Not long after that the king had statue of himself built and decreed all subjects to offer worship to it. These three young men refused saying that they could only worship the true God, Yahweh. King Nebuchadnezzar ordered them burned in an especially hot furnace, but they did not perish in the flames. Not only were they saved from the execution but God was walking with them in the fire. Not only Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego but all those present around the furnace were standing on holy ground — a sort of thin place.
I chose for the third reference the thinnest place that ever existed, the hill of Golgotha. Many would say that this was a place of the melding of heaven and earth. The place where Jesus, God in the flesh, died for the salvation of us all. There were so many ways that this scene had become a thin place that I could spend pages talking about it, but instead I just want to point out that the veil between the celestial and the earthly was extraordinarily thin at this moment.
Relishing Your Thin Places. Without question there were such thin places in the Bible. The fire that followed the Ark of the Covenant, the conversation of Paul on the Damascus Road, the encounter with Jesus on the Emmaus Road and the Temple in Jerusalem are examples of such places. These stories stand separately from the Celtic notion of thin places. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet. When heaven and earth meet, a thin place is discovered.
I wish no dishonor or disrespect to the more purist concept of thin places but do wish to expand on the opportunity for each us to recognize our encounters with the thin places God has presented to us. With that in mind, I want to speak about some thin places we can experience.
Filed under: Faith Utah Davis County. Reddit Pocket Email Linkedin. Sort of. Email: hscribner deseretnews. Sign up for the newsletter Morning Edition Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping. Smith also asserted that John the Baptist appeared to him while he was translating the Book of Mormon and instructed him to restore the church by preaching the true gospel.
After the Book of Mormon was published, Mormonism began to spread and grow rapidly. Smith set up Mormon communities in Missouri , Ohio and Illinois. Smith was criticized and persecuted by many for teaching his new ideas. In February , Smith and his brother were jailed on charges of treason. On June 27, , both Smith and his brother were murdered in jail by an anti-Mormon mob in Carthage, Illinois.
After Smith died, the church divided. Young led a large group of persecuted Mormons from Illinois to search for religious freedom. During the s, Young organized the migration of about 16, Mormons from Illinois to Utah.
Young was named the President of the Church and kept this title until his death in Scholars believe Young significantly influenced the religious and political landscape of the American West. Despite moving to a relatively isolated region in Utah, tensions between Mormons and other Americans continued. In September of , a Mormon militia murdered about people who were part of a wagon train from Arkansas. This event became known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The exact motive for the massacre is still debated today, and some records show that Mormon leaders attempted to cover up the attack.
Scholars are also unsure who was directly responsible for the violence. Some have blamed Brigham Young, while others say the local leaders in southern Utah were at fault. The text gives an account of ancient prophets who lived in the Americas. It covers events that occurred from about B. According to the book, some Jews came to America to avoid persecution in Jerusalem. They divided into two groups who fought each other: the Nephites and the Lamanites. In A. What does it mean by heaven will pass away?
What is the meaning of the locusts torturing people and of the days and the 42 months in Revelation chapter nine? Will only , be in heaven with God, and will others reign in an earthly kingdom with Jesus? John Oakes. Robert Kurka. John Oakes with Douglas Jacoby. Kevin Anderson, Dr.
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