11th Edition Paperback Mirror Study Bible VOL 3 Updated December 2023 John's Writings; Gospel; 1st Epistle & Apocalypse

<p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>MIRROR STUDY BIBLE Volume 3 of 3 Featuring the writings of Apostle John</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify>I do not read music but have often witnessed our son Stefan approach a new piece on the piano. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>His eyes see so much more than mere marks scribbled on a page;</p><p class=ql-align-justify>he hears the music.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>His trained mind engages even the subtleties and the nuances of the original composition and is able to repeat the authentic sound </p><p class=ql-align-justify>knowing that the destiny of the music would never be reduced to the page;</p><p class=ql-align-justify>but is always in the next moment</p><p class=ql-align-justify>where the same intended beauty is heard</p><p class=ql-align-justify>and repeated again.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>The best translation would always be the incarnation.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>I so value the enormity of the revelation of the incarnation.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Yet before flesh the Word was ��������</p><p class=ql-align-justify>face to face with God.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>And fragile text</p><p class=ql-align-justify>scribbled thru the ages in memoirs of stone parchment and papyrus pages -</p><p class=ql-align-justify>carrying eternity in thought</p><p class=ql-align-justify>and continues to translate faith</p><p class=ql-align-justify>to faith.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Now we have the same spirit of faith as he encountered when he wrote...</p><p class=ql-align-justify>I believe</p><p class=ql-align-justify>and so I speak.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Conversation ignites.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Did not our hearts burn within our being when he spoke familiar text of ancient times in the voices of Moses and the prophets and David and Abraham</p><p class=ql-align-justify>who saw his day</p><p class=ql-align-justify>and announced its dawn in our hearts.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>The mystery that was hidden for ages and generations</p><p class=ql-align-justify>is now revealed.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>In dealing daily with ancient text </p><p class=ql-align-justify>rediscovering thoughts buried in time I am often overwhelmed and awed at the magnificence of eternity captured in little time capsules </p><p class=ql-align-justify>opening vistas of beauty beyond our imagination- face to face with the same face to faceness of the Logos </p><p class=ql-align-justify>and God </p><p class=ql-align-justify>and us - conceived in their dream. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>And irresistibly intrigued by the invitation to come and drink - </p><p class=ql-align-justify>to taste and see - </p><p class=ql-align-justify>from the source - </p><p class=ql-align-justify>and to hear a saint reminiscing and reminding himself of the utterance of another earth dweller-brother David who wrote a song 1000 BC </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Return to your rest oh my soul. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>I believe and so I speak. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>And with fresh wounds bleeding from the many angry blows he was dealt with Paul echoes </p><p class=ql-align-justify>We have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote 'I believe and so I speak.' We too believe and so we speak.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Let's celebrate the sameness of Jesus </p><p class=ql-align-justify>yesterday - yes as far as history and beyond time can go -</p><p class=ql-align-justify>and today. This very finite fragile moment -</p><p class=ql-align-justify>plus the infinite future. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Inexhaustible beyond boundaries and the confines of space and time.</p><p><br></p>