulness as recollected in The Philokalia (Love of the Beautiful)

It is by means of thoughts that the spirits of evil wage a secret war against the soul. For since the soul is invisible, these malicious powers naturally attack it invisibly. Both sides prepare their weapons, muster their forces, devise stratagems, clash in fearful battle, gain victories and suffer defeats. But the noetic* warfare lacks one feature possessed by the visible warfare: declarations of hostilities. Suddenly with no warning , the enemy attacks the inmost heart, sets an ambush there and kills the soul through sin. And for what purpose is this battle waged against us? To prevent us from doing God's will as we ask to do it when we pray "Thy will be done" This will is the commandments of God. If with the Lord's help through careful watchfulness* you guard your intellect from error and observe the attacks of the demons and their snares woven of fantasy, you will see from experience that this is the case. For this reason the Lord foreseeing the demons' intentions by His divine power, set Himself to defeat their purpose by laying down His commandments and by threatening those who break them
noetic, from the Greek νοῦς (nous) is usually translated as "mind", "understanding", "intellect", or "reason". Most dictionaries define the term noetic as a synonym of "mental" or "intellectual." From the nous emerges the world soul, which gives rise to the manifest realm.

Just as it is impossible to fight battles without weapons, or to swim a great sea with clothes on, or to live without breathing, so without humility and the constant prayer to Christ it is impossible to master the art of inward spiritual warfare or to set about it and pursue it skillfully.' - On Watchfulness and Holiness

Agape,
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Min. Angeles Martinez-Casado
Founder, Director and Research Analyst
Aletheia Ministries "Serving God and Men with Gladness"