Abraham

 I got a little confused reading Genesis 17-24.I really concentrate because  something that I did not couldn't stop thinking about was abraham being nighty nine. My grandfather is still alive and he is going to turn nighty nine in one month. When i say it about my grandfather it doesn't sound like it really is but when i read it in the Genesis I was shocked I could´t believe it. To live a hundred years is to live two life times. When my grand father tells me his stories I can't believe it. He lived through both world worlds and I cant even imagine what Abraham might of lived through and what he could of seen.

How did we actually get here?

One of the biggest unanswered questions that i ask myself is how did we get here? Was it evolution and the big bang-theory? Or was it how the bible states? That God created the earth and the heavens and that we are here because of Adam and Eve. In Exodus 1:7¨ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.¨ This is saying that Adam and Eves decedents arrived in Egypt and that they reproduced and that was how the human race was born. We are obviously here because of reproduction but who were the first men and women? I believe that this question is and will always be one of the biggest mysteries on earth. My personal belief is that we are here because of the big bang theory and that through time and evolution we have become what we are today. But who knows?

Touch

With one simple touch,
The Earth and the Heavens unite.
Though it may not be much,
It is an extraordinary sight.

When two hands join 

Two worlds come together,

And become one.

Temptation

People are always tempted to do what is not allowed. As many say “ Rules are made to break them.” This is very true. We are always inclined to break the rules, to go against the “flow”. When Eve takes the apple from the tree, after God told both Adam and Eve, several times not to take the apple, it really reminded me of this. Most of the time people are pushed into doing something wrong by others. Like negative peer pressure. It is like a Pandora's box people are taken over by curiosity, an example I looked at my friends cellphone and saw something I was not supposed to and like adam and eve I suffered serious consequences. 

 

“[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

The Jacobean

The Jacobean had to be very scary. In the beginning of the chapter they compared it to September 11, 2001. That day the Al Queada terrorists crashed into the twin towers. I was living in Miami and I remember how scared I was that day when my mom picked me up that day at school and watching the news. I couldn't understand what was happening. It was just a complete state of confusion. As i read on I could make many connections in my mind between these two events.

Another thing that really caught my attention was the color black. This color usually foreshadows sad moments or terror. Every time I think in the color black I think of negativism and pain. In God's Secretaries it is the same. It symbolizes evil and darkness. Something that I remembered after I finished this chapter was that at the beginning of the book, it said that England was "the white country" but that is completely wrong because it is very corrupt. It should be called the Black Country instead.

Luxury

First of all I have to say that I really liked this first chapter and that I was very surprised by it. When I read the preface I imagined a very boring and dull text but the truth is that I really did enjoy this first chapter.

Being king of England must have been very unique. James was a very self centered and egocentric man. I think his attitude was like this because he grew up as an orphan. It must have been very difficult to have to control an entire nation with out your parents helping you or giving you advice. Being king, obviously, was very prestigious and important rank. This brought James many luxuries and power. He was a very important man and people were constantly trying to impress him. They would give him gold and power. He had everything he ever wanted handed to him.

Many people usually think that the most fortunate people are those like James. They have power money and they never have to work for anything. I believe that this kind of life is full of luxuries and privileges but I don not think that James is that fortunate. It obviously is fun but sometimes having everything in the world is worse than not having anything at all.

Is it really worth it?

Something that really caught my attention while i was reading the preface was that the people that translated the King James Bible have been forgotten. Nobody knows who he or she is or who he or she was. All we do know is that these people translated this text. I don't understand why these translators were forgotten, and it really makes me wonder. Are we all going to eventually be forgotten?

People might be remembered for a century or two but are we all really going to be forgotten? Maybe a few are going to continue in the history books such as presidents and dictators. But what about the rest of us? Are we just going to be left in the past? I always have wanted to leave my mark and I don’t want to be forgotten like these translators.