Bookend visions

Sunday May 13th, Revelation 22: 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. In the beginning (Gen. 2) we have the river flowing from Eden and watering the tree of life, in the end, we have the river of life flowing from the throne of God and down the middle of the Holy City and nurturing all of humanity. Bookend visions of God providing life. In the middle is the story of humanity nurturing that life in line with the vision God has given us. God’s part of the vision is majestic, ours is a little less majestic. God’s part of the vision gives us a glimpse into what our part should be like. While we in the church are so busy justifying war, creating and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction, denying people who love each other from marrying and them condemning them for not living chaste lives, fighting to ban abortion because it brings death while at the same time fighting to maintain everyone’s right to own and carry a weapon and states rights to condemn people to death, God calls us to the vision of the river of life nurturing all of humanity. For God’s sake, let us return to the vision and quite all this nonsense.