Thanks bro!

Oh ok. Thanks.

Yep! Even in Jesus’ Parables–good title :).

Yeah, the other time at rain makers.
We should meet soon, I believe. Quite a lot to talk about.

Listened to you on Writers’ Project Ghana this past Sunday. Interesting talk and poems.

Exactly so – that’s an entire blog post you have written there, Thanks for reading. The killings are getting alarming. ISIS, ALSHABAB, Boko Haram. I just wanted people to know that God isnt surprised and frustrated about it – he has seen it all before and even warned us against them. Paradoxes carry meaning that simplicity of words and events can never communicate. I believe that is why God adopts it so much in the biblical stories and even in Jesus’ parables. I believe we need to draw people’s attention to these things. we should meet and talk sometime. I saw u at ‘rain makers’ last February, i said hi though but u were talking to some people so we cldnt get to talk. 🙂

Secondly, the paradox of the death of how one who has power over death must eventually die, as you put it:

“Is this not confusing? How one who has power over death must eventually die?”

I actually smiled when I saw the word ‘confusing’, such things as Literature classifies under paradox and other devices like it.

Because some people refuse (yes refuse) to believe in God because of some of these “confusing” (let’s say, paradoxical) things found in the Bible, but these same people find such paradoxical (“confusing”) things in non-Christian literature but are able to (I should rather say, choose to believe) give thumbs to how much those things make sense.

Lastly, even though Matthew 24 (one of my favourite parts of the Bible) talks about the signs of the end of age many people dismiss it as having happened before. I was discussing this quite recently so I find it interesting how you used the word “intervals” because that was one of the points raised in the discussion.
I also took note of how the spate of the happenings have increased, especially the earthquake.

The disbelief (the way of thinking) which most people with the mind of the world approach such things of God sort of brings my mind to one thing:

“…because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” (‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭44‬ NIV)

And I like it better in the OJB version because expectations are had because of the way we THINK about something; like one might hear, “Oh it won’t happen because these things have happened in the past and what was said in the Bible didn’t happen.”:

“…for in the hour when you do not think, then will be the Bias HaMoshiach (the Coming of the Ben HaAdam.” (‭Mattityahu‬ ‭24‬:‭44‬ OJB)

God bless.