tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post1047701936836645875..comments2024-03-21T04:02:46.799-07:00Comments on Little Catholic Bubble: What I Never Learned, Part V: Jesus as the "Lamb of God"Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-48153351080862177462011-08-29T15:28:44.327-07:002011-08-29T15:28:44.327-07:00Finally found the C.S. Lewis quote of which this p...Finally found the C.S. Lewis quote of which this post reminded me...<br /><br /><i>If God then is omniscient, he must have known what Abraham would do, without any experiment. Why then this needless torture?” But as St. Augustine points out, whatever God knew, Abraham at any rate did not know that his obedience would endure such a command until the event taught him: and the obedience which he did not know that he would choose, he cannot be said to have chosen. The reality of Abraham’s obedience was the act itself; and what God knew in knowing that Abraham “would obey” was Abraham’s actual obedience on that mountain top a that moment. To say that God “need not have tried the experiment” is to say that because God knows, the thing known by God need not to exist.</i> - The Problem of PainJoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-69170636091851633962011-08-24T13:19:21.006-07:002011-08-24T13:19:21.006-07:00Wonderful post. So many Catholics, so much which ...Wonderful post. So many Catholics, so much which they never learned. Beginning next month my parish will add an hour of education between Sunday masses, starting with the upcoming mass changes, but then continuing with adult education on our faith. It is needed, greatly. Thanks for taking the time here on your blog.Do Not Be Anxioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-38228648210513444682011-08-24T12:38:53.819-07:002011-08-24T12:38:53.819-07:00Becky, ha ha ha, true!
And TCIE, that is awesome!...Becky, ha ha ha, true!<br /><br />And TCIE, that is awesome! I love John's Gospel the best… it's so <i>sacramental</i>.Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-44357310608801984122011-08-24T12:37:26.891-07:002011-08-24T12:37:26.891-07:00Chirp, it's so funny you asked that, because I...Chirp, it's so funny you asked that, because I recently (just this past week!) read a loooooong blog discussion about that very subject! Oh, I wish I could find it for you, but I'd be searching for hours. Basically, yes, Jephthah did that on his own… God did not and would not ask or require it!Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-48823376575899095832011-08-24T11:22:14.799-07:002011-08-24T11:22:14.799-07:00Great post! I remember, however, a couple weeks a...Great post! I remember, however, a couple weeks ago the daily reading was: Judges 11: 29 – 39. In it Jephthah promises to sacrafice the first person to run out of his house when he returns from victory. His daughter ends up being that person...and he goes through with it!! Why do you think God let him go through with it? Maybe because Jephthah offered although God didn't ask?Chirphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105671314590675937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-46823854091871320362011-08-24T05:17:31.438-07:002011-08-24T05:17:31.438-07:00Thanks for sharing this Leila!Thanks for sharing this Leila!JellyBellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446863670679588932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-36344220025732132692011-08-23T19:56:23.005-07:002011-08-23T19:56:23.005-07:00I've read somewhere (can't remember where,...I've read somewhere (can't remember where, doesn't that always happen?!) that since there also wasn't punctuation like we have today when they first translated the Old Testament Scriptures, that the line 'God himself will provide the sacrifice" can also be read as "God, Himself, will provide the sacrifice" - which totally drives the point home that Jesus is GOD and He is sacrificing himself for ALL OF US! <br /><br />Looooove it :)Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568652187821916186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-72276369234564077442011-08-23T17:22:24.852-07:002011-08-23T17:22:24.852-07:00Very informative!! You can add 90's CCD to tha...Very informative!! You can add 90's CCD to that list too, I don't think I ever learned this stuff either. Or if I did, I forgot it. :)Hebrews 11:1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15235249884008648163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-25949114658994232452011-08-23T14:23:21.091-07:002011-08-23T14:23:21.091-07:00Thanks for the new indoctrination into our faith.....Thanks for the new indoctrination into our faith...so much better than kumbaya.Danya @ He Adopted Me Firsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00732437893256532188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-28049749723127087232011-08-23T13:12:26.720-07:002011-08-23T13:12:26.720-07:00Great post, I think about the story of Abraham and...Great post, I think about the story of Abraham and his son a lot. And I can't help thinking (not really trying to be funny here), that his son must have dealt with a lot of PTSD afterward!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451590537173713861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-7941622452171920282011-08-23T08:27:37.086-07:002011-08-23T08:27:37.086-07:00I love typology! Great post.I love typology! Great post.Nubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972118374098863290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-83072861607624891852011-08-23T08:08:54.361-07:002011-08-23T08:08:54.361-07:00Once again, I have nothing of substance to say - j...Once again, I have nothing of substance to say - just that I love you and I'm grateful for your simple, clarity!<br /><br />~Rebecca @ The Road Home (I've figured it out - it's not just blogger, it's Blogger + Internet Explorer that won't let me log in!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-26027404514854810772011-08-23T06:46:07.789-07:002011-08-23T06:46:07.789-07:00Leila- you write, "**This episode certainly s...Leila- you write, "**This episode certainly showed to Abraham and all his descendants that child sacrifice was never to be part of the worship of God; this was one of the many ethical truths that separated the Jews from the pagans."<br /><br />That's such an important comment, and I think it's a point that many people miss when hearing this story. The reason I know this is because I called Lauren confused and frantic one day after one of the kids was born, telling her that NO- if I thought I heard God asking me to kill my children, He could FORGET ABOUT IT because it wasn't gonna happen. Lauren reminded m hormonal-self that human sacrifice was a common element of pagan rituals and therefore not so scandalous an idea to the people of the time, but God STOPPED Abraham and let him know that He would not demand human sacrifices, but knowing that later He would have to sacrifice His own Son for the world.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594888849590296884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240447238522390484.post-55598924275436938002011-08-23T05:36:44.369-07:002011-08-23T05:36:44.369-07:00The college class that made me decide to minor in ...The college class that made me decide to minor in religion (Christianity) was a "Bible as Literature" course taught by a practicing Episcopalian. <br />One thing that was discussed (and I subsequently wrote a paper on it) was how JOHN the Gospel specifically is the one who drills home the point of Jesus as Lamb of God. And John's Gospel is ALSO the most symbolic in its use of language (not to be confused with symbolic in context). John, of all 4 Gospels, does not have the famous Last Supper in his Gospel... why not? Because in its place is the washing of the feet, and because more importantly, the disciples are not yet celebrating the Passover - Good Friday is, in John's version, the actual day of preparation. Hence, Jesus becomes, quite literally, the sacrificial Passover Feast... the Lamb of God.<br /><br />Just a brief synopsis of my paper for ya ;)<br /><br /><br />TCIEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com