Ruth and I went to the Passages exhibit today. It will be in town only one more week. It will then be disassembled and transported to Los Angeles, where it will be on display for 18 months. I wish I would have gone sooner. I could have encouraged more of you to take advantage of it. It is a Bible Wonderland, a spiritual treasure.
The Green family, of Hobby Lobby fame, has amassed one of the largest Bible manuscript and artifacts collections in the world. They have invested tens of millions of dollars to save some of the most treasured Bible items in the whole world. I am grateful for them. We are able to have the exhibit here because Second's very own Cary Summers oversees the project on behalf of the Green family.
You have one week left to go through the exhibit here in Springfield. Tickets are about $20, when headphones are included. Allow 2 to 4 hours, even more if you are heavily into Bible archaeology.
To me, the most touching sections were those about the Hebrew Scriptures salvaged from Hitler's Holocaust against the Jews, and those about the price martyrs paid so that we could have the Bible in the English language. The most memorable moment was when an actor, who was talking about the possibility of having an English Bible, told of a man who gave up one year's salary in order to buy a copy of the Gospel of Matthew.
When you leave the exhibit, you will love the Word of God more than ever. You will treasure it more in your deepest heart of hearts.
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