JAH is GOOD (may you ALL have peace)!!
It is VERY good to "see" you, my dear brother LQ (peace to you, dear one, and to your household). Beyond what dear Armand (peace, brother!) shared, I am given this... from our dear Lord, the HOLY One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJAH) to share with you:
It is TRUE that those under the altar called out for vengeance. But... from WHOM? Their enemies, yes? The man Cain SHOWED himself to be his brother Abel's "enemy"... because he "hated" Abel. Enough so as to murder him. But for ABEL... this was not just some opposer... or "Pharisee"... or EHEMY. This was, literally, his BROTHER. Now, remember, Abel was CLOSER... in proximity to "creation" and so to JAH... than, say, the Prophets.
The killers (murderers) of the PROPHETS... just as the killers (murderers) even of our dear Lord... were not their FLESHLY brothers. So, while we have those "under the altar" pleading for vengeance... do we
really think Abel
would plead for VENGEANCE as to Cain? Or... would he be MORE like Christ (than us or the Prophets)... and plead for mercy?
I have a brother in the flesh and I KNOW that if he murdered me... I would ask JAH to forgive him. Why?
Because I love him. Reall. I literally do. Now, if the man down the street murdered me... or some guy I'd never met... or, more particularly, some man/men who murdered me because I spoke truth to him or because of my union with Christ... but who was NOT my brother in the flesh... I am not so sure I wouldn't call out for vengeance. Or that my blood would. But my brother that I love... I don't think I COULD call for vengeance.
Indeed, I think I could truly tell you... with ALL honesty... that if my husband, one of my children, one of my PUPPIES... or even my brother in the flesh... murdered me... I would... with ALL of my heart... BEG the MOST Holy One of Israel... JAH... of Armies... to forgive them. Because
I... love THEM... THAT much. I might not understand WHY they did it, murdered me... but
I PROMISE you... I would most probably not only try to come up with a reason, including one that placed some responsibility on ME... but even take the blame ("PLEASE forgive them, dear Lord! They only did it because "
I" did/did not do...
").
I know you are a father so...
do you see what I mean? I KNOW you love YOUR children, dear brother. And so, I ask you: if, for some reason, one of YOUR children murdered YOU...
would you NOT... BEG... JAH... to FORGIVE them... even take SOME of the blame for their action ("Lord, I know
I should have... could have... didn't... if only I had...", etc.)? SIMPLY because of
your LOVE for
them?? Indeed, is that not what our dear Lord does for US?
My point is that those under the altar... which includes Abel... might NOW call out for vengeance for their blood. But would not Abel... Abel who found FAVOR in JAH's eyes... would not his blood... have called out for mercy... forgiveness... AT FIRST?
Would not OURS... if it was someone we LOVED?
God... JAH... the MOST HOLY One of Israel... IS... LOVE. What would "love"... "DO"... in the situation of Abel? And, if Christ's blood speaks in a BETTER way than ABEL'S... what would HIS blood cry out for?
Vengeance? Or... mercy... AND forgiveness?
What would LOVE... "DO"?????
Wait. Our dear Lord JUST asked me this: if ABEL was free of sin... why did HE offer up sacrifices??? Was it not for MERCY and FORGIVENESS? "ATONEMENT"? For... WHAT??
And... if we want to be SHOWN mercy... AND forgiveness... are we not to SHOW mercy... AND forgiveness?
Dear LQ... would Abel have stopped at asking for mercy... and forgivenesss... BEFORE his murder by Cain?
Christ is TRYING to teach us a SURPASSING way, dear brother. Sure, those who called out for vengeance from under the are within their right. As was the familial "avenger of blood." But... are WE??
"With the same judgment that you are judging... you WILL be judged."Wouldn't it be better... more
loving... safer... CHRIST-LIKE... to seek MERCY for those who (try to) "murder" us... in SPIRIT, as well as in flesh... than to seek VENGEANCE? I mean, it's not like vengeance belongs to US, anyway. Right?
If we TRUST, however, that JAH... WILL exact vengeance FOR us... and rather than focus on that, focus on MERCY and FORGIVENESS... how can we LOSE??
WE show love... and JAH, whose right it is... handles the vengeance part.
Isn't THAT what Christ is TRYING to teach us?
I leave it to you, dear, dear brother, to consider... and perhaps ask about.
As always, peace to you and your dear household,
YSSFS of Christ,
Shel, who, BTW... is OVERJOYED to "see" you here!!!!!!!!