Did you see the movie “Ghost”with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore? The silly plot to the movie was that Patrick’s character was murdered but he didn’t immediately leave the planet. And he didn’t go to Heaven or hell. Because, according to the plot, he had to make sure his true love, Demi’s character, would be safe. But one thing that stood out, to me, was how when someone died, and Patrick’s character could see shadowy figures carrying them off to some place of torment. Reminded me of a shadow of things to come.  

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A guy named Paul talked about a shadow of things to come, too.

But he wasn’t talking about some silly, ghostly, spooky shadow. His description was more of a foreshadowing and focus. And he wrote it like this…

“So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.”

The foreshadowing is the minor point. And the major point is focus. I really like the part where Paul says “let no one cheat you of your reward.”And that includes YOU, by the way. Because YOU are the only person who ultimately make the decision. For…or against God.

My suggestion is FOR.

Because this world is getting meaner and meaner. And those who would love to see Christians wiped from the face of the Earth are growing in numbers, almost exponentially.

So, make a choice to be on the winning side.
And you have to choose. There’s no place you can hide.
And be prepared to become a lightning rod
For the strikes from all the masses who hate God.

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