"The Battleground of Brilliance"
-by Scott Beard

Have you ever….I mean truly ever took a moment and gazed at the glorious sunsets painted in the western sky every evening…and viewed the sheer brilliance of the glimmering glamour of gold….the overpowering omen of orange…the radiating rage of red…and the two warring kingdoms of purple and black…of eternal, all-powerful royalty and fearful, all-killing death…have you ever taken a deeper look….a spiritual perspective… of this everyday spectacle…do you not see the battle waging above our heads everyday…do you not know that this war is for you?

I beg of you….glance closer….stare harder….gaze longer…capture it and study it….because when you look upon the beauty of the morning dawn and the evening dusk you will see a battleground….the present Armageddon….which staggers closer and closer to the earthly battlefield for our souls…prepare…for the end is near….for the radiance of royalty is advancing further into the bleakness of death….I tell you…the Son is truly watching over us….for his glory outlasts the silence….overpowers the evil….and ousts death for all eternity…

Do you not remember that infamous and fateful day when the darkness of death overcome the shine of the Son and ruled for three mournful and bleak nights…but then out of the eastern sky, the Son rose again illuminating the darkness with His glory…

But look at us now…the brevity of darkness is the realm glorified by this generation….but I tell you…night brings out the evil of the naïve…darkness covers our dirty deeds…and the shadows silence the songs of salvation….I beg of you….step into the longevity of the light…of the glory….and of the Son….for darkness was never meant to overcome light…rather light always triumphs darkness….

Think about it….shine a light in the darkness….light conquers all…now try to walk around in the shadows of darkness….you cant for you will become lost…for light leads all…now try to live in the darkness…it is impossible….for you cannot find food….you cannot locate water….you cannot live life in the darkness….for the light gives life!

True….there is a masterpiece in the sky every morning and every night….created with the royal purple of the Painter and the flaming reds and yellows of His spirit….but this is not just a beautiful sight like the stars….or a glorious promise like the rainbow….rather it is an ongoing reminder of the spiritual fight for our souls…a noteworthy sign of the unseen reality….I tell you….there is a war….there is a revolution….there is a fight…that will continue until the final day around this never-ending sphere….and I beg of you to take notice…the battle will end in the sky one day….but will that spell the end of your days?….The light….the Son….will conquer all…but which realm will you choose….the eternal royalty of purple or the killer inferno of black?