It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.
Imagine that you are an interstellar traveler. You have a vehicle that is able to transport you across the galaxy so fast that you can travel from solar system to solar system in a few hours. Because you are able to go anywhere in the galaxy that you want, the earth becomes just a “destination.”
But the earth isn’t just a destination, is it? It is our world. It is the only place we know. Like a lifeboat in an infinite sea of space, we cling to our beautiful planet for dear life.
Now imagine that there is another world in another place that is not in the galaxy. In fact, it is not even in the universe. The universe is constructed inside of this other place as one might put a ship in a bottle and set it on the fireplace mantle. There is only one small problem with this other placed. To get there, you have to die.
Jesus came from this other place. He came by allowing Himself to be born into this world. He left by allowing himself to be put to death.
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