Freedom from Destruction
When I was a boy living in Decatur, Georgia, we had the Cuban Missile Crisis under President Kennedy. I was in the second or third grade at Midway Elementary School. Everyone was saying that if Cuba fired missiles at Atlanta, it would only take 90 minutes for them to arrive. Because of this threat, we had a drill. We were sent home with instructions to get home as quickly as possible and to get into a basement or crawl space to protect ourselves. I remember doing that with my mother and sister. It was scary, but no missiles were ever fired. The prophet Malachi was given a message about the coming Day of Judgment in which the wicked would be burned up, but the righteous would be set free. (Malachi 4:2) "But for you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings. And you go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture." Hundreds of years before Jesus came to die for our sins and rise again to show His power to set us free, Malachi was g...