15 Aug 2021
Escape to Reality
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Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple.
A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth. Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne; and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming,
‘Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Messiah.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
15 August 2021 @ 9:26 am
Thanks for this message, Jerry! The fantasy stories that capture one’s imagination pale in comparison to the story of Jesus. I do wonder why that story doesn’t capture the imagination of today’s generation (not just young people but even many in our generation). It comes in the preaching of every day life and in the pulpit, but does the conviction come through? It sure did in your preaching!!! Thanks for the witness!
16 August 2021 @ 12:47 am
Powerful. Thank you.
16 August 2021 @ 12:53 am
Spot on, Jerry! I agree with you 100%!
16 August 2021 @ 6:31 am
Just what I needed to hear… Thank you, Jerry