Wisdom's Cry

You may want to skip ahead and then come back to this paragraph. I don't want you to think I am saying something that I am not: I think heaven and hell do not play a large enough issue for the followers of Jesus.I know what you are thinking. There they goes, I knew this was coming, Fire and brimstone, but it is not what you think. I am not talking about a hell in the hereafter to which few will fall, I am talking about the hell that we ignore everyday.Heaven and Hell, like the Kingdom of God itself is with us even now. Look at the turmoil in the world, the wars, the famines, and plagues. As Joseph Campbell said, "Heaven and hell are within us, and all the gods are within us (Power of Myth, 39)." It is all here set before our eyes. When we look into the war ravaged regions on the world, we are looking into hell. But even in these places, it is possible to find sights of heaven.We forget the Good News that Christ came to tell us:And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he