Week 52 Revelation
I started reading chapter eleven and right away got what I think of as my Revelation Feeling. It happens in other books too. But most often here.
It goes like this:
…I read a section that I don’t get
…I think about it but maybe still don’t get it
…if I look for outside help I might see how Person A explains it
…but I might find a different explanation from Person B
…so all that really gives me is the thing I didn’t originally get plus two explanations
…I could hope that maybe a Person C can break the tie but maybe the tie-breaker is another opinion
…meaning I have my original thing plus three explanations
…even though what I really want is to have my don’t-get-it to contract into certainty instead it’s expanding on me.
That’s the rough break-down of a (specifically) Revelation Feeling.
The bigger point is that reading any book of the bible can be a problematic exercise (I think that if someone developed a Bible Reading Perplexity Scale I’d likely do the questionnaire for no other reason than to put a number to my problem).
Anyway…going forward into 2022 I think what I’m looking at is this:
First: I’m assuming that even if my Perplexity Quotient is high not reading the bible won’t help lower it.
Second: I can expect to be reading in a state of episodic perplexity.
Third: I’m betting that if I keep reading my number will gradually decrease.