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31. Neatly Packaged Boxes and Illuminated Signposts

1st October 1999 by Arthur Eedle

Nearly 400 years had gone by since Malachi spoke, and the Jews had formulated their “Tanakh“, which we now call the Old Testament. The Tanakh was sacrosanct. It was a complete book. Nothing could be added to it or taken from it. There were, of course, many other interesting writings, including such commentaries as the Mishnah and the Talmud, but the Tanakh was supreme above all, and must be preserved and copied with the greatest care. [And of course, we are very thankful to the Scribes, the Sopherim, who preserved their ancient records with such care.]

Into this atmosphere came a quiet, thoughtful, but troublesome artisan known as Yeshua ben Joseph, whom men later referred to as Jesus. As a young man of 30 he began publicly to ADD TO what had been crystallised into the Tanakh, and this could not be tolerated. He had the temerity to give NEW REVELATION, and this was not allowed. God had spoken through Moses, the Prophets, and the Writings and this made a neat package, not to be tampered with. He was a major embarrassment to the Jewish hierarchy, and had to be dealt with severely.

After they had disposed of this troublesome upstart, a new sect arose, saying that this man Yeshua had risen from the dead! They began to preach a new thing, and it caught on like wildfire, so that the process of just three centuries, 27 more writings were added to the Tanakh, and the Jews were scandalised. Their neatly packaged box had been pillaged, broken open, and re-designed into a bigger box. As the new sect grew, it began to worship the larger box, treat it with hushed veneration, and anchor it with heavy ecclesiastical tradition.

Another 1700 years flowed down the stream of time until a new millennium was in view. The world was now flooded with this larger neatly packaged box called The Bible. But God had started to speak to His people once again, and there was turmoil. “No prophecy has the same authority as Holy Writ!”  thundered the leaders of this new  movement. “And just remember, the Word of God is complete. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing must be taken from it.” Others muscled in, saying, “God has nothing else to say. No prophecy must do other then repeat, re-emphasise, and revive what has already been said.”  Those who received “something new” were severely castigated in print, and virtually dis-fellowshipped from what they believed to be “The Body of Christ.”

But suddenly, very strange things began to happen on the earth, in a manner quite unexpected by the many, and a whole new order came about, whereby human beings were seen in changed and undying bodies, taking a wonderful new message to the human race. God had even greater plans than had hitherto been appreciated. It all happened so quickly, and it took the churches by surprise, but when the initial novelty had settled into a newly established and beneficent order, a number of scribes were appointed who wrote “The Annals of the Kingdom” and it was declared that these writings should be added to what were known as the Old Testament and the New Testament. But like the Jews of old, there were many ecclesiastics who vehemently refused to believe that their neatly packaged box could again be pillaged, broken open, and made larger. They were content, safe, and secure in their traditional knowledge of a fossilised God. Any God who was alive, active, and likely to turn their world upside down was clearly too dangerous to handle, and must be relegated to the realms of religious fantasy, new-age mysticism, and heresy. Tradition was as sacrosanct to them as it had been to the Jews.

But the King who reigned over all the earth had spoken clearly when He was on the earth the first time. Correcting the Jewish error He said, “You search the Tanakh because in THAT you think to have life eternal, but it is merely the SIGNPOST that points to Me and you will not come to Me that you might have life.”  Their neatly packaged box had become a shrine at which the Jewish world worshipped. 2000 years later the Christian world worshipped at the larger shrine, proving that human nature had not changed. The accoutrements of this shrine, this beautifully engraved and illuminated SIGNPOST, are many and varied, as the accompanying satirical poem seeks to illustrate.

Signposts! Signposts!
We are selling Signposts!
We’ve bigger ones, and smaller ones,
And shorter ones and taller ones,
And plainer ones and bolder ones;
No matter what your language is,
Nor what your nationality’s,
Nor yet how small your salary’s,
Don’t buy them just as novelties,
They save you from calamities!
You KNOW you must have one of these,
So let us cut formalities
And render God our services,
By swinging on the arms of these Signposts!

Signposts! Signposts!
We’ll help you with your Signposts!
We’ll teach you how to swing about,
To exercise and turn about,
To somersault and roundabout,
(Even if you’re fairly stout!)
To pirouette upon the pole,
Or hang on with no hands at all,
To lie flat out upon the arm,
And know you’ll never come to harm;
With practice you’re an acrobat,
As cunning as a diplomat,
Try all of these and many more,
Just do your daily “Signpost Hour”,
We’ve one for every size of our Signposts!

Signposts! Signposts!
Read the words upon your Signposts!
Memorise just what it says to you,
Realise just what it means to you,
Imprint its words upon your mind,
The more you know, the more you’ll find,
The more you find, the more you’ll note,
The more you learn, the more you’ll quote,
The greater your agility,
The finer your ability,
The more will others see your flare
And so in turn will worship their Signposts!

Signposts! Signposts!
Don’t ever leave your signposts!
Don’t listen to the stranger’s voice,
He’ll try to influence you choice,
For he is full of prejudice,
And jealous of your edifice,
He may quite well encourage you
To leave with all your family too!
Of such a crime you could not boast
If in the war you left your post!
So stand your ground whete’er may come,
Don’t leave your post by bribe or gun,
Let all the world be very sure
Of this, your loyalty to your
Signposts!

