The audience gasped and the actor immediately switched off the radio, but too
late. In one sentence, the reality of the outside world had shattered the
artificial world of the theatre production. Suddenly, whatever action took place
onstage seemed superficial and irrelevant.
The city of God and cities of this world exist in parallel universes (from our
perspective, at least), with low-level signals transmitted back and forth
between them. The risk is that we may feel completely at home on earth, unaware
of another world. Like the people in the theatre, we live inside a reality so
engaging that for a time we can forget about any other-until the outside world
abruptly intrudes.
Death breaks the spell for me, even as it did for the theatre audience.
Yancey, Philip. Rumours of Another World". Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan,
2003, p. 228-229.
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