The Domain of Darkness

“For He delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,” Colossians 1:13 God delivers.  That says more than most of us will ever truly comprehend.  It also says more about the domain of darkness than most of us will ever acknowledge.  God chooses to deliver.  It…

Folding Space

for He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,  Colossians 1:13 Transferred – Frank Herbert wrote the famous Dune science fiction series.  In Herbert’s imagination, one group of mystical beings is able to “fold space” so that they can travel without moving.  But human imagination…

Google Earth

for He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,  Colossians 1:13 The Domain of Darkness – Where were you when God had to drag you out to deliver you?  According to Paul, you and I were in the “domain of darkness.”  You can Google Earth…

Fishing

for He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,  Colossians 1:13 Delivered – What do you think it means for God to deliver us?  A typical answer would involve some statement about rescue from sin, forgiveness or heavenly assurance.  But the verb Paul uses is…

Transferred

“For He has delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,”   Colossians 1:13  Transferred – The word (metestasen) is formed from a Greek compound of two words, the first meaning a change in place or condition and the second meaning to place or stand.  The idea…