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End Times

Posted on by Olaf

Most of us prefer beginnings to endings – the starting of a new chapter, the first day of your holiday or the birth of a child. And yet, we all know these things will end because our experience of life is linear. Scientists suggest that the world began with the ‘big bang’ and many fear that it will end with a big bang either from an asteroid or a nuclear one of our own making. The world will not end because of over population, disease, wars or even global warming. These may well be accompanying signs as you can read in the book that is all about beginnings and endings, the Bible which is God’s Word to us.

The Gateway

Posted on by Olaf

There are many famous gates in the world built to celebrate military victories or to proclaim national prestige.  Obvious ones include the Brandenburg Gate, the Golden Gate (known as the Gate of Mercy in Jerusalem) and Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe at 49.5 metres high. Not to be outdone by France, North Korea’s Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph finished in 1982 is three metres taller!  However, at 54 metres high, the Buland Darwaza built in 1576 AD by Mughal Emperor Akbar is the highest gateway in the world.  The pictured gate makes no pretences or grand claims but is simply evocative of ‘secret gardens’ and of things that are beyond.  Every gate is there for a reason but not every gate is noticed nor is the reason for it being there always understood.

  • ‘Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate’ – J  R R Tolkien