Nevertheless, as we look around us, we do not see it. We are always living in the worldwide empire of domination. In North Korea, in China, and in many other countries the domination is explicitly maintained by force or the threat of force. In America, our empire of domination is maintained by material wealth, by status, by the rule of law. Last week Sharon and I were on Hilton Head Island.
Homes cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions of dollars.
They live out of sight, on the mainland. The empire of domination appears alive and well. Therefore, Christians are always in exile. Christians are always waiting to come home to Jerusalem. O come Immanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Song of God come near.