Most people would not consider it sacred ground but its the ground that Jesus walked on Its the Land that God the Father chose from the very beginning.
It took me a while to think about your reply. I assume you were replying to my laughing at your wanting to have a piece of the promised land (Israel)kept in a bottle? Personally, I thought what you said was brilliant. I laughed not to make fun of you but happy for what your comment exposed. At first I thought you’d said it intentionally to make us stop to think about what you claim as the promised land. I saw it similar to the holy water, priest covet as they only can anoint whom they choose with their coveted bottles of “holy water”… where they control and have in their possession the holy water.
If I could share something with you, you may laugh too.
You are the bottle that contains a piece of the Promised Land. A treasure in an earthen vessel. See, I’m not laughing but I am confused how no one wants to hear that they are the “blessed” of God, a treasure held in bottles. The power not of men, but of God. That is not desired to be heard though, but instead we crave something of “a precious keep sake”. You may say …you are not that promised land in a bottle, but consider the parable of the ground and what is the ground? The heart. The mind. It is this heart, this mind which is to “be you transformed by the renewing of your mind”.
If that doesn’t cause you any pause in wishing you had possession of a bottle containing a treasure …think of this. You said it’s Holy ground where Jesus walked during His days in the flesh. Jesus Christ also walked in Paul. “not I, but Christ Lives in me” and others, and even those today whom “not I, but Christ Lives in me” …we are not talking dirt in a bottle. You said it is holy ground because It’s
the path of where Jesus Christ has walked. Wouldn’t that holy pathway be “the Way”, where He said “I am the way.” He spoke of that which has nothing to do with dirt kept in a bottle? I’m not trying to minimize where Jesus Christ walked or walks…but trying to tell you: where Jesus Christ feet have walked(travelled) is closer to you than you think. (Imo). It’s you, I believe. And not something you can’t ever possess or have as a keep (safe)sake.
You said “Its the Land that God the Father chose from the very beginning.”
Ephesians 2:20-22 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; [21] In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord: [22] In whom you also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Mark 4:8-9 And
other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. [9] And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
What is “good ground”?