Father Mike Schmitz

Maybe they had some ulterior motive.

Maybe there was some other kind of, you know, deception happening in their life.

And of course we're all broken, but think about how much the world hates holiness.

I think we like it from afar, but when it's up close, we don't like it.

And so we have this opportunity.

The opportunity is to turn back to the Lord.

Last little note.

At the end of chapter 11, we have John looking into heaven.

He says this in verse 19.

Then God's temple in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple.

And there were flashes of lightning, loud noises, peals of thunder and earthquake and heavy hail.

Once again, like a Mount Sinai situation, but also he sees the ark of the covenant.

This is the end of chapter 11.

This is absolutely so important for us to pay attention to.

Why?

Because the Ark of the Covenant has been lost.

Remember, Jeremiah hated away hundreds of years before this.

And now John sees it for the first time in his entire life, for the first time in centuries.

He looks into heaven and he sees the Ark of the Covenant.

This is so important.