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Andrew and Natalie
This is their recent picture. It was quite pleasant to see how much the children have grown up as well.
All in all, I am glad they are doing well in PNG, serving the Lord.
All the best Andrew and Nat.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Transfiguration
At the moment, I am reading Jesus of Nazareth by Joseph Ratzinger, the Pope Benedict XVI. Today, I read about the Transfiguration in the book. As he has been doing so far in the book, the Pope shares some interesting insights about one of the most important events in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The close connection b/t the Transfiguration and Moses' experience in Exodus 34:29-35 is undeniably clear. The superiority of Jesus Christ is also clearly manifested. Moses received the light, but Jesus Christ became the light. So, the text says that the clothes of the Lord Jesus Christ became white as light (Matthew 17:2).
This white clothing seems to be the same type of attire of the people of God in Revelations (cf 7:9, 19:14). Then, the question is how can the clothes of God's people be white. Where do they have to wash their clothes? The answer is found in Revelations as well. Revelations 7:14 says that "they (the people of God) have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Although we wash our filthy clothes with the red blood of Jesus Christ, our clothes will be as white as snow.
Further thoughts:
1. Does this clothes imagery explain Paul's command, such as "put on Jesus Christ (cf. Romans 13:14)."
2. I find it is also interesting that when David talked about the cleansing of his sins, he also uses the analogy of doing laundry (Psalm 51:2). Can it be a simple coincidence?
DongWoo Oh 18.04.2008
The close connection b/t the Transfiguration and Moses' experience in Exodus 34:29-35 is undeniably clear. The superiority of Jesus Christ is also clearly manifested. Moses received the light, but Jesus Christ became the light. So, the text says that the clothes of the Lord Jesus Christ became white as light (Matthew 17:2).
This white clothing seems to be the same type of attire of the people of God in Revelations (cf 7:9, 19:14). Then, the question is how can the clothes of God's people be white. Where do they have to wash their clothes? The answer is found in Revelations as well. Revelations 7:14 says that "they (the people of God) have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Although we wash our filthy clothes with the red blood of Jesus Christ, our clothes will be as white as snow.
Further thoughts:
1. Does this clothes imagery explain Paul's command, such as "put on Jesus Christ (cf. Romans 13:14)."
2. I find it is also interesting that when David talked about the cleansing of his sins, he also uses the analogy of doing laundry (Psalm 51:2). Can it be a simple coincidence?
DongWoo Oh 18.04.2008
Saturday, October 28, 2006
My favorite poem
Actually, I don't think I will be good at maintaining this blog. I didn't realize how time consuming this work would be. It will be a big challenge for me to be a good blogger.
So, I would like to share one of my favorite poems with others. It was composed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Who Am I?
Who am I? They often tell me
I would step from my cell's confinement
calmly, cheerfully, firmly,
Like a squire from his country-house.
Who am I? They often tell me
I would talk to my warders
freely and friendly and clearly,
as though it were mine to command
Who am I? They also tell me
I would bear the days of misfortune
equably, smilingly, proudly,
Like one accustomed to win.
Am I then really all that which other men tell of?
Or am I only what I know of myself,
restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,
struggling for breath, as though hands were
compressing my throat,
hungry for colours, for flowers, for the voices of birds,
thristy for words of kindness, for neighbourliness,
trembling with anger at despotisms and petty humiliation,
caught up in expectation of great events,
powerlessly grieving for friends at an infinite distance,
weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making,
faint, and ready to lay farewell to it all?
Who am I? This or the other?
Am I one person today, and tomorrow another?
Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others,
and before myself a contemptibly woebegone weakling? Or is something within me still like a beaten army, fleeing in disorder from victory already achieved? Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine. Whoever I Iam , thou knowest, O God, I am thine.
So, I would like to share one of my favorite poems with others. It was composed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Who Am I?
Who am I? They often tell me
I would step from my cell's confinement
calmly, cheerfully, firmly,
Like a squire from his country-house.
Who am I? They often tell me
I would talk to my warders
freely and friendly and clearly,
as though it were mine to command
Who am I? They also tell me
I would bear the days of misfortune
equably, smilingly, proudly,
Like one accustomed to win.
Am I then really all that which other men tell of?
Or am I only what I know of myself,
restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,
struggling for breath, as though hands were
compressing my throat,
hungry for colours, for flowers, for the voices of birds,
thristy for words of kindness, for neighbourliness,
trembling with anger at despotisms and petty humiliation,
caught up in expectation of great events,
powerlessly grieving for friends at an infinite distance,
weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making,
faint, and ready to lay farewell to it all?
Who am I? This or the other?
Am I one person today, and tomorrow another?
Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others,
and before myself a contemptibly woebegone weakling? Or is something within me still like a beaten army, fleeing in disorder from victory already achieved? Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine. Whoever I Iam , thou knowest, O God, I am thine.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Opening the blog
Today, I was introduced to a new world in the Internet by Tim Sikkema.
It must be interesting to share some ideas with other people.
I hope this blog can be a place where all of us can grow in faith and knowledge in our good LORD.
It must be interesting to share some ideas with other people.
I hope this blog can be a place where all of us can grow in faith and knowledge in our good LORD.
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