Blind to the Truth?

Because the common backyard mole spends most of its time underground, this animal does not need to see very well.  Its eyes are very small, and in some species, its eyes are completely covered with skin. 

Some people are like that.  They burrow through life with a carnal mind, and--give them credit-- they do in fact manage to keep from being eaten by dogs or being run over by garbage trucks and-- let's be fair-- they do in fact manage to dig up a little garden variety success in life, and therefore they think they don't need spiritual eyes to see.

A referent has that which corresponds to it, but man twists the truth and calls good evil and evil good.  Man was created upright but he has gone after many schemes.  As for the Word, however, man has no natural taste for it.  The Book is straight but the reader is crooked.  Spiritual words must be spiritually discerned.  And even if one understands something, it is quite another thing to be CONVICTED.  The word "conviction" means "cause to see."

G-d has to open our spiritual eyes for us to see that we are sinners going our own way.  As long as we in our unteachable pride stubbornly assert that we see, we are in fact blind. You cannot have the spirit of the world and the Spirit of G-d.  Many "rich young rulers" refuse to listen to Scriptural counsel in the Beis Hashem, preferring the worldly wisdom of their Ahithophel (Achitophel) friends (2Sm 15:31) or their own evil hearts.  The "rich young  ruler" never understood :   you cannot serve G-d and money.  The blind "Ahithophel" guides of the blind will lead all to fall into the pit.  If the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness. Start reading at chapter fourteen, page 247. This is not talking about Samson; this is talking about you. 

Without the Ruach Hakodesh how can you understand the words of the Ruach Hakodesh?  If you harden your heart against the Ruach Hakodesh, how can the Ruach Hakodesh guide you into all truth?  The unspiritual man does not receive the things of the Ruach Hakodesh.  Nor does the Ruach Hakodesh apply the Scriptures to his life as a light unto his path and a lamp unto his feet. 

This tragedy is made more horrific in that the word of G-d is the only thing that can bring light to convince the wayward soul and and turn him around to the truth.  And, moreover, the word of G-d is the only thing that we can keep in this life.  All else is only briefly on loan and then snatched away at death.  The word is the one thing that cannot be taken from you.  And since you cannot live by bread alone, you must feed on the bread of life by faith, clinging always to the things of the Ruach Hakodesh, that is, the Moshiach's life-giving words (Lk 10:42).

A mole lives his whole life in the darkness, and the darkness has blinded his eyes.  A Roman tried to blind the eyes of Moshiach with a blindfold (Lk 22:64), but it was a Roman--Pilate--who beheld, but nevertheless was blind, to the truth (Yn 18:38).  One day in the future rabbis will have the blindfold removed and will be given spiritual eyes to see, but in the meantime look at Isaiah 56:10.  Here  we see the endemic problem of blindness, a universal flaw in the human condition, a tendency toward evil from within, a proud and selfish darkness in every man that clouds the spiritual vision preventing the apprehension of the holy.

But the mole-like carnal mind must be reminded of this: we must all stand before the Bema (2 Cor 5:10). Pontius Pilate took his seat called a Bema, the seat of judgment, and, standing before him in Jerusalem that day, was the Judge of all men. (We are talking about Moshiach and the coming assize of Moshiach's Bet Din.) Ironically, whatever verdict Pontius Pilate came up with would justly seal his own fate, and was therefore the deciding verdict of his own destiny, whether in Gehinnom or Himel. Thus Pontius Pilate is a stand-in for all humanity, for the destiny of all men hangs on one question: is or is not this man the King of the Jews? What will you do with this one from the Galilee? Is he Moshiach Ben Dovid? Is he Adon Kol HaAretz? It is shocking to think that you and I, individually, will one day stand similarly, and the Judge of all men will take his seat of judgment, sitting at the Bema, and I will take my place in front of him, and you will take your place in front of him. We won't be standing together. This will be done individually. I'm sure Rav Shaul was thinking about that day when he said in the next verse after 2 Cor 5:10 we must all stand before the Bema, the following: "therefore, we know the fear of the L-rd" (2 Cor 5:11). Paul must have thought about that coming Day of the Bema often. He must have had a certain sober apprehension when he thought about that day, and that very sobriety must have colored the mood of nearly every day of his life. If others wanted to be his judge, Paul turned his eyes toward the real judge, and let every criticism shrink accordingly, while at the same time also holding himself to a close account with Moshiach (1Yn 2:1; 1:9).

Why not pray right now. Let's stop here and test your Moshiach literacy.

Read The Orthodox Jewish Bible.  What do you have to lose?  It is free and it is the only thing in life you can keep.

Pray this prayer.

Avinu Malkeinu, open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.  Omein.Pray also this prayer