What is the Context of our Existence?
The Valley of Tears is the vessel in which we are baptized. Crucifixion precedes Resurrection. Baptism precedes rebirth. We are first baptized in the Valley of Tears before we are born again into the Kingdom of God.
The Valley of Tears
is the vessel that holds the ruins of Paradise. We live like beasts among the ruins. The Valley of Tears is as foul as Eden was fair - as hostile as Eden was hospitable. As we pass through the Valley of Tears, we eat the bread of adversity and drink the water of affliction . The rod is not spared on the children of Adam and Eve in the Valley of Tears. Spare the rod and spoil the children
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The Valley of Tears is the context of our existence.
We are making our escape through our dire predicament in the Valley of Tears, across the Red Sea of death, which is the worst and the last of our crosses and into the promised land, the land flowing with milk and honey . Our journey is a journey through hostile territory. Many and merciless are the crosses that besiege us as we make our escape.
In hot pursuit behind us is the new Pharaoh at the head of an army of hostile crosses. It is the hammer. The hammer is driving us through the Valley of Tears. In front of us blocking our way is the anvil. The anvil is the Red Sea of Death. The Red Sea of Death stands between us and the promised land, the land of milk and honey.
Without a miracle, our destiny is to be crushed between the hammer and anvil. Without a Savior, we are doomed.
What is your plan for crossing the Red Sea of death? Surely, you have a plan?
