Diversity

Diversity without singularity as the bond for its many components will lead to chaos and eventually death. Although we all have diverse attributes, we are all of one and the same nature. We are all made in the image of God. And it is God that is our singularity, it is God that is our purpose, and it is God that is our bond.

Diversity of the human attribute takes a backseat to the singularity of the God attribute.

Notice that Jesus calls for singularity first and foremost. “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord” (Mark 12:29)

The first commandment is to love the one God. This is the necessary singularity and the bond that holds everything together. Then Jesus calls us to funnel all of us into Him. We are to love God, “with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength” (Mark 12:30).

Only after we have dedicated our entire being to the one, are we commanded to diversify.

“And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” (Mark 12:31)

There is no call for diversity with God. There is only a call to God, the one true God and for our benefit. Any deviation to that call and to that purpose will result in chaos and eventually death. Putting people first before God is a sin and in direct opposition to the command of Jesus Christ. Putting the attributes of man as a priority above that of God is a sin and will lead to chaos and death.

Diversity is an effect, a welcome benefit of the cause of singularity in God. Diversity is not the cause. The effect of diversity when it is the cause is destruction.

Bill Hitchcock