I say Hallelujah a lot. I have always thought of it as a simple way of saying, ‘Praise God’.
I like it. I like the idea of having God in the forefront of my thinking. Like most, I have times of dryness. Moments when I sense a distance. A separation of sorts, between me and the Holy Spirit. God.
Hallelujah helps bring me back. A couple of Hallelujahs and I begin to work myself back into the closeness I want. I need it. I just want to be there.
Do you know what I mean?
I have been engaged with a dear friend, in a debate over the thought of the end times and a rapture of the church. What was the Apostle John telling us in his Revelation of Jesus Christ?
My friend, like so many in the modern evangelical church, believes that the events now taking place in the world, are absolutely what John was speaking of in his letter.
The Luciferin evil is beyond imagination. It’s never been this bad. It must be the end times.
My friend is in very good company. Many, if not most of the ‘big’ names in the church are telling their congregations to stop fretting about the wickedness in the world. Lift up your heads, your redemption draws near.