Sometimes you have to be in the right place and right time to believe a story that you hear. When something doesn’t make sense logically, skeptics always arrive on the scene, trying to poke holes into your account. Yet, history holds a plethora of unexplained events which even baffle government officials to this day.
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, Acts 5:19.
Arrested in plain sight, the apostles were taken to a public facility in Jerusalem. The prison doors were locked, guards took their watch and loved ones went home sad, unsure of the future of their friends. Nonetheless, like a scene out of a Hollywood, an invisible entity unlocked all their cells, allowing each to slide by the night watchmen and walked home unharmed. This is one of those prison breaks that make you want to go hum…
On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to, Acts 5:24.
Like the resurrection of Jesus, who made several appearances in public 40 days after his death, this escape from prison befuddled religious leaders. Just as Andy Dufresne disappeared like a fart in the wind near the end of Shawshank Redemption, this biblical account emphasizes an essential truth about the Lord’s power. Whether you are Mary, Joseph or someone seeking to emulate Jesus, with God all things are truly possible.
by Jay Mankus
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