IN THE MEANTIME (2 OF 6)
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
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Title: In The Meantime (2 of 6)
Series: From Here to Eternity
Author: James Merritt
Text: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
Introduction
1. When I was President of the Southern Baptist Convention I literally traveled the world going to different mission fields, visiting different missionaries, preaching, encouraging churches, and as you can imagine it was the experience of a lifetime. I saw sights I never thought I would see and experience things I never thought I would experience. One of the strangest, weirdest, and saddest things I ever saw was one of the most beautiful buildings you will ever see. I was in Moscow, Russia, in Red Square, at the Kremlin. I went to this beautiful building [Jody-show the Lenin mausoleum]. It was wintertime and snowing and the architecture was just breathtakingly beautiful. It was a far cry from what I saw on the inside.
2. I went to visit one of the most famous gravesites (you might say) in the world. It is known as "Lenin's tomb." Vladimir Lenin died in 1924. He was so revered and venerated by the Russian people that they didn't just embalm his body; they have literally preserved it to this very day. It is interesting that he lies in this tomb wearing a sharp suit and still has a goatee with a bit of stubble on his face [Jody - show picture of Lenin's body in the tomb]. It is estimated that over the years 190 million people have visited his tomb and 2.5 million people visit it every year.
3. What was even more amazing was to find out the effort that went into preserving that body to this day to begin with. Every 18 months Lenin spends about 60 days immersed in a glass tub of chemicals. A team of scientists supervises as the clear solution penetrates the now 53-year-old skin making sure that just as in a living person his body remains about 70% liquid.
4. They then hoist the body onto a stretcher while the liquids drip off and after a few hours they bind him up with rubber bandages to prevent leakage and they dress hi ...
Series: From Here to Eternity
Author: James Merritt
Text: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
Introduction
1. When I was President of the Southern Baptist Convention I literally traveled the world going to different mission fields, visiting different missionaries, preaching, encouraging churches, and as you can imagine it was the experience of a lifetime. I saw sights I never thought I would see and experience things I never thought I would experience. One of the strangest, weirdest, and saddest things I ever saw was one of the most beautiful buildings you will ever see. I was in Moscow, Russia, in Red Square, at the Kremlin. I went to this beautiful building [Jody-show the Lenin mausoleum]. It was wintertime and snowing and the architecture was just breathtakingly beautiful. It was a far cry from what I saw on the inside.
2. I went to visit one of the most famous gravesites (you might say) in the world. It is known as "Lenin's tomb." Vladimir Lenin died in 1924. He was so revered and venerated by the Russian people that they didn't just embalm his body; they have literally preserved it to this very day. It is interesting that he lies in this tomb wearing a sharp suit and still has a goatee with a bit of stubble on his face [Jody - show picture of Lenin's body in the tomb]. It is estimated that over the years 190 million people have visited his tomb and 2.5 million people visit it every year.
3. What was even more amazing was to find out the effort that went into preserving that body to this day to begin with. Every 18 months Lenin spends about 60 days immersed in a glass tub of chemicals. A team of scientists supervises as the clear solution penetrates the now 53-year-old skin making sure that just as in a living person his body remains about 70% liquid.
4. They then hoist the body onto a stretcher while the liquids drip off and after a few hours they bind him up with rubber bandages to prevent leakage and they dress hi ...
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