 

Filed Under: The Wayside Pulpit Tagged With: Discipleship

About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

The Wayside Pulpit

1. Introduction

11th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

2. Rave Music

13th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

3. “I know you”

13th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

4. God of all men

15th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

5. Truth and Error

21st June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

6. Ruth Prince

2nd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

7. Talking Trees

3rd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

8. Dangers of rock music

6th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

9. True Worship

9th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

10. A wonderful building

11th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

11. Traits of the self-life

15th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

12. 100 Pianos

28th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

13. “Much more” & “No more”

5th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

14. Evangelism and the second advent

8th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

15. Tribute to Ron Wyatt

10th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

16. The opening of the Kansas Senate in the USA

12th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

17. The face of feminism

14th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

18. The second coming of Elijah

19th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

19. Mellowing with age

21st August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

20. The rationality of the Christian faith

24th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

21. The first and the lost

28th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

22. The coming of the Lord

2nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

23. “I am coming tomorrow!”

4th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

24. Living stones for a spiritual temple

7th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

25. Rosh Hashana – the feast of trumpets

10th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

26. A Tribute to the Rock-Badger’s Family

14th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

27. The Cursed Fig Tree

17th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

28. “Tell me the old, old story”

19th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

29. A Sovereign Work

22nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

30. Today is the Secret of Tomorrow

24th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

31. Neatly Packaged Boxes and Illuminated Signposts

1st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

32. “In danger of hell fire”

3rd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

33. The Silent Witness

5th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

34. The Lesson of Amos

8th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

35. The Great Tribulation

11th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

36. “Until”

14th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37. The Unnerving Power of Tradition

18th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37a. The Explorer

19th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

38. The Dart Family

22nd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

39. “Nothing new under the Sun”

31st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

40. “When the Stars begin to fall”

1st November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

41. The Coming of the Christ

3rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

42. “Like unto Moses.”

6th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

43. “Sweet Revenge!”

7th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

44. The Second Coming

14th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

45. Forgiveness & Punishment

23rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

47. The Pattern and Purpose of the Cherubim

2nd December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

48. The Unforgivable Sin

4th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

49. Japhah, the Beautiful One

5th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

50. Resurrection by Judgement

11th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

51. “The Saviour of Mankind”

17th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

52. “Bad Associations corrupt Good Customs”

29th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

53. Fingerprints and Irises

2nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

54. Cats, Dogs and Philodendrons

4th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

55. The Second Eve

15th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

56. The Illuminati

22nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

57. The Dark Day of May 19th 1780

24th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

58. Hidden Significances

26th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

59. “Before”

5th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

60. When “shall” becomes “will”

10th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

61. The Death of the Husband

13th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

63. St. Paul the Abortion

25th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

64. The Moral Dilemma

27th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

65. The Moral Dilemma. A Personal Answer

1st March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

66. The Moral Dilemma. A Second Answer

4th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

67. The Joy of our Salvation

11th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

68. The love of God

16th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

69. The Windows of the Soul

28th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

70. Vision & Prophecy

2nd April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

71. Confusion

12th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

72. Creation’s Vanity

18th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

73. “Friend, move up higher!”

2nd May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

74. The Last Generation

25th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

75. The House of the Soul

29th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

76. The Opening of the Sheath

1st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

77. Possession

2nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

78. Ancestral Bondage

5th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

79. The State of the Dead

7th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

80. Professor William Barclay

10th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

81. The Unacceptable Face of Universalism

12th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

82. No Escape from the Fire

21st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

83. My Help

22nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

84. Our Stories

27th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

85. Filling up that which is lacking

9th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

86. Road Rage

15th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

87. Immanuel

19th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

88. Daughters of Thunder

27th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

89. Casting off all Restraint

1st August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

90. Food, glorious Food!

3rd August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

91. The Kindly Laws of the Old Testament

7th August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

92. Resurrection

2nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

93. More about Resurrection

15th September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

94. “With what body do they come?”

22nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

95. One Helluva Hole

9th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

96. A Whale of a Tale

10th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

97. The Hallelujah Chorus

11th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

98. “It never even entered my mind.”

16th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

99. A Passionate Plea for Truth

18th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

100. Warfare in the Heavenlies

20th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

101. “The Lamb and Flag”

27th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

102. Souls of men

1st November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

103. Sacrifice

4th November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

106. For whom did Christ die?

16th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

107. “I cannot tell . . . but this I know.”

18th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

108. The Great Cloud of Witnesses

19th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

109. The law of circularity

10th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

110. James Relly & John Murray

13th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

Article Series

  • All our Yesterdays (30)
  • Before He comes (13)
  • God's Spoken Word (37)
  • Mysteries of Science & Faith (8)
  • New Series (101)
  • Newsletter (2)
  • Original Series (109)
  • Prophecy considerations (5)
  • Recognising the Hand of Judgment (33)
  • Resurrection and Change (16)
  • Seekers Corner (14)
  • Simple Statements on Serious Subjects (6)
  • The City of God (18)
  • The Millennial Octave (23)
  • The Restitution Times (22)
  • The Song of Solomon (6)
  • The Standard (19)
  • The Wayside Pulpit (107)
  • The Wayside Pulpit 2015 (96)
  • The Wellspring (101)
  • The Wellspring 2017 (55)

Index of Topics

Arthur & Rosalind Eedle's Personal Testimonies Discipleship Expository Items Good and Evil Human Pre-Existance Jane Leade. Philadelphian Numerology in the Bible Quotations from other Authors Resurrection and the Change Ron Wyatt. Archaeology Science Topics The Kingdom of God the Millennium and the Return of Christ The Sabbath Day Universal Reconcilliation

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