Evil kings, God, Satan, prophets. Intriguing characters that I have ignored for a while. This is the verse that popped out today;
Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said and thought, I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas; yet you are only man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God, though you imagine yourself to be almost more than mortal with your mind as the mind of God"
What is it with humans and wanting to be God? There is some type of a disconnect- we are not made out of the same stuff as God. We are only human, no matter what we cannot disguise our earthen origin. It is only the breath of God that made us anything more than a lump of clay. But throughout the ages, and probably forever, people have declared themselves gods- pride has overtaken our minds and fooled us into thinking that we are gods.
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It's true. Even as little kids, imagining we can fly and have super strength. There's something in us that wants more than being human. The problem comes when we focus on ourselves and not God.
ReplyDeleteyup - I thought I was invincible too... that is a problem- recurring one too since we're so selfish...
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