Sin is disunity. We can invent a host of other definitions for the word sin but all seem to be religiously or culturally bound. The definition of sin as disunity seems to have a much broader reach and it still fits the biblical story. God is in a covenant (written) relationship with we humans and that relationship, from God’s angle, has a dual focus. The agreement is to be worked out with the individual and the covenant becomes a promise to all that God will accomplish pure unity for the human species. As God sees it, there can be no exceptions. Unity is total inclusion.
What must 100%
pure unity feel like? Who knows? We only know personal, religious, political and
cultural disunity. Ours ancestors will
never live in a sinless world. Like it
or not, every relationship on this earth is fraught with compromise, therefore,
we shall ever be a ship out of the water.
This qualifies as a pessimistic understanding of who we are and the
truth does hurt, however, let us buckle up and take it like a man (adult).
Could it be that we will never recognize Unity
until we have experienced disunity? If
this be the case, God has created just the right environment here on
earth. Welcome aboard.
G. Goslaw
Landers, Ca
