The proverb which says, "a word is enough for the wise.” is never a lie, I had so many opportunities, but I misuse them.
What a world I am, a world that I use my hands to destroy, I never thought I will regret it.
Who will think because of my attitude my parents abandoned me and never look back for me even for once.
I never thought desperation could be a disaster, not until when I began to see the other same of the mirror.
The world is a small place that is everything is vanity upon vanity, what you never thought to hurting is more hurtful than anything you could imagine, just like what goes around will surely come around someday sometimes.
Every one thinks I speak in parables, please come allow me to share you the story of my life or will I say my experience that I will never allow an enemy to encounter in life?
The position of the Gospel according to Matthew as the first of the four gospels in the New Testament reflects both the view that it was the first to be written, a view that goes back to the late second century A.D., and the esteem in which it was held by the church; no other was so frequently quoted in the noncanonical literature of earliest Christianity. Although the majority of scholars now reject the opinion about the time of its composition, the high estimation of this work remains. The reason for that becomes clear upon study of the way in which Matthew presents his story of Jesus, the demands of Christian discipleship, and the breaking-in of the new and final age through the ministry but particularly through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
The gospel begins with a narrative prologue, the first part of which is a genealogy of Jesus starting with Abraham, the father of Israel. Yet at the beginning of that genealogy Jesus is designated as “the son of David, the son of Abraham”. The kingly ancestor who lived about a thousand years after Abraham is named first, for this is the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the royal anointed one. In the first of the episodes of the infancy narrative that follow the genealogy, the mystery of Jesus’ person is declared. He is conceived of a virgin by the power of the Spirit of God. The first of the gospel’s fulfillment citations, whose purpose it is to show that he was the one to whom the prophecies of Israel were pointing, occurs here: he shall be named Emmanuel, for in him God is with us.
The announcement of the birth of this newborn king of the Jews greatly troubles not only King Herod but all Jerusalem, yet the Gentile magi are overjoyed to find him and offer him their homage and their gifts. Thus his ultimate rejection by the mass of his own people and his acceptance by the Gentile nations is foreshadowed. He must be taken to Egypt to escape the murderous plan of Herod. By his sojourn there and his subsequent return after the king’s death he relives the Exodus experience of Israel. The words of the Lord spoken through the prophet Hosea, “Out of Egypt I called my son,” are fulfilled in him; if Israel was God’s son, Jesus is so in a way far surpassing the dignity of that nation, as his marvelous birth and the unfolding of his story show. Back in the land of Israel, he must be taken to Nazareth in Galilee because of the danger to his life in Judea, where Herod’s son Archelaus is now ruling. The sufferings of Jesus in the infancy narrative anticipate those of his passion, and if his life is spared in spite of the dangers, it is because his destiny is finally to give it on the cross as “a ransom for many”. Thus the word of the angel will be fulfilled, “…he will save his people from their sins”.
In Matthew begins his account of the ministry of Jesus, introducing it by the preparatory preaching of John the Baptist, the baptism of Jesus that culminates in God’s proclaiming him his “beloved Son”, and the temptation in which he proves his true sonship by his victory over the devil’s attempt to deflect him from the way of obedience to the Father. The central message of Jesus’ preaching is the coming of the kingdom of heaven and the need for repentance, a complete change of heart and conduct, on the part of those who are to receive this great gift of God Galilee is the setting for most of his ministry; he leaves there for Judea only and his ministry in Jerusalem, the goal of his journey, is limited to a few days.
In this extensive material there are five great discourses of Jesus, each concluding with the formula “When Jesus finished these words” or one closely similar. These are an important structure of the gospel. In every case the discourse is preceded by a narrative section, each narrative and discourse together constituting a “book” of the gospel. The discourses are, respectively, the “Sermon on the Mount”, the missionary discourse, the parable discourse, the “church
This shortest of all New Testament gospels is likely the first to have been written, yet it often tells of Jesus’ ministry in more detail than either Matthew or Luke. It recounts what Jesus did in a vivid style, where one incident follows directly upon another. In this almost breathless narrative, Mark stresses Jesus’ message about the kingdom of God now breaking into human life as good news and Jesus himself as the gospel of God. Jesus is the Son whom God has sent to rescue humanity by serving and by sacrificing his life.
The opening verse about good news in Mark serves as a title for the entire book. The action begins with the appearance of John the Baptist, a messenger of God attested by scripture. But John points to a mightier one, Jesus, at whose baptism God speaks from heaven, declaring Jesus his Son. The Spirit descends upon Jesus, who eventually, it is promised, will baptize “with the holy Spirit.” This presentation of who Jesus really is, rounded out with a brief reference to the temptation of Jesus and how Satan’s attack fails. Jesus as Son of God will be victorious, a point to be remembered as one reads of Jesus’ death and the enigmatic ending to Mark’s Gospel.
