"Scott Francis O'Grady (born October 12, 1965) is a former United States Air Force fighter
pilot. On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia by an SA-6
mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C into hostile territory. After nearly a
week of evading the Serbs he was eventually rescued by Marines. Previously he took part in the Banja Luka incident where he fired upon six enemy aircraft.
The 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines is loosely based upon his
experiences." (Wikipedia)
He ate bugs, drank water that
trickled off tree leaves, and only moved under cover of darkness. Like a typical guy, he did not stop and ask
for directions!
Context is everything. If Scott
were doing these behaviors in down-town New York, he might well have become a
candidate for placement in a medical facility. On the other hand fellow New
Yorkers might never notice.
Context is everything. When
reading the Bible it is common for the reader to view subject matter within the
framework of their own experiences. The term, "wilderness" in the
Bible is not the same as the Kentucky home that Daniel Boone called,
"Wilderness". Our imagination formulates more than simple geography.
Our sense of morality, or honor, or "right and wrong" are defined
within the limitations of what we have seen, heard, felt, possibly even told. Not
knowing the context of the Biblical writer could have us bewildered over a
Jewish Judge offering his daughter as a sacrifice, Jephthah in Judges 11,
(OK, that is pretty weird even after a lot of education and study).
The Bible says the secret things
belong to the Lord. So some subjects will remain hidden to us in this life and
maybe even into the next. There are things though that we human beings can get
fairly wrapped around the axle, confused as to their message when we could in
fact get better knowledge.
Colossians
2:16-19, " Let no man
therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holyday,
or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which
are a shadow of things to come; but
the
body is of Christ. Let no man
beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and
worshipping
of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up
by his
fleshly
mind, And not holding the Head,
from which all the body by joints and bands having
nourishment
ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God."
There is reason to stay under the
authority of a local church and it's pastor. These things beyond our selves may
well have already been well hashed out or have solid information as to context.
Yes, all men are open to
fallibility, even one so revered as the pope. We could be open to error, so
never stop reading Scripture and seeking God's "Face" in prayer.
Until such day that we stand before our Creator-God, it is our Divine duty to
"search the Scriptures to see if these things be so,". (John 5:39,
Acts 17:11)
