Revived And Restored

I am aware that verses, sections and paragraphs from the bible can be read out of their original, or intended, context, and then applied inappropriately, unsoundly, or just very badly.

But recently, Hosea 6 caught my attention.

Over the past few weeks, together with a group of believers, I have been looking at the Apostle’s Creed. And one thing that strikes me is the enormous ‘void’ that occurs between the crucifixion and the resurrection.

On a printed page, it is just a few millimetres of whiteness between two lines.

In the physical, it represents three days that must have been little more than ‘business as usual’ for funeral service sector workers who are familiar with clients living in the public eye.

But in the spiritual, what occurred in this void lies at the epicentre of Christian doctrine.

So I wondered if Hosea 6 might have been a ‘prophetic foreshadow’ of the resurrection. And if so, if it fills in a few of the blanks:

After the second day, God ‘revived’ His people - making us alive.

On the third day, God ‘restored’ His people – bringing us back to his original intention.

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Living In The Questions

It’s good to wrestle, to engage in creative experimentation, to have multiple conversions and to just show up. These and other helpful thoughts blogged by Mark Scandrette.

Jonathan Brink also explores some interesting insights in his posts about Facing The Lion, Re-Framing The Story and The Responsibility of F***ing Freedom .

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