Jesus raised him up, and right away he picked up his mat and walked out in front of everybody. They were all amazed and praised God, saying, "We've never seen anything like this!"

Mark 2:12 CEB

This is the end of the story of the crowded room, so crowded no one else could get in, and how a paralyzed man's friends took the roof off to make a way for him to get to Jesus.

And this sparked up the theologians when Jesus forgave him, something only God can do.

And in the end Jesus simply raises him up & he collects his gear and walks out (& somehow the crowd made room for him to leave when they couldn't find room for him to come in.)

Jesus turned the powerful leaders world upsidedown. Their power base was crumbling.

Jesus turned the crowd's world upsidedown. Hope is here.

And Jesus turned this man who had been paralyzed, turned his world upsidedown as he experienced two things, forgiveness directly from Jesus, and the restoration of his body to it's design.

Hope.

Forgiveness.

Restoration.

Glimpses of the upsidedown kingdom that Jesus is ushering in.

Glimpses for us of the hope that we hold, when we get to see Jesus face to face.

Hope.

Forgiveness.

Restoration.

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