Greetings Dear Reader,
There will be spoilers. This is your only warning. This BLOG series will walk through each episode of the first two seasons of the amazing show The Chosen available free to watch at the link. If you have not seen it, I encourage you to do so. It is by far the best adaptation of the Gospels to film I have ever encountered.
The man from whom they buy the land at the beginning of the episode pauses when they mention covenants. He knew he was not supposed to sell his land. He knew there were covenants with the Father in the Law. One needs to list3en carefully to the episode to see this theme follow through it.
When the disciples have their apples in the morning, they pay by rote and not from the heart. The covenant of prayer is still mundane to them. The discussion of Jesus among the Pharisees is more about intrigue and politics than it is about keeping the covenant the Father has made with Israel. Like the church today, the people seem more about business than about faith in the Father based on love.
Even Shmuel expresses doubt about the motives being forwarded concerning Jesus. When we leave behind the agreements the Father has made with us, we cannot do what is good. The command to love the Father and love all humans must be the foundation of all we do if we are to live the covenant involved in following Christ. I realize they are commandments as well as an agreement. Still, we enter into a covenant when we choose to follow Jesus.
The covenant is not one to earn redemption. That is a gift of God by faith. The covenant is the choice to obey the Father because of the gift of our redemption. It is our promise to follow and live out the covenant of love. The idea of this is what we get in the beatitudes. The covenants of blessing are found in being meek, mournful, and thirsty for righteousness. Being a peacemaker is part of the covenant to see God.
As my journey through life unfolds, the comfort, the kingdom, and the inheritance I yearn for are all there. They are in the covenant blessing offered by Jesus, Dear Reader. I do not need to riot or revolt. I must express my love to the Father by obeying the Son. No matter the circumstances, my portion of the covenant is to be salt and light. It is to follow in faith living out the blessings available to me when I love as the Father commands and as Jesus prayed I would. In this is the way home.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become
a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally
hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
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Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.
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