Kboy,
I don't understand what you mean when you offer the idea that the answer is, " the prodigal son." returned home. I don't know what home means to you. If you would - say what your saying in every day words, clearly and plainly that would help me to understand what you are really trying to say.
When I pointed out what Jesus said to His disciples regarding how we are to go about forgiving some one who has wronged us. I am not talking about enemies - I am talking about those we have related to as our brethren. I think Jesus words are the perfect way of relating - if you are going to be relating so closely as to relate to one another as spiritual brother's and sister's. I also think that this is impossible with men but that it is possible with God.
In story of the prodigal son returning home. The story of the prodigal son to me is not a match to what I am talking about or from where I am speaking from. The young man ( the prodigal son ) who left his home - the story does not report that he was being robbed, beaten or defrauded by his dad or by his brother. The story of the prodigal son for me is like comparing apples with oranges.
To look at an aspect of being a victim. Job did not do to himself what was done to Job. God did not do to Job , what took place against Job. God took the hedges down that protected Job and all that God had given to job.There was no man's hand ( no human being ) who took job's wife away or children away from Job. No man's hand was involved in striking down and killing Job's flock, no man destroyed Job's livelihood and no man was involved in destroying Job's house.
What responsibility was Job to take for what took place against him ?
Job as a victim of these things did not blame God for what happened to him. And God spoke of Job that Job spoke rightly of HIM.
Not all victims blame God for what happened to them.
I don't understand what you mean when you offer the idea that the answer is, " the prodigal son." returned home. I don't know what home means to you. If you would - say what your saying in every day words, clearly and plainly that would help me to understand what you are really trying to say.
When I pointed out what Jesus said to His disciples regarding how we are to go about forgiving some one who has wronged us. I am not talking about enemies - I am talking about those we have related to as our brethren. I think Jesus words are the perfect way of relating - if you are going to be relating so closely as to relate to one another as spiritual brother's and sister's. I also think that this is impossible with men but that it is possible with God.
In story of the prodigal son returning home. The story of the prodigal son to me is not a match to what I am talking about or from where I am speaking from. The young man ( the prodigal son ) who left his home - the story does not report that he was being robbed, beaten or defrauded by his dad or by his brother. The story of the prodigal son for me is like comparing apples with oranges.
To look at an aspect of being a victim. Job did not do to himself what was done to Job. God did not do to Job , what took place against Job. God took the hedges down that protected Job and all that God had given to job.There was no man's hand ( no human being ) who took job's wife away or children away from Job. No man's hand was involved in striking down and killing Job's flock, no man destroyed Job's livelihood and no man was involved in destroying Job's house.
What responsibility was Job to take for what took place against him ?
Job as a victim of these things did not blame God for what happened to him. And God spoke of Job that Job spoke rightly of HIM.
Not all victims blame God for what happened to them.