The Invasion that is transforming the Valley of Tears into the Kingdom of God

God launched an invasion into the Valley of Tears (Hail Holy Queen). "Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war" (Shakespeare). God, however, did not send a military general at the head of an army bristling with weapons into the Valley of Tears to wage war against the infidels (Matthew 26:53). He sent something more powerful than an army (Isaiah 55:8-9). Instead of an army, He sent a Love Note. The Love Note invaded the Valley of Tears riding, not a tank, but a cross as Don Quixote rode Rocinante (Wikipedia). The only weapon that the Love Note carried into the Valley of Tears was the revelation that God is head over heels in love with us (Jeremiah 31:3). Because love begets love, the revelation is the catalyst of conversion - the spark that ignites the fire of transformation (Luke 12:49) - the trigger that launches an avalanche of love. The revelation is the good news of great joy. The news does not get any better than news that God is head over heals in love with us! By virtue of this revelation, God plans to conquer the world. What chutzpah! How audacious is our God? Does an invasion into the Valley of Tears whose cornerstone is love have even the slightest chance of succeeding (Psalm 118:22) (Luke 20:17) (Mark 12:10) (Isaiah 28:16) (Matthew 21:42)?

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The Invasion that is transforming the Valley of Tears into the Kingdom of God
The Invasion that is transforming the Valley of Tears into the Kingdom of God

God launched an invasion into the Valley of Tears (Hail Holy Queen). "Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war" (Shakespeare). God, however, did not send a military general at the head of an army bristling with weapons into the Valley of Tears to wage war against the infidels (Matthew 26:53). He sent something more powerful than an army (Isaiah 55:8-9). Instead of an army, He sent a Love Note.

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GOD WANTS HEROES NOT BOOKKEEPERS
GOD WANTS HEROES NOT BOOKKEEPERS

Jesus parachuted into the Valley of Tears to bring the war against evil to his enemies. He did not invade the Valley of Tears at the head of a powerful army (Revelation 12:7-12) armed to the teeth. He invaded the Valley of Tears alone, riding a Cross, with no weapon but love. He came to recruit an army of heroes from among the children of Adam and Eve to stand with him shoulder to shoulder, cheek to jowl, in the scrum at the line of scrimmage as comrade-in-arms fighting together in the war against evil as part of a glorious band of sisters and brothers. He invaded the Valley of Tears to bring us the technology that defeats evil (Luke 7:47). He demonstrated that the technology works by using it himself on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. He donned the jet pack and flew to show us that we, too, can fly. Love is the medicine that inoculates us against evil. Jesus took the medicine and exposed himself to the evil that we did to him to show us that the medicine works. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the medicine works. Inoculate yourself with it. Evil is a contagious disease. Don’t let evil infect you. The seeds of evil do not grow in the soil of love. Love is toxic to evil. Love smothers evil was water smothers fire.

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The Invasion that is transforming the Valley of Tears into the Kingdom of God
The Invasion that is transforming the Valley of Tears into the Kingdom of God

God launched an invasion into the Valley of Tears (Hail Holy Queen). "Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war" (Shakespeare). God, however, did not send a military general at the head of an army bristling with weapons into the Valley of Tears to wage war against the infidels (Matthew 26:53). He sent something more powerful than an army (Isaiah 55:8-9). Instead of an army, He sent a Love Note.

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Mitigating the Bitterness of the Valley of Tears
Mitigating the Bitterness of the Valley of Tears

Our loving God took steps to mitigate our dire predicament in the Valley of Tears.

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Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity
Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity

How do we dilute the toxicity of our circumstances?

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The Guarantee of the Love Note
The Guarantee of the Love Note

Why did God write the Love Note that he sent to us in the ink of suffering?

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THE TREASURE OF CHRISTIANITY
THE TREASURE OF CHRISTIANITY

What is the treasure of Christianity? How was it transported from heaven to earth?

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GOD WROTE THE LOVE NOTE IN THE LANGUAGE OF SUFFERING
GOD WROTE THE LOVE NOTE IN THE LANGUAGE OF SUFFERING

In what language did God write the Love Note that he sent to us to answer our question, ‘Who are you, God?’.

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Who are you, God? Identify yourself! Friend or foe?
Who are you, God? Identify yourself! Friend or foe?
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Dilution
Dilution

God sent us a Love Note to dilute the toxicity of the Valley of Tears. Jesus was the first drop. Our job is to turn the drop into a flood. God wants us to become Love Notes like Jesus. He wants us to irrigate the Valley of Tears with love to turn it into the gardens of the new Eden here on earth. Our job is done here and now not hereafter and elsewhere. Our job is to pour the sweet syrup of love into the toxic brew held in the Valley of Tears.

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To Answer our question, “Who are you, God?”, God sent us a Love Note.
To Answer our question, “Who are you, God?”, God sent us a Love Note.

Jesus entered the Valley of Tears to hold a conversation with us. “Who are you, God? Identify yourself. Friend or foe?” We shouted our question at him. He whispered his answer to us. The conversation took place on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. The conversation was an interrogation. We gave Jesus the third degree.

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CHRISTIANITY IS THE LOVE STORY THAT BEGAN WITH A LOVE NOTE FROM GOD TO US
CHRISTIANITY IS THE LOVE STORY THAT BEGAN WITH A LOVE NOTE FROM GOD TO US

What is the foundation of Christianity? A LOVE NOTE IS THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY.

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Which is more important? The Love Note or its Guarantee?
Which is more important? The Love Note or its Guarantee?

The Love Note vs. the guarantee

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What did the Experiment at Calvary Reveal?
What did the Experiment at Calvary Reveal?

His love for us entered the black box. The black box was the torture and death we inflicted upon Him while He was human, alive, tender and vulnerable. Upon His exit, He loved us nonetheless. What does this experiment tell us about the nature of God?

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The Top Two
The Top Two

What are your most precious possessions? I will tell you my top two. 1) The love note that God delivered to me on His way into the world at Bethlehem. 2) The guarantee that the love note is genuine that God delivered to me on His way out of the world at Calvary.

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Surfing the Current of Salvation
Surfing the Current of Salvation

The current of salvation flows from godlessness to paradise through the bloody wounds we opened in the body of Christ. We can surf it to our salvation.

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The Love Note and the Guarantee of its Genuineness
The Love Note and the Guarantee of its Genuineness

There is more and better theology in Calvary than in the head of every apologist, theologian, Doctor of the Church, monk, abbot, mystic, priest, monsignor, bishop, Cardinal, Pope, hermit and saint who has ever lived or will ever live.

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Propagation
Propagation

God paid us a visit for thirty-three years at and about the city of Jerusalem more than two thousand years ago. The Visit took place in the boodocks of time and space. News of the Visit was not going to propagate itself from then and there to us here and now. 

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