The key verses at Mark which are programmatic, summarize what Jesus proclaims as gospel: fulfillment, the nearness of the kingdom, and therefore the need for repentance and for faith. After the call of the first four disciples, all fishermen we see Jesus engaged in teaching, preaching, and healing, and exorcising demons. The content of Jesus’ teaching is only rarely stated, and then chiefly in parables about the kingdom. His cures, especially on the sabbath; his claim, like God, to forgive sins; his table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners; and the statement that his followers need not now fast but should rejoice while Jesus is present, all stir up opposition that will lead to Jesus’ death.
Jesus’ teaching in exalts the word of God over “the tradition of the elders” and sees defilement as a matter of the heart, not of unclean foods. Yet opposition mounts. Scribes charge that Jesus is possessed by Beelzebul. His relatives think him “out of his mind”. Jesus’ kinship is with those who do the will of God, in a new eschatological family, not even with mother, brothers, or sisters by blood ties. But all too often his own disciples do not understand Jesus. The fate of John the Baptist hints ominously at Jesus’ own passion.
Momentarily he is glimpsed in his true identity when he is transfigured before three of the disciples, but by and large Jesus is depicted in Mark as moving obediently along the way to his cross in Jerusalem. Occasionally there are miracles, the only such account in Jerusalem), sometimes teachings, but the greatest concern is with discipleship. For the disciples do not grasp the mystery being revealed. One of them will betray him, Judas; one will deny him, Peter; all eleven men will desert Jesus.
The Gospel of Mark ends in the most ancient manuscripts with an abrupt scene at Jesus’ tomb, which the women find empty. His own prophecy of Mk is reiterated, that Jesus goes before the disciples into Galilee; “there you will see him.” These words may imply resurrection appearances there, or Jesus’ parousia there, or the start of Christian mission, or a return to the roots depicted in Galilee.
Mark’s Gospel is even more oriented to christology. Jesus is the Son of God. He is the Messiah, the anointed king of Davidic descent, the Greek for which, Christos, has, by the time Mark wrote, become in effect a proper name. Jesus is also seen as Son of Man, a term used in Mark not simply as a substitute for “I” or for humanity in general or with reference to a mighty figure who is to come, but also in connection with Jesus’ predestined, necessary path of suffering and vindication.
What happens when men approaches the mouth of agu-ndaja forest, which is the mother of the mysterious four headed snake, the forest that harbor's the celestial ogbanala river... I tell you, not even the parable of the squirrel can explain the outcome of of this dance!
The quest for wealth and power may sound easy...but in-between the lines are the dangers of it....Yet, After this quest ..and dangers ..comes the consequences...and now these friends are facing the worst of it..
The story of Jonah has great theological import. It concerns a disobedient prophet who rejected his divine commission, was cast overboard in a storm and swallowed by a great fish, rescued in a marvelous manner, and returned to his starting point. Now he obeys and goes to Nineveh, the capital of Israel’s ancient enemy. The Ninevites listen to his message of doom and repent immediately. All, from king to lowliest subject, humble themselves in sackcloth and ashes. Seeing their repentance, God does not carry out the punishment planned for them. At this, Jonah complains, angry because the Lord spares them. This fascinating story caricatures a narrow mentality which would see God’s interest extending only to Israel, whereas God is presented as concerned with and merciful to even the inhabitants of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire which brought the Northern Kingdom of Israel to an end and devastated Jerusalem in 701 B.C. The Lord is free to “repent” and change his mind. Jonah seems to realize this possibility and wants no part in it. But the story also conveys something of the ineluctable character of the prophetic calling.
The book is replete with irony, wherein much of its humor lies. The name “Jonah” means “dove” in Hebrew, but Jonah’s character is anything but dove-like. Jonah is commanded to go east to Nineveh but flees toward the westernmost possible point, only to be swallowed by a great fish and dumped back at this starting point.
The sailors pray to their gods, but Jonah is asleep in the hold. The prophet’s preaching is a minimum message of destruction, while it is the king of Nineveh who calls for repentance and conversion; the instant conversion of the Ninevites is greeted by Jonah with anger and sulking.
He reproaches the Lord in words that echo Israel’s traditional praise of his mercy. Jonah is concerned about the loss of the gourd but not about the possible destruction of 120,000 Ninevites.
