Nothing to mar the landscape, if you will. Not while I'm overwhelmed with grief and wondering wherein lies the hope. Not while the energy of my mind is so far ahead of the energy of my body. Now, I know from a scholarly standpoint that the desolating sacrilege is talking about pagan idols and pagan worship taking place in the Temple in Jerusalem. But, that didn't help me with the dis-ease I had about the text.
Sacrilege comes in many forms and effects many generations.
As if that weren't enough, I read Hebrews. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, some- times being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. I shook my head again and took another deep breath. I couldn't believe my eyes and what I was reading.