Hard Hat Area - Part 1
And take the helmet of salvation [Ephesians 6:17].
One of my favorite books—well, actually two books—are Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”. The books regale both our intellect and fantasy with a farrago of memorable characters, each one well developed by the author. Not a one seems able to tire us out in the repetition of reading.
In the first-named book, two such characters function as a couple. I make reference to the Hatter and the March Hare. Another character, the Cheshire Cat, labels the both of them as “mad”. This has added credence to an elaboration of the name “Hatter” to “the Mad Hatter”.
Well, still one more character in the story, the Queen of Hearts, heard the Mad Hatter sing at her celebration. Being unable to find anything good in anyone, the Queen of Hearts barked her usual order against the Mad Hatter, “Off with his head!” His crime according to her was that he “murdered time”!
The Mad Hatter escaped with his head nonetheless, but Time retaliated by bringing himself to a halt vis-à-vis the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. This meant that, for those two characters, time stood still at 6:00 PM forever. This was tea time for the British, which is why the Mad Hatter sporadically exclaims “Tea Time!”.
We won’t analyze the story or interpret any of the characters. That is not our goal in this study. I bring up these characters, or more specifically, the Mad Hatter, because of our Bible text. The Hatter, aka the Mad Hatter, derived his name by the distinctive hat he wore.
Our Bible verse has to do with a hat too, which is why I thought of the Mad Hatter, a most famous character with respect to hats. In our Bible verse the Apostle Paul notes the fifth piece in “the full armor the God”, which the Lord furnishes the Christian for conducting spiritual warfare. Paul depicts it as “the helmet of salvation”.
No doubt you are thinking, “A helmet isn’t a hat, teacher.”
Oh, but I beg to differ. Both items are worn on the top of the head to cover the skull. A helmet is simply a hard hat used in war rather than peace time. It is meant to serve as armor which protects the vital organ known as the brain. Man would have a difficult time functioning sans the brain.
Yikes! Time certainly hasn’t retaliated against us by standing still. We’ve run out of time today. We’ll have to wait on the morrow to arrive, to continue this analysis. Use your time wisely now. Jesus is waiting.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Joshua: Volume 6 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
One of my favorite books—well, actually two books—are Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”. The books regale both our intellect and fantasy with a farrago of memorable characters, each one well developed by the author. Not a one seems able to tire us out in the repetition of reading.
In the first-named book, two such characters function as a couple. I make reference to the Hatter and the March Hare. Another character, the Cheshire Cat, labels the both of them as “mad”. This has added credence to an elaboration of the name “Hatter” to “the Mad Hatter”.
Well, still one more character in the story, the Queen of Hearts, heard the Mad Hatter sing at her celebration. Being unable to find anything good in anyone, the Queen of Hearts barked her usual order against the Mad Hatter, “Off with his head!” His crime according to her was that he “murdered time”!
The Mad Hatter escaped with his head nonetheless, but Time retaliated by bringing himself to a halt vis-à-vis the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. This meant that, for those two characters, time stood still at 6:00 PM forever. This was tea time for the British, which is why the Mad Hatter sporadically exclaims “Tea Time!”.
We won’t analyze the story or interpret any of the characters. That is not our goal in this study. I bring up these characters, or more specifically, the Mad Hatter, because of our Bible text. The Hatter, aka the Mad Hatter, derived his name by the distinctive hat he wore.
Our Bible verse has to do with a hat too, which is why I thought of the Mad Hatter, a most famous character with respect to hats. In our Bible verse the Apostle Paul notes the fifth piece in “the full armor the God”, which the Lord furnishes the Christian for conducting spiritual warfare. Paul depicts it as “the helmet of salvation”.
No doubt you are thinking, “A helmet isn’t a hat, teacher.”
Oh, but I beg to differ. Both items are worn on the top of the head to cover the skull. A helmet is simply a hard hat used in war rather than peace time. It is meant to serve as armor which protects the vital organ known as the brain. Man would have a difficult time functioning sans the brain.
Yikes! Time certainly hasn’t retaliated against us by standing still. We’ve run out of time today. We’ll have to wait on the morrow to arrive, to continue this analysis. Use your time wisely now. Jesus is waiting.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Joshua: Volume 6 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
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