Jim Gregg
January 16, 2012
Did you get caught up in the Broncos Mania the past few weeks? I know that we did. It was great. All of the cheer and comradery. We are headed for the Super Bowl. Yippee!
The city of Denver hosted an Orange Friday with many companies following along. All things were about Broncos going to the Super Bowl, something that has eluded Denver since Elway led the team on back to back victories so many years ago. Their performance had been rather lackluster since then.
Not now though. We have made it into the playoffs. Championed by Tim Tebow. The miracle maker, the pass thrower, the goal runner. Tebow! Tebpw! Tebow! Chants the crowd.
It has been a long time since the city of Denver had a hero to hold up high with great expectations to do the miraculous, to take us again to the elusive Super Bowl. YES!
What a rush. All of the excitement. Everyone is Tebowing, not out of it’s real meaning of reverence to God, but a sort of mockery of the magic associated with the man himself, Tim Tebow.
Let me add right here and now, Tim Tebow is the most honorable and God fearing NFL player that there ever was or may ever be. When he gets down on his knee (Tebowing) he is praying his heart out to the living God of the Universe. That is Tebow’s life, one of honoring his King and Lord and Savio)r.
It is that aspect that most of the fans do not catch. Christians on the other hand know this and get behind Tebow ever more so. Knowing that honor and glory are being lifted up to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
It is this total unwavering admiration that I want to address. Tim Tebow has become a savior of such to the city of Denver. He has single handedly made it possible for the Broncos to make it to the Super Bowl. All praise and honor is now thrown to him in hopes of a Lombardy trophy.
Denver was loosing again this year. Suddenly in steps Tebow with some seemingly miraculous 4th Quarter wins. Four in a row in fact. This got the fire going in spite of the next three losses in a row. The uncanny outcome was winning a place in the playoffs.
The lot was cast. The fever began to rise. Could we possible be in position to win again? Yes! Tebow, Tebow.
The first playoff game had a miraculous win in overtime sending the crowds in a frenzy. Win! Believe! Miracle! Tebow! All bets were off, the city turned loose in revelry. Expectations were high.
Tebow Mania was born. All eyes were on him. Every news cast contained much about him. Even the national news was full of things Tebow leading up to the second round of playoff games.
The excitement has now all abated. Tebow can get back to his Christ honoring life and the fans can say “Wait until next year.” In hopes of an even more productive football season. One that assuredly will take us all to the Super Bowl and a win, rings included.
Here is the example point I want set up.
Notice how the entire city of Denver rallied behind Tim Tebow? He is just a rookie quarterback with an air of something special about him. He came in at a time when the Broncos were in dire need of a savior. At a time when the city of Denver was in need of a winning team to rally around. The fields were ripe ready for harvest.
This is when the magic appeared. A spark ignited and the city came ablaze with excitement. Tebow became the miracle man. The one to pull us out of our dismal sports performance. A bright and shining star.
Charisma overflowed and a frenzy erupted. Hopes abounded. Trophies were envisioned. Life regained meaning. Something good was about to happen. Tebow! Tebow!. Super Bowl! Super Bowl!
Man raised this man upon high, rallying around him in hopes of seeing meaning brought back into their drab dull lives. The masses of people were united in a single bond of dreams come true. Life again was worth living.
Here is the real point I want to make.
Man lives in a world where all hope seems to be gone. Most live dull listless lives without a bright future in store for them. They question the meaning of life. There is nothing to grasp hold of to pull them out of the pits.
Man has a spiritual problem. They have a gaping hole in their spirit that yearns to be filled. The world tries to fill it with trash from the pits of hell but that does not resolve the problem. Only the Spirit of God in the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ can fill that void and make man’s life full of hopes, dreams, and meaning.
The story above is a real life example of how man will follow after someone with promise to fill the void in their lives (actually their eternal souls). Following the hopes of something meaningful drive people together in a common bond that defies explanation. The charisma of one person can unite a large group of people.
What I am about to say is in no way meant to bring a bad light on the life of Tim Tebow. He is a Christ honoring person whom I have the utmost respect for. God had just revealed to me the comparison of the Tebow Mania that just occurred to the real menace that is about to come in the End Times.
In the End Times (possibly just days, weeks, months, or years away) there will be released upon the earth a man of lawlessness known as the Anti-Christ. His lord and god is non other than Satan himself. His role on this planet is to usher in the end of times.
With a cunning spirit of the craftiness of Satan he will be established in a seemingly calm fashion. Special privileges will be honored upon him as he does marvelous works. In short order the whole world will rally around him as the savior of all that is wrong in the world.
In the real life story about Tebow, a frenzy broke out to fulfill a need to have a Super Bowl win.
In the soon to be real life story about the Anti-Christ, an even greater frenzy will break out covering the whole world. Governments will relinquish control to him in an effort to bring peace to the globe. This will happen for a time…
To see the outcome read the book of Revelations. If you a re a born again Christian you will love the ending, if not… (you gota read it to find out).