Michael Dell was probably one of the first people to commercialize the idea that going direct to the manufacturer made more sense than buying from a distributor or retailer. Intermediaries make money from making it convenient and hassle free. This includes wholesale markets and other kinds that consolidate goods for easy "one-stop" purchasing. Amazon makes huge profits from being an intermediary. But I predict that one day technology and markets will innovate to remove the "Amazon-type" digital intermediaries.
Wood and stone are commodities used to build many things. One comes out of growth of a plant, the other is the product of minerals that got compressed with high pressure and heat. Both cannot speak to you or have any meaning unless you make them out to be something. And this is the case with the gods that many cultures have created over the centuries. They only found meaning from mere mortals. They were created in "real time", and not "before time". They got the form with human touch, and will not get power without spiritual touch. Where spiritual is concerned, it cannot be God because He does not want us to worship an image of Him. He does not want an intermediary. He wants us to worship Him alone and directly.
Ezekiel 20:41-42
I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.
The people of Israel kept worshiping the gods of their neighbors. It was easy and allowed them to be accepted in the region. Many married these foreign wives and brought these cultures into their families. Others wanted to "stay correct" in the societies they lived in. Others still had this attitude that the God of Universe could only be worshiped and reached directly by the elite of society. The Priests, the Kings, and the "Wise Ones". They wanted to be able to do the easier thing. Worship gods that they could handle on the roadside, in their homes, and those they could see. They worshiped instead the Priests, the Kings, and/or the "Wise Ones". It was practical but not the best. They were robbing themselves and their families of God's best. I am going direct to God as that is what God expects. It is a direct line not an extension. Not an agent. Not a distant connection. Hallelujah! I am going direct. No intermediaries.
Father, I am coming direct.
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