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The purpose of this reading is to remember. In order for this we must first turn our backs on our usual view of things. Now, I will begin with the following. A battering ram may be useful, or it may not, depending which end you take. There are two ways of viewing the use of a battering ram which is used to crash into a castle full of inhabitants, of whom you happen to be numbered among. It can be the intrusion either of an enemy, or else, it can mean the very means of your rescue from a vile and abusive king of whom you have become a hopeless vassal. If your castle or town or country seem safe and secure, you may be more easily converted to pacifism. However, if you are in danger of peril for your very life then, “Hang all that fluff and dream! Get up and get me the hell out of here! And make war doing it!” Our situation is complex. We are in peril. We are in need of rescue from a vile and despotic king; but this is not the whole of it, I am afraid. For, we are something else at the very same time. We, ourselves, are also allied with that abusing king. Of this king we could say much; however, I am afraid that we cannot repent the devil. Therefore, it is useful for our purposes to have ado with the only one we are given power to repent. And this is much more easily done in third person. Therefore, within this particular article, let us refer to ourselves as they, them, he, him, her, or she. Let us take an imaginary flight out of our world and our troubles and my predicament and your quandary; and let us view us from without of ourselves. First, we see humanity; we see a mass of individual human beings moving about here and there. We also see a law at work. There is this law of ‘ought’ and ‘ought not.’ We see, as Lewis so aptly called it, an inexplicable sense within the humans, within an individual man. A sense of awe or shrinking from some Thing when what he has done was what he ought not have done. We also see, within these human creatures, a desire to obey this law of human nature, and yet we see something else as well. We see the men pitifully fail and fail at keeping this internal moral law, time and time again. We see these peculiar humans being followed about (rather behind their backs). Now, let us say that these humans have an appearance of being either someone’s beloved, or else, they appear to be someone’s victim. As we watch his story unfold, we see a specific human being isolated by a God who goes by the name I AM that I AM. From this man a family is born. And this I AM that I AM fellow follows this man’s progeny around pretty closely. We see a Giant Being following, always with his eye upon them. At times he is hidden and quiet; at times he is more overtly intrusive. We see him at one time observing these sons of men, while pacing about and looking rather anxious, as an expectant father waiting for a son to be born. At another time we see him reaching in to interfere with the humans. But always he is watching; always he is following. Let us agree, from this perspective, that these humans are not nearly as banished or abandoned to their own devices as they perceive themselves to be. From our unique perspective we are interested in discovering whether this Giant Being has, at heart, good intentions toward these humans, or bad. Is he truly courting them; or is he stalking them? This we must uncover. And why does it appear as though he is stalking? It does appear this way, until we watch in confusion as he successfully leads them out into the inhospitable desert wilderness, and yet, he does not do what we should expect the stalker to do. Instead, he seems to plead and reason with them; and with all manner of chivalry he cares and provides for them, therein. Jumping ahead, this I AM plucks a very lovely and fertile land—as you or I would pluck a lovely flower—and forthwith delivers it into the hands of these humans—as you or I would our lover. But what is this? The humans snatch the flower and proceed to slam the door in the face of their courter. “Give to us a king!” They shout from within. “All the other nations have kings. We want a king as well. And the suitor hangs his head in agony over their rejection of him. Thus the pursuit ought finally to be ended. Yet, it ends not. He makes a retreat and begins to send smaller, less frightening messengers to do all his courting. He offers them all of his riches, if they will turn back to him again. But instead, they run away and get themselves into all sorts of trouble. Then they call out to their courter for help. And he helps them!
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