Such a difference really, and yet, so close to being the same thing in some ways. Let's think out loud for a minute or two (or twelve). You can be in a house, on a house, in a car or on a car, in a box, with a fox - - wait, something else, isn't it? The words "in" and "on" are used over and over throughout the day and truly they are two completely different concepts yet they are the same in one way at least; in (there I go) Britain, if you live somewhere you are IN the street, not ON it. In America, the house is ON the street, not IN it. If the house were IN the street IN America, the house would be situated in such a way that you'd have to go around it. In and on?
The disciples asked Jesus how to pray and in the prayer, not on it, He said (or at least in the English translation) "Our Father who aren't IN Heaven, Holy is Your name." He also said to let "Thy will be done ON Earth, as it is IN Heaven." Again, I don't know the Hebrew or Greek for what Jesus told us, but in English, the translation is clearly saying that Heaven is a place you walk INTO not stand ON. I mean, we know there are roads that we'll stand on one day; but we'll also stand IN those roads and meet and greet friends. We fall IN love, not on top of it, but with time we can be both IN time for something; usually saving something from certain peril, or we can be ON time too! Crazy.
We're forever saying these two words and though we change them now and again for the other(s) we do still know what we mean most of the time when we say either in or on; no one has to explain it when we say we're in the middle of something, or onto something. It's just that they mean different things; the word "in" could mean that in order (did it again) for it to be real or meaningful, we'd have to be wrapped around with whatever "it" is so we're IN it. To be ON it, we just have to be standing on top of it. If we're standing under it, that's not the same thing, is it? Nope. In, or on, but never under, through, beside, next to, adjacent to - - I'm rambling.
Jesus was in Heaven. He came to and on Earth. He walked among us, and later He died ON a cross, laid IN the ground, but then the real story began, didn't it? He got up! He didn't stay in the grave, He didn't stay gone. He is now both IN us through the Holy Spirit and ON our minds, or He should be! The thing about Jesus is, you don't even have to be a follower of His and know that He is the most controversial man ever to be alive! You can't say His name without bringing joy to some and anger to others. If someone thinks they're an atheist they're lying. They can claim to be agnostic, having no knowledge, but they can't claim He doesn't exist. Even Satan knows He is alive. Even those who worship others know Jesus is HERE in Spirit, and IN Heaven as we breathe; waiting for the "go" to return. That's when we Christians will be raptured, and meet Him IN the air, not ON the air, but IN the air on our way to Heaven. What a day.
That's it really, I was just spitballing today, and the thought(s) occurred to me that I look up and see the moon at night IN the sky, not on the sky. Clouds are in the sky too, but we can't sit ON one, we can sit IN one, but yeah, we'll fall right through them. No substance there. The moon would at least hold us up for a while (not very long, it's a gravity thing. Gravity is more of an ON thing if you think about it.) Sometimes I let my mind wander and sometimes I let it wonder. My brain is IN my head, but the thoughts I have are ON my mind; where is my mind? Is it tangible? Do I go all DeCartes on you now, or should we discuss Hume, Reid, Locke, and others who both agree and dissent from DeCartes notion of we think, therefore we ARE, but that's not an answer to where is the mind? It has to have a physical place to hangout otherwise we couldn't be OUT of our minds, or IN the right mind! Ha!
Some days are diamonds and some days are carbon; wait, that's the same thing! Huh? Oh well, it's something else to think about. Are all rocks the same age since God made them on the same day? Wow....mind blown.
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