Making Connections Dec 20
Making Connections Dec 20 December 20 Daniel 7:9-14, Matthew 26:62-68, Revelation 1:12-20 Making Connections: Have you ever had the experience of being in the presence of someone great? People wait in line for hours for book signing by famous authors or pay great sums of money for a backstage pass at a concert. Whole business in Los Angeles are dedicated to driving tourists by the homes of celebrities. This sense of awe is why it can be so crushing when one of these heroes falls. If we did not hold them in some esteem, we would have no sense of disappointment when they prove that they are like us: human. So often I think that we don't have a full picture of the grandeur & awesomeness of God's power. When John sees the vision of the Son of Man, he fell at His feet as though dead, and I think we would (and will) do the same. Yet Jesus, who deserves every bit of adoration & awe, stoops to touch John & says, "Fear not." ...