Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Psalm 24
There was a theory that I remember reading about, that Gods could not exist without worshipers. If people ceased to recognize a God, he or she would just fade away into nonexistence. This was, I believe, a classic explanation for what happened to the gods of Greek and Roman mythology.
Now, keeping in mind that the One True God came first (the reverse of the theory above; that is, we disappear when He stops thinking about us), I have to allow that there is some element of truth in the idea. Maybe we do create our own higher beings. They become so real to us that they become . . . well . . . real.
It's all about the untapped power of the human mind; and unknowable force that we can engage, that brings to life our imagination. It can work magic, do wonders, make miracles. It is very easy to dupe humans.
What if we focused that power and energy on the Son of God? If the world stood in perfect unity, looked up, and lifted up the gates of our hearts to Christ; If humanity became accepting of Christ, and prayed Him back to earth to make things right . . . what would happen? Could even God's timetable be changed? (In theory).
The phrase from Psalm 24 looks like a promise: "If this, then that."
Look up, open the gate . . . and the King will come.
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