Two Crosses
One Truth
The point of God's Plan for Man is for us to find the truth. To view and apply Scripture and especially Jesus' words in a present day perspective. If we do so, His Divine Mercy is revealed. His words from the Cross are the delineation point where humanity can cross over to the Kingdom of God if we choose too.
What I share in these writings comes only from what I have first heard and learned from the author of God's Plan for Man and then testing and experiencing them for myself. Experiencing the words are the reason I write here in hopes to be of service, so others might experience the love that comes through God's Christ. Once again they are offered for your consideration.
God's Plan for Man was written so that we may read it from the perspective of one who hung on a cross next to Jesus. The one on His right side. One who comes to see his true self in the light of Jesus on the cross. Then asking for to be forgiven and then repentance (conversion). Then as Jesus promised we can be with Him in Paradise. This occurred physically for a thief as an actual historic event and once again now for one as a spiritual and physical event.
Seems to me, like thieves we take so many things we believe and do in our lives for granted not giving much more thought to them. Including the words of our religions, politics and philosophies. Never really conscious of our thoughts and actions in the light of Love. A Light that imagines Jesus lovingly turning to look at us from the Cross. However, when we do become conscious we realize that we know not what we do! It is at that point, Our Father's Kingdom comes to life within us.
Most all assume the story of the repentant thief is a story about salvation. It offers us the hope that after we die we can like the repentant thief get the chance to go to heaven and that is often as far as it goes. This is true, however there is so much more meaning to the sacrifice Jesus offered nearly 2,000 years ago. He suffered and died so the Father's Kingdom could become a reality here on earth. That Kingdom begins with knowing His Name. However, the full Truth of Jesus' sacrifice can only be seen from the second cross that is on His right side.
As Jesus was being crucified He spoke these words "It is finished!" The world, even to this day, overwhelmingly view these words as coming from a broken man who was dying, giving up knowing his time was at hand. However, remember, all you who profess to be good Christians, those words recorded for all posterity were not uttered by any mere man. But by God Himself who humanity knows as the Son of God. His mission was to atone for our sins and bring us back to Himself. In God's Plan for Man the author ardently reminds us - Jesus completed that mission. Once and for all, He defeated the Evil Force that motivates and constructs the Vice system of lies, death and suffering that put Him on the Cross in the first place. Or I should say "IT" constructed the Cross upon which Jesus laid Himself down upon for our sake. Evil was/is defeated and most importantly the lie of evil can now be seen by the Light of the Cross, so we may be protected and defeat evil ourselves for His sake. Beginning with our thoughts. This is the testing point and the victory message of God's Plan for Man. He did this so man could follow.
This is what I have gleaned from reading God's Plan for Man and listening to the author
Dennis A. Gunn.
Two things occurred from Jesus' death and Resurrection; Salvation and Deliverance. One is eternal the other physical. For almost 2,000 years repentant believers have been comforted in knowing that their souls can enter heaven by the merciful forgiveness Jesus gave from the Cross. For as He said " I did not come to judge the world but to save the world" John 12:47. That is eternal salvation. Yet, the other part of the victory has not yet been fully realized. That is deliverance from evil which is spiritual and physical. Giving mankind a resurrected conscience that will usher in the Kingdom of God here on earth.
How does that deliverance occur? When we come to recognize, internalize and trust the the Power of Jesus' words and sacrifice from the Cross. Thus we will begin to change the way we think/act as the repentant thief did. Then our sufferings will lessen as we come into the healing peace of His will. Because given time we will able to DISCERN more precisely between good and evil and act accordingly. Separating ourselves from that which harms us. This does not occur in some kind of magical way, but through faith and then rational thought and reason. Which combined is wisdom.
Crosses of Southern Cross
a Reflective
Universe
Einstein Cross
In astronomy there is a commonly known constellation called the Southern Cross. It is regularly seen in the southern hemisphere but only periodically in the southern portion of the Northern Hemisphere. Never the less it is well known in Navigation. A second astronomical cross less well known is Einstein's Cross. It is a cross that was seen from a radio telescope that was focused on a distant quasar. The light form the quasar bends as it travels through a galaxy in front of it forming a four point cross with a center point as it's heart. Certainly reflective of the wounds of Jesus.
