There's a Slow Train Coming

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"The traffic lights -they may turn blue tomorrow"
"I know what I want but I just don't Know - how to go about getting it"

"Wait a minute, something's wrong.  My key won't unlock this door"

Fred Mac Murray says, "If you're a Stanford man, attempting to catch the night train won't necessarily save you.  Not if you should you should run into an unplanned detour"

The men on the cliff fortress said to David and Johnathin, "Why don't you come up here and we'll teach you a thing or two".  David said to Johnathin, "That's what I was hoping he would say".

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I'd like now to revert to one of our favorite topics of snail mail, particularly in the early days, notibly religious symbolism.  Some of you no doubt may prefer to return when we're doing another topic, but I do believe this outing will be productive or else I wouldn't do it.  Today at three PM I was looking for something to break my routine to watch on TV.  At first I thought I could catch the east coast feed of the Jim Lerr news hour or whatever it's called now.  That didn't work out.  So I went to KTBN where this evangelist was speaking and preaching.  I was curious whether the tea party had completely taken over a station like channel 40 or whether there was yet a remnent of "that old time religion".  I was in luck.  I must confess that before this I was thinking of doing a piece on the upcoming Hebrew Newyear, which is on the new moon on the seventeenth.  I had had a vague hunch that something good or profitable would happen this Monday, but I don't know "where I got that from" even before I knew it was a Jewish holiday.  So "Felis Rosh Hashana" everybody.  I used the Spanish word there because there is just a shade of varience in the meaning that I wanted to go with here, rather than the English which makes it sound too much like 'Happenstance".  Of course Rosh means "breath" as I understand it and "first breath" would be when a new baby is born, you Zachery fans.  And in the Hebrew life begins when you draw your first breath, not forty days after conception, OR at the very moment of conception.  (A Biblical admonition for all you Pro Life people)  Of course Zachery means "rememberance" or perhaps a more Spirit led translation might be "Jehovah remembers and keeps his Word".  And we at the ZAC had to of our own will power "MAKE" all those lyrics in Queen and David Bowie songs come true.  I mean according to Wayne Dyre - - we each have that kind of Power.  "And if you are the first to go - - you'll leave a Sign to let us know" or in like manner the same group in 9:5 alluded to a "Slow Train Coming".  Not a fast train but a slow train that is inexerable and unstoppable, to the extent that at the station you get no red carpet escort, you have to jump on a moving train yourselves, like hobos, or as Christians you "Come to the Faith in terms of your own poverty".  In keeping with this symbolism it's a "Night Train" going north (a Romulan direction for good as opposed to South) and metaphorically it arrives at midnight or according to the Bible verse that goes "The night is far spent".

I'm going to jump in right now and say something.  I am reasonably confident of a Trojans victory over Stanford on Saturday.  Mal Evans and the Federation will be backing the Trijans.  But Stanford has beaten USC the previous three years, if I have that right.  Last year we all thought the game was in the bag, but it wasn't.  This year one can look at the "troops" like General Eisenhaur at Normandae and be reasonably confident of a Victory, but he can never be sure until the battle is actually fought.  I just now that for Mal Evans this is an Important and almost Necessary Victory to Attain.

