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Man-made in Heaven

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When we think of things that are "Man-made," we may think of great structures such as the Pyramids of Egypt. We may think of the Great Wall of China. More local to where I live is "Ballyhass Lakes." This is a man-made lake that was once  quarry. When I was younger I was asked "What in Heaven is man-made?" I was stunned. I couldn't understand how anything in Heaven could be man-made. The answer, I was informed, was the nails in the hands and feet of Jesus and the other wounds he endured at his crucifixion. We know he still has the wounds thanks to ‭John 20:24-29: [24] Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. [25] So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”  [26] Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, an...