Changing Places - an image seen
I saw an image yesterday, something like a dream, where God intentionally took the least seat in Creation. This was done in love, as how could one love, create this seat along with the rest of Creation, and not sit there themself (thus assigning it to another)?
This matches well with Jesus' message of humbleness, and being a servant to all, a message with such deep ramifications that I feel I had not fully realized until glimpsing this. This also could explain why in Genesis 1 and 2 there is a subtle switch in title from "God," whose last indicated action was to rest and bless the Sabbath for it was when God rested (Genesis 2:2-3), to "The Lord God" from Genesis 2:4 onward, for the balance of the Eden story. Once seen, this title shift really stands out, as "God" is not referenced again for some time.
So when I considered that this might be a shift of the spotlight, with "God" taking this least position, I saw a whole string of these seat shifts occur in my mind. Each seat change was initiated by the one in control, never schemed away by the one in the least seat, each time done in love for the one in this powerless position; it became like a way of shifting gears. As such the first became last and the last became first, over and over beneath general notice, more titles for the one in control becoming apparent as the realm expanded and grew in complexity. It was a beautiful image that supported the idea of "love your enemy" to the point where it was no longer a question of if this would be done, but when and how, each intentionally moving to this corner that was the inverse of their own.
I saw this happen not just in Creation at large, but in each realm or pocket of eep. In these cases ignorance came into play for the one in control, and when and how this one loved their enemy became more of a function of when they understood this structure, and could comprehend their "enemy" who was largely obscured. I imagine Jesus has taken this seat in each of our realms where permitted (perhaps even where not explicitly permitted), in a equation so complex and obscured that it has taken thousands of years to be made clear (seemingly a large part of the mystery of God that is to be revealed), but with the understanding that it would be the last time anyone needed to be in such a dire position, as switching places with him would be a move necessarily seen and understood. At that point such switches would be much more like shifting gears in a car rather than wondering why the car has stalled, and an astoundingly beautiful end to this phase of the timeline would be achieved and witnessed by all.
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