tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post4814370035111405080..comments2023-08-09T07:48:53.962-04:00Comments on Bear Witness to the Light: Be Perfect, Just As Your Heavenly Father Is Perfect.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-11549469727382071512010-06-15T03:02:18.897-04:002010-06-15T03:02:18.897-04:00“Have you found me out, my enemy?”
Superficially,...“Have you found me out, my enemy?”<br /><br />Superficially, Elijah is Ahab's enemy, but Elijah is speaking to Ahab in God's name, so Ahab has actually made God his enemy. Ahab's enemy - God - is indeed his persecuter, but with the aim of bringing him to repentance.<br /><br />Ahab's partner in crime, Jezebel, who got Ahab what he wanted, was Ahab's real enemy, not Elijah. <br /><br />Ever since Eve met the snake, human beings have tended to mistake enemies for friends and vice versa!<br /><br />'Be perfect'<br /><br />This reminds me of Our Lord's words on the cross: 'It is finished.' Something perfect is something fully finished. The Crucifixion is God's act of perfect love, even for His 'enemies': sinners. The sun rising and the rain falling on the just and the unjust makes me think of Christ being lifted up and God's mercy raining down.Sarah in the tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680566205364331756noreply@blogger.com