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Imagine that a story has been told to you, a story that has been passed on in your family

from one generation to the next for so many years that no one is exactly certain how old

the story is, but it concerns a distant grandfather of yours.

And the story is told that your grandfather lived in the very presence of God.

The grandfather experienced the grace, goodness, and generosity of God in his glorious kingdom.

That your distant grandfather was exceedingly foolish, and rather than remaining humble,

he became proud, and rather than obedience, he chose a tragic path of disobedience, and

rather than life he chose death, and rather rather than honoring God, he wanted to himself

be honored as a God.

And so your distant grandfather declared war on God, led an insurrection against God,

disregarded, disowned, disobeyed God.

And he fled from the presence of God.

He ultimately came to the edge of God's kingdom, and there he found a small narrow door, and

he passed through that door, and that door slammed shut behind him.

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