A Hidden Treasure

  In 1954 the temple of Wat Traimit, in Bangkok, Thailand was to be moved to a new building, The last order of the move was the transport of a giant Buddha statue that had been in that spot for over 200 years. The statue, that was thought to made of stucco and glass, proved to be much heavier than expected. As they attempted to lift the statue from its pedestal, the ropes broke, and the statue fell hard on the ground chipping off the plaster. They then saw why it was so heavy. The plaster was covering about 250 million dollars’ worth of gold. At some point in the past the gold statue was covered, probably to keep it from being stolen.  Ironically, once the plaster was removed they found the original designers had made the statue disassemble so it would be easily moved.

   This is akin to what has happened in Christianity over the last two thousand years. The pure glory of the church of the first century has been obscured by the changes made by man over time. Some done so long ago no one realized they were not meant to be there in the first place. In order to placate the selfish desires of men, the true church has been plastered over. Yet under all the mess is something of great value. If we will break the inferior we can go back to the superior.

  We don’t need all the inferior additions. We need to back to the pure original design. The creator and head of the church designed it so it would be easily moved into any generation still perfect and right. The changes we make just make it worse. His design for His Church is a treasure far more valuable than any amount of gold!