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Jesus after announcing the beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, began with the teaching of the parables, the Bible tells us that Jesus walked from town to town preaching the word of wisdom followed by a curious crowd who wanted to hear this new doctrine preached by the master: "Jesus was going through towns and villages, telling the good news about God's kingdom" Luke 8:1. Jesus was accompanied also by his disciples and some women that he had cured of evil spirits and diseases. Jesus in his first parable compares the Kingdom of Heaven with a sower who went out to sow his seed, many are confused by the teachings about the Kingdom of Heaven and do not understand the meaning of the stories that Jesus tells, the spiritual mission becomes almost impossible for Jesus.
The problem of oppression, which was not only something political but also educational and cultural, made itself felt through the tricks of the doctors of the law who imposed heavy burdens on the people: "Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering" Luke 11:52; and Jesus wanted to change the desperate situation, that is, the lack of hope in a better future, to the simple and common people.
Cruelty and enmity with others is not something natural in human beings, nor is it something to get used to. The Kingdom of God opposes oppression, despair, ignorance, and lies, but Jesus explains to us that this Kingdom does not become evident with spectacular acts, but with the small decisions of every day, the Kingdom of Heavens is assertiveness, improvement, completeness, wisdom, constancy, benevolence and friendship with God: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" Matthew 5:48, "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful" Luke 6:36, "Be holy, because I am holy" 1 Peter 1:16
Original sin is a very old explanation for the theory of evil in the world, men are sinners due to an ancestral sin committed by a man and a woman who gave rise to all humanity in a place called Eden. From philosophy, or from ethics, there is no explanation for the insistent inclination of men to error and destruction, that is why we are only left with myths to try to approach the problem. The entire Christian religion from Adam to Jesus is developed on the problem of sin in humanity, the same Christian religion concludes with the resolution of this problem in the book of Revelation.
The book of Genesis begins by telling us that man was created in a state of innocence: "Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame" Genesis 2:25; and placed in a garden where the tree of life and the tree of discernment grew: "In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" Genesis 2:9.
The fact that the tree of life was in Eden means that man enjoyed immortality when he was created, and as a consequence of the growth of sin in humanity, man lost years of life: "Then the LORD said, ´My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years" Genesis 6:3.
The Bible in this sense explains that the immortality or longevity of man is a gift from God: "Knowing you is perfect righteousness. Recognizing your power is where immortality begins" Wisdom 15:3.
The Bible after the creation of man and the Garden of Eden continues to explain that the woman, tempted by an animal, offered the man the fruit of the tree of discernment, and as a result of eating the fruit, both the man and the woman acquired discernment, and they were punished by God:
"Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden But the LORD God called to the man, ´Where are you?´ He answered, ´I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.´ And he said, ´Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? The man said, ´The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it´" Genesis 3:8-12.
After this, the Bible tells us that Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden, and evil through their offspring spread throughout the earth.
The Holy Scriptures, when they tell us about the life of Joseph in the book of Genesis, teach us what living in spiritual communion with God consists of. Life in the grace of God is not simply not sinning, it is living wisely, knowing how to discern right from wrong, and being prepared for everything in life, being good does not mean that bad things do not happen to you: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" Ecclesiastes 3:1.
Joseph had been sold into slavery in Egypt and sold to a man named Potiphar, who was a high-ranking official in the government of his country. And Potiphar, that Joseph was good at work, and that all his works prospered, he appointed him steward of his house, the book of Genesis tells us.
But it is here that the problems came, that's how the bible tells the story: "Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, ´Come to bed with me!´ But he refused. ´With me in charge,´ he told her, ´my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?´ And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to be with her or even be with her." Genesis 39:6-10
Joseph was a person who knew what spiritual determination was, and refused to sin against his master. But then Potiphar's wife stole some clothes from Joseph, and accused him in front of her husband of rape, with which Potiphar sent Joseph to jail. Joseph despite having done the right thing ends up in jail, Joseph did a good thing and received a bad one, but this is something for which a person in the grace of God is prepared. And this is the spiritual gift of patience, knowing how to tolerate evil when it occurs.
Events
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Friday, 11 July 2014 17:08
New book retired from Editorial
The latest version of the tractate in spanish retired from Editorial Dunken on July 11, 2014
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Friday, 11 July 2014 17:29
The new book in Editorial Dunken
You can buy the lastest version of the tractate more complete than the free version in the web in Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014 11:05
Interview in Radio Fm Signs 92.5
My interview in the program of Estela, the Pandora`s Box, on Fm Signs. Tuesday 10 to 11 a.m. in 92.5 Fm. Link to the radio: http://www.fmsignos.com.ar/index.html
