Genesis 18:1-2
The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
What is the relationship between Spirit and Matter?
We have a long history of trying to make sense of the chaos around us,
by assigning spiritual forces or motives;
a god of war or a goddess of fertility, holy mountains,
rituals for rain or harvests.
In some cultures every physical thing has a spiritual component,
even rocks and trees.
I grew up with a completely different concept;
that they both existed, but were entirely separate.
We are here, God is not.
The world is here, heaven is somewhere else.
We are stuck in the world while we are alive,
and when we die we go to a different place.
Having decided to read the bible for myself,
imagine my surprise at finding countless examples
of the spiritual interacting with us IN the world.
Gabriel’s announcement to Mary,
the transfiguration,
tablets carried down by Moses.
The scene in this painting is one of the earliest examples
of the spiritual world interacting with the physical.
Hebrews 13:2
…for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
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