In the Words of Our President
Last night I caught a clip of President Bush's remarks at the Pentagon: "We cannot know the duration of this war. Yet we know its outcome; we will prevail." For a second, I felt like I had crossed the boundary between the physical world and that which is unseen. His words have weight beyond their surface meaning. They speak to the very state of our cosmos.
"We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time." (Romans 8:22) There is a war raging. And it is being fought on the battlefield of human souls. The forces of darkness, led by the father of lies, are engaged in an ongoing offensive. Their objective: to negate life. But we have a secret weapon, and it has already been detonated. Jesus Christ defeated death permanently when He rose to life after being crucified. That single victory set off a chain reaction which will culminate in the permanent extermination of evil, and the institution of a glorious kingdom of peace, honor, and illumination. God will prevail. And since all time is within God's purview, He already has.
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. - I Corinthians 15:55, 57
Make a bomb of love and blow it up - Dave Matthews Band