11/01/2026 – “The Cosmic Dice” / Romans 8: 28-30! – below
“We were sitting in the circle of stones around the campfire but there was no fire as it was midday. The teacher was holding a clay jar. He began to shake it, then thrust it downward to release unto the ground its content, what appeared to be small white stones.
“One of the most famous physicists in the world asserted that God does no play dice with the universe. What do you think he meant?”
“That what happens in the world doesn’t happen by chance?”
“Yes, and the question is bigger than physics. It’s something that most people ponder at least once in their lives: Do things in life just happen to happen, as if by chance, by the random rolling of the dice? Or is there a reason, a plan, and a destiny? Does God play dice with the universe?
“And what’s the answer?”
“Do you see the white stones? These are the lots. In ancient times they were cast to make decisions, the ancient equivalent of the rolling of the dice. The Book of Esther focuses on this very thing, the casting of the lots. It’s what Hamn used to determine the day he would destroy the Jewish people. The lots were called the purim. It is from that act and this word that comes the Jewish holiday of Purim. It could be called the Feast of Dice. It’s the dice or lots that sum up everything else that happens in that book. Evil reigns. And everything seems out of control, random, without purpose, and casting of lots, the roll of the dice. But the end of the story, every out-of-control event, every evil, is turned around to accomplish the purposes of God and the salvation of His people. Every random event is turned to redemption. The very fact that there exists a holy day called Purim, Lots, Dice, is itself a revelation and the answer to the mystery. They both exist. As long as free will exists and evil exists, there will exist in the world the principle of randomness, that which seems to be without purpose or meaning, the rolling of the dice. Yet above and beyond the dice is the will and hand of God. And in the end, that hand causes every lot and die, every out-of-control detail to fall into His will. And so it is written, ‘god causes all things to work together for good for those who love Him…’ So the dice may roll, and the lots will fall, but in the end, He will cause it to roll into the good, and to fall into the purposes of God, into destiny, into redemption… into the celebration of the purim.” ”
The Mission: Ponder those events of your life over which you’ve never had peace. Be at peace and give thanks that He will work all these things for your good.
Esther 9; 26-28; Romans 8:28
The Purim
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“We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God; those who are called according to his purpose. For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, He also called, and those he called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.” Romans 8: 28-30
Do we really believe what we say we believe is really true?
“Because of all the instructions in this letter as well as what they had witnessed and what had happened to them, the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined with them to a commitment, that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.” Esther 9: 26-28
The next Feast of Purim will be celebrated from sundown on March 22, 2027, to sundown on March 23, 2027.
What is Purim? – link below:
https://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/645309/jewish/What-Is-Purim.htm
Soli Deo Gloria!