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Throughout the Bible, the imagery of wine is used in a positive light, like Jesus turning water into wine or the Passover cup where it symbolizes the shedding of his own blood. But the winepress itself, the process, that pressure and transformation holds other implications. Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his scythe on the [...]

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I really am trying to plow my way through these final chapters of Revelation, but it’s slow going. Not that I don’t understand what I am reading or appreciate the wonderful images and symbolism. I simply don’t know where the application for me, right now, might be hidden. Revelation 11:3-5 And I will appoint my [...]

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Peace is another word for God as is Light and Love and Jesus. I seek and I find and then I must pursue the next seeking and the next finding. I Peter 3:11 They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. [Psalm 34:14] Through the course of this [...]

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I’ve always wondered about the sequencing of this verse: ask, seek, and knock. Each of these actions has a promise of success. Yes, but first there must be intent and choice, a decision to do something different. Matthew 7:7 Ask and it [the good gifts] will be given to you; seek and you will find; [...]

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It’s a process, this sowing and reaping thing. Generally, this pairing is used as a metaphor for the bad things that happen in our lives, but of course, good planting makes for good results. Unfortunately, the good seeds seem to grow a lot slower than all the rest. Hosea 10:12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap [...]

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I am not poor. Of course, I’m working on it, what with spiraling debt and fruitless planning. But, in the greater scheme of things and the world at large, I am quite flush and comfortable. So, who am I speak about the promises of God for the poor? Psalm 69:30, 32 I will praise God’s [...]

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How long? Maybe forever without intervention. Am I living within a mirage? Am I seeing what I want to see instead of what is there? Am I in the simulated reality of some matrix that I cannot readily perceive? Have I allowed myself to believe in a lie? A delusion? How would I know? Psalm [...]

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