But I'd like to get to the Evangelist's words themselves.  He said that the whole Nation of Israel was a veritable Bible textbook of symbolism in every river, lake, and mountain.  He then began talking about Grace, and here I'd like to employ Days of Our Lives to illustrate in my own fashion using this Justin Martyr technique of "shadow precedes Substance" logic.  We of course can be seen as seeds or developing fetuses in this Earthly life- - but when we are born "We shall be changed" (over and over again, ha ha) in the words of Handel's Messiah, and though we are still part of a singular Divine master blue print, our outward nature will appear very different.  We just don't know how.  Chuck Smith was once asked "Will we recognize each other in Heaven?" and Chuck Smith wisely answered "Of course we will.  You don't expect us to be dumber in heaven than we are now, do you?"  Good point.  But the Evangelist began talking about Grace and quoted the Apostle Paul in saying "The Law came through Moses, but Grace and Truth come to us through Jesus Christ".  This is a Marcionite doctrine and harkens back to the Greek.  In the words of Ronnie Van Zant "I know a little" about Greek, but I would not venture to be qualified to "guess the rest".  I only get a glimmer of the Greek language and how they tick now and then.  The Evangelist pointed out that "Grace and Truth" are translated from one word in the Greek.  If this be so then it may harken back to the Greek saying that "Truth is Beauty and Beauty is Truth".  One might think of a balerina or something here.  But the Evangelist goes on to say that another Hebrew word is substituted in the translation Jews get.  There the word "Hassad" or something (?) is substituted.  It's one of those gutteral H's like someone clearing their throat.  At any rate "Hassad" means "Loving kindness", which adorns so much of the Old Testament.  As you know I am down on the word Grace personally.  I'd like to get back to that Days of our Lives example if you will allow.  Israel the mother gave birth to Yeshuah, the son.  But there is a BUT here.  Because somehow there was a baby substitution and Grace was mistaken to be the child and not Yeshuah.  But alas after a few short weeks Grace became seriously ill and died.  Which brings me to a Romulan saying I have a wordier translation of that goes "Grace left to its own devices brings about it's own Destruction".  Grace is morally neutral.  Grace can never save you- - if you define Salvation as attaining to a moral high bar.  You have to rely on Works for that.  As I have said, the first law of Karma is 'You Are what you Do"  (Selah)  Grace unto itself is morally Neutral like a gun or a car or a skip-loader.  It can be employed to do a great ammount of good, but misused it can result in the deaths of a lot of innocent human beings.  Just remember that Grace in the hands of an absolute Despot, such as Henry VIII is no virtue, and lacking it is no vice, morally or karmicly.  Grace is employed by Despots as his own moral Tool- - - employed as a workman may use any "Tool" to get the job done that he wants accomplished.  (Selah)  I'd like to return to Justin Martyr.  He seems to be the first major Christian theologian whose writings we still have, that advanced his Judaization of Marcionism, as some sort of a theological "treaties".  This Judaization - - or Jewish symbolism in everything you see around you- - - is something Justin felt if he could steep himself enough in, he'd eventually be able to get out of hot water with the Jews to make a stronger product.  Another big Theme of the Evangelist on channel 40 of course was "The salvation of the Jew", which has been a pipe dream, apparently since the days of the Apostle Paul and Romand 9, 10 and 11 or there abouts.  But to quote my own "scripture" on the matter "Now what's right is right- - - but You ain't been Right yet".  (Selah)   I'd like to close with an admonition to myself.  In talking about Monday I hope I'm just not blowing sunshine up my own ass.  If Monday turns out to be the worst day of the year I'll look pretty stupid.  I'd also like to admonish myself "Let not him who puts on the armor brag like one who takes it off".  We'll leave it to later Saturday night, when hopefully I'll have other things to add to this posting.

Burt Lombard it turns out was the principle proponent of Mal Evan's siding with the Branch Davidians against the FBI in that conflict of spring of 1993.  Mal admitted to me today "Frankly when I first heard of the horrible news - - I didn't know what to make of it".  I was thinking to myself while he said this "Gee- - and you're the guy who's supposed to be the Posessor of All Knowledge".  But it was Burt, the cosmic Ted Neugent that stressed to Mal the importance of the United States constitution and the guarentee of all people to practice their Religious Faith in peace and security, free of governmental hassassment.  Of course- - - Burt cast off this fleshly veil just a little after the Waco compound burned to the ground.  So I'm not sure when Mal came out with his Waco stance.  Of course while Burt was in his fleshly body, he was a Mormon, which at the time was regarded as another persecuted, innocent religion.  People on the right have sounded the alarm of all sorts of Dire things and edicts the government has planned for us in the upcoming four years.  Back in those days the FBI had just had the Ruby Ridge incident, which didn't turn out well.  I would not now blame Bill Clinton for what happened at Waco, though I must admit I was of an entirely different oppinion then.  I saw Janet Reno as practically The Beast Incarnate, devoid of a conscience.  Rush Limbaugh himself noted the enormous ammount of blame passing.  What do you do when met by men in black brandishing guns?  How safe would any of us feel if you didn't know the ethical mind set of those approaching you?  And how much less secure would you feel if they had military tanks & other impliments following right behind you?  This is just something for us all to contemplate- - - while there is still Time.  In Revelation there is a verse that goes "And the word game down that there should be Time no more".  Not time as chronology but the sort of "Time" that a person with a doctor's death sentense from terminal cancer yearns for.  To him Time is thee most precious thing he can imagine.  Just contemplate THAT.