“They said in their hearts, “Let’s oppress them relentlessly.” They burned every place throughout the land where God met with us.” (v. 8)

Even in the sanctuary…

Even in our meeting places…

Even in Jesus’ church…

…listen, and look.

Listen for their roar, in opposition to the truth of God’s Word and the certainty of its moral authority.

Look for their emblems, any symbol to the wider world that we might be allied with those who reject the truth.

Listen for their roar, and look for their symbols, even in our sanctuaries.

It will sound like, look like, pride, variously defined.

— Tyler