This phenomena is known as gravitational lensing, which is one of the predictions of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity which states a distribution of mass is capable of bending light as it travels from it's source towards the observer. Thus, the observer sees new information plus the original light source. So with this discovery could it be that God wants us to explore more deeply the true meaning of the Cross as a today reality?
Here is something to consider. We now know that in this age there is a second cross known in physics and astronomy; Einstein's Cross. Also, as a reader of my first post we now know that Dennis A. Gunn in the book God's Plan for Man explores the meaning E=MC2. He postulates about Christ-man relativity to Eternity. God's Plan for Man pg 306-310
Also, the name/word "Einstein" numerical encoded value happens to be 95. Matching anyone of the points of the Name of God Star diagram from my previous post A Gift By Name ".
Two things occurred from Jesus' death and Resurrection; Salvation and Deliverance. One is eternal the other physical. For almost 2,000 years repentant believers have been comforted in knowing that their souls can enter heaven by the merciful forgiveness Jesus gave from the Cross. For as He said " I did not come to judge the world but to save the world" John 12:47. That is eternal salvation. Yet, the other part of the victory has not yet been fully realized. That is deliverance from evil which is spiritual and physical. Giving mankind a resurrected conscience that will usher in the Kingdom of God here on earth.
How does that deliverance occur? When we come to recognize, internalize and trust the the Power of Jesus' words and sacrifice from the Cross. Thus we will begin to change the way we think/act as the repentant thief did. Then our sufferings will lessen as we come into the healing peace of His will. Because given time we will able to DISCERN more precisely between good and evil and act accordingly. Separating ourselves from that which harms us. This does not occur in some kind of magical way, but through faith and then rational thought and reason. Which combined is wisdom.
In God's Plan for Man the gift of the Cross becomes the reasoning tool in which we can use as our guide. A guide in which we can see the words of the Bible from their original meaning applied in a present day reality.
As Dennis A. Gunn has expressed by putting our thoughts at the Cross we can discern our thoughts. Separating the good from evil. Good on right, bad on left. Thus staying true and being delivered (protected) from evil/lie. He has explained we do not originate thoughts, but process them. And the thoughts we process come form only one of two places. GOD or evil. Sounds so simple, but it is challenging. However, in time with the Grace of God a true delineation will occur. This is the Gift of the Second Cross.
It is in the wisdom of God, that if we look at the Cross from the light of the second cross, then the Sign of the Son of Man as described in Mathew 24:30 will be revealed. Then Christ will be known throughout the world and the invocation "In Jesus Name " will be fully understood.
a Reflective
Universe
Einstein Cross
In astronomy there is a commonly known constellation called the Southern Cross. It is regularly seen in the southern hemisphere but only periodically in the southern portion of the Northern Hemisphere. Never the less it is well known in Navigation. A second astronomical cross less well known is Einstein's Cross. It is a cross that was seen from a radio telescope that was focused on a distant quasar. The light form the quasar bends as it travels through a galaxy in front of it forming a four point cross with a center point as it's heart. Certainly reflective of the wounds of Jesus.
This phenomena is known as gravitational lensing, which is one of the predictions of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity which states a distribution of mass is capable of bending light as it travels from it's source towards the observer. Thus, the observer sees new information plus the original light source. So with this discovery could it be that God wants us to explore more deeply the true meaning of the Cross as a today reality?
Here is something to consider. We now know that in this age there is a second cross known in physics and astronomy; Einstein's Cross. Also, as a reader of my first post we now know that Dennis A. Gunn in the book God's Plan for Man explores the meaning E=MC2. He postulates about Christ-man relativity to Eternity. God's Plan for Man pg 306-310
Also, the name/word "Einstein" numerical encoded value happens to be 95. Matching anyone of the points of the Name of God Star diagram from my previous post A Gift By Name ".
Are these once again just meaningless coincidences?
"And He said to them all, If any man come after me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23."
In this reflective created universe I have seen the cross, Jesus spoke of. One man knows it better than any. It it is not heavy, but Light.
Christianity is now offered that Cross in God's Plan For Man.
Will you take it up?