This book is the story of a disobedient, narrow-minded prophet who is angry at the outcome of the sole message he delivers. It is difficult to date but almost certainly is postexilic and may reflect the somewhat narrow, nationalistic reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. As to genre, it has been classified in various ways, such as parable or satire. The “sign” of Jonah is interpreted in two ways in the New Testament: His experience of three days and nights in the fish is a “type” of the experience of the Son of Man (Mt 12:39–40), and the Ninevites’ reaction to the preaching of Jonah is contrasted with the failure of Jesus’ generation to obey the preaching of one who is “greater than Jonah”
Its 25 November 2036 , Pandora express was leaving station no. 1.048596%. Aster and Citalia boarded the Starrail into leaving the bounds of space and time. All the calculations were perfect, Everything was pre-calculated except the approaching solar storm. The gigantic space storm crashed the navigation into throwing Aster and Citalia into the enigmatic realm of Myriad. They both were standing on a floating island where a goddess proclaiming herself "Sustainer of Celestius Exordium" appeared from a stellar gateway and started fighting them.
Citalia was captured by her and turned into mere atoms while Aster was thrown from the island towards the land. Aster's mind was in conundrum during the free fall and ultimately when he was at a breaking point , a mysterious voice echoed through his mind.
"Let's make an exchange shall we? An exchange of memories" - Mage S
Thus begins an odyssey of Cosmic and Celestial proportions.
"Myriad and the Celestia" is an epic tale of cosmic forces, mystery, fiction and the pursuit of answers in a world where gods and entities conspires, and the celestial dance holds the key to destiny.
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"I dreamed of a ray of light of a crystal chalice. The light from the crystal spoke to me." - Mage S
"Listen to the parable of stars." - Words written on Gateway of Stellar Radiance
"The nameless one, The pathless one, arrived from the edge of the universe, cladin stellar radiance." - Jester
"Embark on a journey where the boundaries of time and space blur, and the celestial mysteries beckon those brave enough to unveil them. Go now, march unwavering into solar wind. At the end you will return to my embrace." - Mage S
Victoria Starkliff, as Major General and Madame Senior, possesses innumerable possessions, silver eyeglasses, restraining the people around her, respecting the cold, icy personality of the South Pole, the tallest woman ever. Can arrive.
Her secret is a parable that requires everyone to search with the utmost determination, but the secret in her heart is a parable given to only one person has the right to find it.
And that one is ...
R. M. Bernat Lusson, the only person who
"Her eyes are not as scary as everyone says, but they are beautiful and mysterious," she said with a smile.
While the icy heart allows his name to be in it, he does not understand how she feels about him.
She just let time pass
Go without claiming the right to own his heart and keep the sweet feeling in the bottom of his heart before it melts into ashes on the body in the last seconds of her life.
Commanding aircraft to fly in the air or
Fighting against the enemy does not seem as difficult as turning her attention to her.
Who says she has never failed in life?
She has already failed in a love affair.
The end of that deep hidden emotion is withdrawal.
Get out before her sink deeper ...
In a desolate land where arid winds whispered tales of forgotten dreams, a small community struggled to thrive amidst the barrenness that surrounded them. The earth, cracked and parched, mirrored the hardships etched into the faces of its inhabitants. Yet, within the dusty remnants of what once flourished, there lingered a tenacious spirit, a refusal to succumb to the desolation.
Amidst the muted tones of the landscape, a resilient group of individuals cultivated a garden of hope. Each seed planted carried the weight of a collective dream, a shared vision to transform the barren into a sanctuary of life. Their hands, calloused and weathered, bore witness to the struggle against nature's indifference. As they toiled, the monotony of the barren canvas gradually gave way to the vibrant strokes of green defiance.
In the heart of this struggling oasis, a storyteller emerged—a custodian of memories and dreams. With every tale woven, the barrenness seemed to retreat, if only momentarily. The stories became the lifeblood, nurturing the spirits of those who dared to believe that abundance could rise from the ashes of emptiness. The storyteller's words, like raindrops on a thirsty land, sparked the imagination and fueled the determination to transform their world.
As seasons passed, the once barren land became a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. A patchwork of color replaced the monochrome desolation, and laughter echoed where silence once reigned. The community, once bound by adversity, now stood united in the triumph over barrenness. Through collective effort and unwavering hope, they had carved a vibrant tapestry out of the desolate canvas that once defined their existence.
In the end, the story of transformation transcended the physical landscape. It became a parable whispered in the winds—a reminder that even in the harshest terrain, life could emerge from the depths of barrenness. The journey from desolation to abundance, marked by the indomitable will of those who refused to surrender to the arid fate, became a timeless tale etched into the very soul of the land.
