Today is Hari Raya Haji!
A Public Holiday on a Monday!
But a Mundaaay it was not!
Why?
The appearance of A Godsend rainbow at 5pm!
What an evening to set off to I-Light Spore 2024!
The awesome natural rainbow beats those artificial lights pants down!
Plus the fake “northern lights “ too!
Fancy bumping into Joyce at the Lau Pa Sat!
Thanks to her actually for letting me know of this annual I Light Spore event! It has been few years since I started riding thru these yearly installations! Yeah!
This evening? The bonus of a singing busker !
What a joy! Yeah!
Getting old. We decided to park at Spore Bible House Carpark with our foldies. Then rode on…more pleasant to be home by 10:15! Instead of Panting back after 11pm! 😂
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Btw, do u know the meaning of Hari Raya Haji?
Besides the end of the Hajj in Mecca for those present here, the other significance is the commemoration of Abraham’s (Ibrahim) willingness of his sacrifice of his own son Isaac in obedience to the command of God.
This record shows the big link between Muslims and Christians belief. One follows the Quran. The other - the Bible.
The story of Abraham presenting his own son on the fire as an offering is recorded in Genesis 22.
Poor Isaac asked his father after noticing the wood and fire at Mount Moriah. But he saw no animal! ( he din know he was that sacrifice! lol)😂 But God saw Abraham’s obedience. He later provided the lamb of sacrifice:) A real maa maa caught in a thicket by the horns. So it was offered up as a burnt offering instead of his son Isaac!
So now u know why there was also the slaughter of the maa maa by the Muslims for this public holiday Hari Raya Haji now? (Known as Korban) Heh heh heh.
But the main divide between this 2 faiths is simply understanding that the same person Jesus of the Quran and the Bible - is actually the lamb Himself sacrificed on the cross for mankind. He is more than just a prophet. He died for the sins of man. Substitution of sins which no matter how many holy pilgrimages one need to take to a holy place, is just fulfilled by Him alone at the cross. The beauty of it ? He died. But He rose again. He lives. To those who acknowledge Him, He is THE LIGHT of the world. 🌎 He declared “I AM the LIGHT of the world”. Indeed He is. Just as I-Light Singapore is quite a mesmerizing event to behold at Marina Promenade yearly, nothing beats the covenant love He bestows us with the painting of the natural 7 wonder colours of that rainbow in the sky ! The light bends to show off the 7 awesome colours in this order ! ROYGBIV( colour of the rainbow in its sequence!) JOY !🤩
Cheap thrill for a moment of awe. Right place. Right timing. Not all the time one can witness! Thank our guardian angel for this arc painting!
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The video of 17/6/24! Yeah!!!
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