A) Women received their dead, raised to life again. Elisha and the women. Let’s be straightforward. This miracle rocked the universe of the people at that time. This miracle rocked the world at the time of Jesus. Someone got up from the dead. In the case of Jesus, it was NEVER to die again.
B) Not accepting release in order to get a better resurrection: Not the event, but the rewards. Yep, it is here, folks, that should make us blush. Our church wants to be just like the early church. Really? Is this what the people of our churches want today? Not so much.
C) Mockings, scourgings, bonds, imprisonment, stoned, sawed in two…it all sounds like fun. Where are you now, Karl Marx? If this is the opiate of the people, then this is some pretty bad black tar opium. There is NO “we can escape reality” for Christians. There is… perseverance.
D) The world was not worthy: There is no doubt that these great people of God were just great. And the world is not great. The world could never deserve these people of great faith.
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