Q: "We are set under the shadow of the Almighty, and yet we are made a spectacle to the world. Can you elaborate on this?"
A: You have quoted St Paul, "for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." Taking into context of his times a spectacle would suggest the bread and circus where baiting a Christian was a public sport. Unto the immediate circle of kith and kin becoming a Christian was looked at some sort of madness that could not be got rid of except by a good thrashing. But what Paul is referring to his circumstance in Ac.13:2. He did not become an apostle as they could choose to reign if they wanted to without him ministering unto them. Witnessing of a Christian before the world has its secret place under the shadow of the Almighty as well as becoming lights, "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world"(Ph.2:15). Spectacle unto angels refer the great congregation.
We can understand the significance of the saying of Jesus,"Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops."( Luke 12:3). Nuclear Age was ushered in utmost secrecy. The father of the bomb, a brilliant scientist himself was not trusted, so much so it was as the right hand could not trust the left hand. Despite of all these it spread especially with the Age of internet. In the Bible we read that King of Syria could not keep his war plans either. 2 Ki.6:11) Prophet Elisha only need trust in his God that it was revealed. This brings to my trust in my Saviour King that what I have privately posted online shall be public knowledge. all glory to him. Amen.
Q: "We are set under the shadow of the Almighty, and yet we are made a spectacle to the world. Can you elaborate on this?"
A: You have quoted St Paul, "for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." Taking into context of his times a spectacle would suggest the bread and circus where baiting a Christian was a public sport. Unto the immediate circle of kith and kin becoming a Christian was looked at some sort of madness that could not be got rid of except by a good thrashing. But what Paul is referring to his circumstance in Ac.13:2. He did not become an apostle as they could choose to reign if they wanted to without him ministering unto them. Witnessing of a Christian before the world has its secret place under the shadow of the Almighty as well as becoming lights, "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world"(Ph.2:15). Spectacle unto angels refer the great congregation.
We can understand the significance of the saying of Jesus,"Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops."( Luke 12:3). Nuclear Age was ushered in utmost secrecy. The father of the bomb, a brilliant scientist himself was not trusted, so much so it was as the right hand could not trust the left hand. Despite of all these it spread especially with the Age of internet. In the Bible we read that King of Syria could not keep his war plans either. 2 Ki.6:11) Prophet Elisha only need trust in his God that it was revealed. This brings to my trust in my Saviour King that what I have privately posted online shall be public knowledge. all glory to him. Amen.
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