Thoughts on Eternity

Everyone who should be here is here.
Every door opens another possibility.
All is as it should be.
Faith Hope and Love.  The greatest of these is love.

The Voyage of the New Dawn Treader

Definition of CS Lewis' Book title the Voyage of the New Dawn Treader

Voyage - a long journey involving travel by sea or in space often spiritual.
New - already existing, but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time

Dawn - the beginning or rise of anything advent. 

Treader - to trample or crush underfoot or to stay in place without forward movement in water or to place one foot in front of the other. 

The Grapes of Wrath

"Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth."  Jeremiah 25:30

"Mine eyes hath seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;   He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. (God's anger that destroys evil)."  The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe.

According to the mythology of many ancient cultures, the grape, and the grapevine is regarded as sacred. The symbolic meaning of grapes relates to abundance, transformation and fertility.  Wine from grapes symbolizes faith.  Jesus first miracle at the wedding where he transformed water into wine is the miracle of transformation of faith in God to our eternal life.  

The destruction of the vineyards due to Prohibition and the excesses of the roaring twenties is spiritually related to the dust bowl, Great Depression and the subsequent wars.   We want to separate nature and human activity from God but we cannot.  The title of John Steinbeck's book the Grapes of Wrath describes how the rejection of God and lack of love for one another destroyed the abundance of the Earth and the prosperity of our nation. .  

We are faced again with the consequences of our behavior. We have put greed and fear before our love of God and each other and it is destroying our Earth home.   We believe technology has the ability to save us when we cannot save ourselves without the love of God and each other.  I am praying that God loves us enough to save us from ourselves.