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When I was a boy growing up in Baltimore,

every now and then I would go over to my grandmother's house and spend

the weekend.

Usually on Saturday mornings I would get up and watch my favorite cartoons.

The leading one was Mighty Mouse for those old enough to remember.

And sometimes there would be a problem and that is if there would be a

storm on Saturday morning while I was watching my favorite cartoons.

If there was a thunderstorm on Saturday morning while I'm watching my

favorite cartoons, a great theological statement came from my grandmother.

Little did I know then the depth of the theology she was teaching me,

but she would tell me during those times to turn off the television and the reason she gave it was because God was talking.

The thunderstorm that interrupted the program meant to remove the distraction

because what was happening out there,

God had something to say where he wanted our undivided attention. When you look at what's

happening in the world today, whether it's in Israel now or in your life personally, how do you relate when there are

disruptions? The second most difficult book to interpret in the New Testament is the book of Hebrews.

The book of revelation is by far the leading one because of all of its imagery.

But the book of Hebrews has an assumption. And the

assumption of the Book of Hebrews is that you are familiar with the Old, with Jewish history,

with the sacrificial system,

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