An addition to the yearly events held to remember the victims killed at all three sites on that horrible day, a special memorial is set to open in the Spring. It will provide an official spot where those who recall, and those who may not, can reflect and try grasp the enormity of the devastating and historic day.
But when looking at this indescribable moment in spiritual terms, there was another day that changed the world far more - only on the opposite end of the spectrum. It really occurred over a period of three days. It began with the vilest and most unjust action ever perpetrated, but ended as the greatest single event in all of history and eternity!
This of course was the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection from the dead of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. His sacrifice provided the forgiveness of sin, no matter how horrific it may be or what form it make take. And He rose to provide eternal life for all that would believe and trust him by faith. This amazing promise is recorded in perhaps the most famous verse in the Bible - and rightly so. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)The bottom line is that the events of 911 serve to reveal just why Christ had to come and die and what man needs to do to be forgiven of sin and reunited with God. The two pictures here actually sum up well both the level of man's great hate and the depths of God's greater love!
Despite having fresh memories of that awful day even now, it is sometimes good to relive those moments through the perspective others who perhaps had a more personal connection. In order to do that, and should you be interested, please go to our radio broadcast found here. You may listen there to the words of those who have a special recollection of the day that changed the world through evil, but who also have a spiritual connection to the One that changed the world for eternal good!
Bill Breckenridge
