“The Dream” Series
Today’s Focus: Examining “I Have a Dream” Part 2
Greetings Sons of God:
When we look at the speech there
is a particular section that I want to focus on because much of the speech did
speak to the civil rights struggle and overcoming but there was a particular
part of the speech that you do not hear many speak of but it is probably the
most important part of the speech in understanding the dream. Here is the section of the speech:
“I have a dream that ONE DAY every
valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the
rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight;
and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it
together. This is our hope and this is
THE FAITH that I go back to the south with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a
stone of hope. With this faith, we will
be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful
symphony of brotherhood. With this
faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle
together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing
that we will be free one day.”
Now when we examine this portion
of the speech we see some very crucial words:
1.
One Day
2.
Glory of the Lord
3.
Faith
4.
Hope
5.
Brotherhood
6.
Together (Unity)
This portion of the speech was not
speaking of the present day of the speech but of a time to come. But moreover everything about this portion of
the speech is spiritual not carnal. So
to understand this requires a spiritual interpretation because to carnally
interpret it will put the meaning in a place where many will believe that this
will never happen. Just look at the
current state of the nation. Racism is still present and to believe that
everyone will be equal in the United States under the current system is a
farce. Dr. King in this portion of the
speech was quoting a Scripture in Isaiah.
Isaiah 40:4,5 to be exact and it speaks of the coming of the Lord. But when you go to the previous scriptures,
verse 1-3 it speaks of the one crying in the wilderness to prepare the way of
the Lord and make it straight. Now we
know that to make the Lord’s way straight is to walk in submission and
obedience because the crooked way is of the enemy. Dr. King says this is the hope and the faith
that he will go back to the south with but also the hope and faith that will
unify and set free the captives. Hmm this
sounds familiar.
I believe we are living in the day
to see “The Dream” become a reality and this is why:
Isaiah 2:2: And it shall come to
pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills
and all nations shall flow unto it.
In this day, the Lord is raising a
nation that makes “The Dream” a reality and that nation is not the United
States, but the Holy Nation, the Spiritual Israel, the House of God. Now how can we prove it.
1.
Where else can there be people completely unified
beyond the color of their skin? (Galatians 3:26-29)
2.
Where else can people be truly free? (2 Corinthians
3:17)
3.
Unity through Brotherhood (Ephesians 3:14,15;
Ephesians 4:1-6)
It is within the Holy Nation, the
House of God that the Scripture in Isaiah 2 says “all nations shall flow to it”
and it continue to say how when they come the House of God they will learn His
ways and the law shall come from Zion and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem. This is The Dream! The House of God being made manifest in this
day. Those who are carnal will continue
to fight to keep the dream alive but for those who are spiritual they are
watching the dream become reality.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
