Poetic and thought provoking.
What you quoted is from Luke 10:24 and Matt 13:17 and these were contemporaries
of Jesus describing the anticipation felt by the writers of the Old Testament.
But few knew the Cross awaited Messiah.
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That’s Fascinating!
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The Boiled down truth seems to me that God wants friends surrounding himself.
Identities that are comfortable with
Themselves and Others.