It's All About Perspective?

I just have to get this out and share it, because it has come to my thought lately.

Now, this is just me, but ...

I come across quite a few discussion threads about the Bible and Christianity, and I am always fascinated by how God gave his law - the only law - and Jesus lived by the law, yet it seems many Christians have very different understandings or comprehension of the law.

It has seemed to me that these different interpretations have brought out some inconsistency to the Bible. And I've always wondered about that, but in the last couple days something hit me.

What if we all read the Bible from God's perspective? After all, isn't the Bible written in human language so we could all "understand" it in our limited, mortal way? Some Christians seem to be getting deeper than the words - others seem to stay on the surface and treat the Bible literally and as a material law.


But God is Spirit, infinite, eternal and incorporeal. And since that is all He is and He made all there is, then doesn't it follow that God would only know all to be the same as Him? Isn't the Bible called the Word of God ... so really, in order to truly understand it, maybe we need to try to read the Word from God's perspective. That is, God is all, infinite, spiritual, good, perfect, eternal, Love, Life, Truth, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Principle (the seven Biblical synonyms for God), and he made all in "His image and likeness," as declared in Chapter 1 of Genesis. So everything about His Word is meant for His children, whom He created just like Him. He created us all the same (and continues to create, by the way) - we are all His children. The Bible isn't meant to be read or interpreted in a humanistic, material or literal way. We are clouded by the human language, which is the closest thing we have to the true spiritual language of God.

The next time we read the stories or the parables, maybe we should try think of how infinite, perfect, good, loving, sinless, active, prosperous God would tell his story to his infinite, perfect, good, loving, sinless, active, prosperous offspring. I think many of us would see the Bible in a whole new light.

Think of Jesus' parables told from that higher perspective. Maybe someday I'll be able to post some of my thoughts about these in the future, as I start to think of what God's Word should mean to us as spiritual beings.