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Noah from 1908 CS Sentinel

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Announcements Forums Life – January 21st, 2018 Noah from 1908 CS Sentinel

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    Michael Pupko
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    Two paragraphs I found interesting pertaining to Noah from the following article:

    WORKING OUT OUR PROBLEM
    REV. G. A. KRATZER CSS Nov. 14, 1908

    In this connection, the story of Noah and the ark is illuminating. Taken figuratively, the flood may represent the raging sea of error; the solid ground the abiding sense of good, which for a time seemed to be completely covered and hidden from sight by the sea; while the ark represents that spiritual consciousness which rides safely above the raging waves. Spiritual consciousness was a place of safety to Noah, his sons, and their wives, but there were none others in the world who were able to dwell in this ark of spiritual consciousness, and so no other men were saved from the flood. The ark had but one window, and it was open toward heaven, toward light and truth and good,— the ark had no windows at the sides for looking out on the sea of error. From time to time Noah sent out a thought of peace, the dove; but it found no resting-place, none of the solid ground of good appearing above the flood, and so it returned to Noah. Thus he knew that the waters of error were not yet subsided, and he continued some measure. When once more Noah sent out the dove, his thought of peace, it found a resting-place, and did not return. Then he knew that error was sufficiently self ¬destroyed, and enough of truth and good had appeared in the outward situation so that it was safe for him to begin to make preparations to go forth from the ark; that is, to reach out with aspiring faith for the benefit of mankind.

    #5820
    Michael Pupko
    Participant

    Paragraph #2 P.S. The whole article is very enlightening but a bit too long for this format. mpupko

    Many times there are members of our family, or of our church, or people in our neighborhood, who are so satisfied with their present condition that the wisest thing we can do is to protect our own consciousness and allow the error to find its own self-destruction, while we calmly abide in the consciousness that nothing real, nothing good, can be destroyed or lost. When error has sufficiently destroyed itself in the consciousness of others through suffering, the time will come when they will be ready for the help which we can give them. It is well for us occasionally to utter a word of peace, a thought of Science; but if their behavior does not indicate that this thought of Science finds a place in their consciousness where it can rest without stirring up violent manifestations of error, the thing for us to do is to continue to dwell quietly in the ark of our consciousness of Truth. If, in our efforts to help them, we ourselves are dragged forth from the ark into the sea of error, much is lost to us and to them. While the prodigal chose to remain in the far country, “no man ministered unto him.” By these words Jesus seems to intimate quite clearly that to let them alone is the most effective treatment for those who are headstrong in error.

    #5821
    Colleen Mostika
    Participant

    Michael,
    I was just going to post some thoughts on today’s Bible Study on Noah and you summed it up so beautifully in these two posts. Thank you so much! I will listen to these wonderful and wise ideas and apply them in my experience.

    Many thanks!!

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