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We Have Been Waiting For The Movie Called "How To ... PRO
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 6, 2010 (message contributor)
We have been waiting for the movie called "HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON" to come out in the cinemas. It is a kids movie about Vikings and dragons. The amount of advertising saying that it was coming was phenomenal. Talk about good marketing! Their target audience is children. Jesus has His own marketing team in Matthew 10:7 and His target audience is the LOST SHEEP OF ISRAEL. He tells His disciples to "Go and announce to them (ie the Lost Sheep of Israel) that the Kingdom of Heaven is near."
In the movie "HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON" there is a dragon problem. The great Viking leader, Stoick the Vast, CAN'T SAVE THE SHEEP. The Viking leader's son is Hiccup and not exactly a dragon killer, but that doesn't stop him from trying. He invents a net and catches a dragon, but when he takes out his knife he can't bring himself to kill it. Instead he tames it.
Forgive me for the analogy but it seems to me that the world is into trying to TAME THE DRAGON too. Jesus, the Son of God, on the other hand, is into DEFEATING THE DRAGON. In Revelation 20:2 (NLT) it says "He SEIZED THE DRAGON-that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan-and bound him in chains for a thousand years." Some time later it speaks about hell as "...the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons." (Matthew 25:41 NLT) No domesticating any dragon mentioned here.
Jesus is the only one capable of saving lost sheep and it isn't because He is trying to tame the dragon! Far from it! It's about kingdom authority to CAST OUT DEMONS, heal the sick and preach the good news.
The message is simple - "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN...
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