"Hope's Desire"

"But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared." (Psalms 130:4)

  Just to be clear, hope is not without proof or substance; to put your hope in something or someone, there has got to be something or someone worthy enough to satisfy what you hope for. Who has the power enough to forgive? I think you see where this is going. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1) He puts this desire within us; this great desire and need for forgiveness. The whole point of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, it is that of the great need for redemption; if we do not know we have broken the law, then we do not feel the need for forgiveness. Where is the evidence of God's forgiveness? As I said, Adam named his wife, Eve, after the fall; Eve basically means, Mother of all living, not the dead. The most proof that we have of God's forgiveness is His love: "For God so loved the world," is the proof of His forgiveness! If you were falling from the sky, that parachute that is strapped to your back is the only proof you have that there is hope you will not die; yet, that proof will only prove itself worthy if it works! If it does not work, it is too late to reach out for anything else, you are going to die; kasplat! This is what faith typically looks like, without the splatter! The reason that this says, "that thou mayest be feared," is exactly for that reason, that there is no splatter! There is the desire of our hope, God's willingness to forgive us is evident by His love. If we did not believe that He loved us, then why would we ask to be forgiven? Not without the hope for redemption! For Adam, it was unclear; sin was revealed and all that Adam knew was his nakedness and shame. So what was Adam to do, but cover up; even then, he still needed to hide, because he could not cover the shame. Forgiveness did not seem to be the option, only denial: It wasn't me! That is the point of the substance...

"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18)