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April 2009
Dear Church Family,
On our recent trip to the Holy Land, we went to two places, where ancient civilizations left an indelible mark on the landscape. While both of these civilizations were certainly exposed to Jehovah, the God of the Bible, neither embraced Him. They were people who developed their own religious beliefs. One of these civilizations is Egypt. You know about ancient Egypt. You are familiar with the events in Egypt surrounding Moses, the Children of Israel, Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers, and baby Jesus' flight to escape Herod. Despite this extensive exposure to God, as a culture, the Egyptians do not embrace Him as the God He indeed is. We saw the pyramids. These were tombs that the Pharaohs built for themselves and their families.
The other, lesser-known culture that we saw was the Nabataeans. These folks lived at a place called Petra. In the first century B.C. they began building Petra and inhabited the site for about 300 years. The remains of Petra are a very impressive array of structures carved directly from the rock of some very large desert mountains. At its height bout 30,000 Nabataeans lived in Petra. The structures that they carved from the rocks were incredible. Some structures were 30-40 ft high and massive in scope. There were giant columns and intricate rock carvings. But unlike the Navaho cultures of the American southwest, these people were not making dwelling places. Mostly these impressive structures served as tombs for the dead. The bigger the structure, the richer the deceased Nabataean.
I bring these two cultures up because I was struck by the importance that was placed on the afterlife. These people spent their whole lives preparing for their death. The people of Petra spent a lifetime carving out their burial chambers. The Pharaohs spent a lifetime having their tombs built. Each Pharaoh trying to outdo the one before him. How sad it was to see these people, so intent to prepare for their death, that they overlooked what they really needed to be prepared for that time. The question came to my mind, how much do we do in preparation for our afterlife? We may not be building great wonders of the world, but we are spending our lifetime preparing for our afterlife. Jesus put it this way, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6: 19-21) The tombs of the Pharaohs have all been broken into and robbed. The great treasures of the incredible buildings are now only tourist attractions. They helped no one in their pursuit of the afterlife.
God sent Jesus to us to prepare a way for us to be with Him forever. We need to spend our lives preparing for our eternity. Jesus is the only way! With that truth in mind, what are we building?
In Christ,
Pastor Quin