Monday, January 15, 2018

MLK Jr, & John's Vision at Patmos ?

It is ironic that today's post coincides with the day that the USA honors the teachings of Martin Luther King,Jr. The following link culminates in Dr. King's mention of "John's vision during his stay on the island of Patmos.John had a vision of a new Jerusalem", wherein it was stated,"Behold I make all things new;former things are passed away". Read the sermon at the following standford.edu king papers link, https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/publications/knock-midnight-inspiration-great-sermons-reverend-martin-luther-king-jr-10. This paper was reportedly delivered by Martin Luther King at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968. Congressional Record, 9 April 1968. Martin's paper called for the "forces of Goodwill" to assemble to forge the change necessary for world peace.His clarion call,like so many others during his lifetime, was prophetic. While 1968 was a turbulent time in the United States and the world, today's world of 2017 geopolitics and today's strife was mysteriously predicted in striking detail.The sermon of 9 April,1968 was not some "fake news" conjured up 50 years ago.The details are too strikingly similar to today's world state of affairs and events. Note the following key words and issues in the sermon: "Freedom,human dignity,great period of social change, triple revolution ( technological,nuclear weapons of warfare,human rights) freedom explosion ( all over the world);challenged to eradicate the last vestiges of racial injustice in our nation;racial justice (as the black man's burden and white man's shame);get rid of the disease of racism;we stand in the most segregated hour of America;Congress...was willing to undergird it's white peasant's from Europe with an economic floor;...must be something positive and massive to get rid of the tragedies of racial injustice;...ill-housed...ill-nourished ...Latin America...Africa...Asia; ...poor people's campaign...direct action......we end up morally and politically isolated in the world......a new day of justice and brotherhood and peace... To help bring the message of Dr. King's 9 April, 1968 sermon home,a visually creative dramatic clip of the soul-stirring reference of " John's vision" is depicted at an unrelated Youtube video at the following link (for purposes of reflection and discussion), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrg84GnR48g

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