~`_ The Spirit of the Eagle speaks into the soul _'~

My buddy environgirl seems to have started an avalanche...I read myclette 's blog this morning and caught a revelation from this quote from the bible:

Luke 23:33-34

33And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

 34Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

They *being those who condemned Jesus for serving God in a fashion they believed was blasphemous* crucified Jesus...and Jesus said to forgive them because they hadn't a clue what they were doing...

He served God in an unorthodoxed manner. He made them think and made them uncomfortable. The Jews and Gentiles alike hated Him for what he said... His naysayers believed in a boxed God even after all the miracles He had done in their midst. Now there was a man who was God manifested, and they couldn't see it because they thought of God as the one in their little box. The God they knew how to serve with a box set of rules...

My concern, though is not with that particular issue, but with this: "they parted his raiment, and cast lots".

When I read that phrase, it struck me. These same people that scoffed at Him ripped his cloak to shreds. Not just any cloak, a cloak that was made of one piece of cloth that had no seams at all. This, to me, represents the fullness and oneness of God. No one was set apart, but all made as one body ...one garment, if you will, that had no divisions or seams. His garment was ripped apart, as was the body of believers after His ascension. They all had a piece of God and Jesus, but not the full oneness that was had when He was here.

They also cast lots over the garment.The meaning of "cast lots":

to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. ^source

In essence, to gamble for which piece they would get. Are we who identify ourselves as Christians not doing the same thing? Each one of us has cast our lot, not knowing what the outcome will be. We switch from church to church looking...throwing the dice to see what part of Jesus' remnant we can get, then if we aren't happy with that, we go and play again.

When will we ever learn to stop throwing our dice and get the garment back together so we can all have the fullness that Jesus wanted us to experience?

Jesus was praying for more than just sin on that cross...He was praying for all who would take His message and pervert it for financial gain, those who would kill in His name when that is not what He asked of his followers, for those who would never have the fullness because they were too worried about dividing the truth into sections that were easier for them to handle.

So I follow my sisters in saying, no, I do NOT adhere to your brand of Christianity. I seek the fullness of the Spirit and truth of Jesus' message to us all. I yearn to have the full body of Christ gathered in one purpose as they were in the days when He himself walked this earth...when His father God milled through the garden...that is the joy of following God that I am looking to gain.

Anything less is not worth seeking.