GET MY POINT?
Picture this if you will. It did not actually happen (as far as I know).Moses had retreated in prayer and meditation after he led millions of escaping slaves through the Red Sea, when suddenly he was whisked away into a time warp and landed in a 21st century American home.
Meanwhile, Elijah was returning to his home, after defeating the false prophets on Mt. Carmel, when a tornado carried him to the same living room as Moses.
At the same time, Peter and Thomas were sitting at a campfire, reflecting on their upper room encounter with the risen Savior, when they were snatched up and deposited in the gathering, with Moses and Elijah.
And finally, John was resting on the beach on Patmos, having just finished writing the last words of the Apocalypse, when he was transported to join the little Bible study group in our story. Needless to say, these men were somewhat amazed.
The teacher began his lesson from Genesis chapter one by pointing out that the creation story is not to be understood literally. He then gave the the scientific explanation of man's origin. He went on to say that the Biblical account of six days of creation was not believable.
At that point our time traveling group stood up as one and started for the door. The study leader asked them where they were going. Although all five of them were eager to respond, Peter blurted out that they did not know what this group was all about, but it had nothing to do with the word of God or the God of the Bible.
As the true Bible scholars stepped into the night, Moses turned to Elijah and said, let's get together again sometime. Elijah agreed, but suggested a mountain setting. Peter, Thomas and John looked quizzically at each other, and Thomas said, "I thought we did that already." John retorted, "Yes, but you were not there, it was Peter, James and I, believe it or not."
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(I have recently taught about the importance of believing the Bible, rather than Humanism, Secularism, Modernism, Liberalism, Materialism, Naturalism. I have pointed out that the Bible writers all believed the creation account in Genesis.)
