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Its so easy to be blind to things in scripture..
"Harold"(my friend) and I have been considering lately 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th etc. revelation.. i.e. In lieu of 1st and 2nd reality(s).. as an adjunct..

Meaning, the writer of scripture is 1st revelation, a reader of it is 2nd revelation, the 2nd revelator teaching it produces 3rd revelation.. But when the Holy Spirit reveals scripture it is 1st revelation again.. Like that..

Anyway we have batted this around for a few days..
An interesting concept.. Even so, I know of scripture that I have had many "revelations" on.. Like progessively deeper observations of "some point".. over the years.. Evidently "I" was not ready to absorb(per se) the whole revelation when I was younger.. The Holy Spirit had to give to me as I could absorb it.. So even when we "think" we "see" something in scripture what we see just could be inhibited by our propensitiys or dullness to absorb it.. You know the hardness of our hearts or something like that..

An interesting concept.. Even so, I know of scripture that I have had many "revelations" on.. Like progessively deeper observations of "some point".. over the years.. Evidently "I" was not ready to absorb(per se) the whole revelation when I was younger.. The Holy Spirit had to give to me as I could absorb it.. So even when we "think" we "see" something in scripture what we see just could be inhibited by our propensitiys or dullness to absorb it.. You know the hardness of our hearts or something like that..

Oh so very true, dear brother in Christ!

The Spiritual man is a child before God - a toddler really, growing up little by little.