V-W Day

On Sundays we celebrate V-W Day — Victory Wilderness Day. Just as the Allied Forces celebrated first V-E Day, Victory Europe, then V-J Day, Victory Japan, so the church celebrates V-W Day whenever it meets to worship the living God. Jesus’ victory over the devil in the wilderness set the stage for his ultimate victory over sin and death. One chapter of that redemptive plan was God’s choosing of Israel, as a son, to be a “light to the nations.” But Israel failed its duties. That Jesus fulfilled this role is evident in the struggle in the wilderness.