Pastor Dennis Bloodworth's Blog About the "One More Move" Painting

Text and image of Retzsch’s painting posted by Pastor Dennis Bloodworth on February 2, 2012

Source: http://dennisbloodworth.com/2012/02/02/the-king-has-one-more-move/

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The King Has One More Move!

Two men stand staring in front of a painting in an art gallery.  In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. The devil is grinning ear-to-ear because he has the man cornered. The title of the painting, “Checkmate,” indicates that the game is over. The devil has won. His opponent has failed. He has no more moves.

The first man looking at the painting wants to move on to view other paintings in the gallery. But the second man, an international chess champion, wants to look at the painting longer, so he waves his friend on and tells him he will catch up later. The chess champion stares and stares at the chess board, then suddenly he steps back, flabbergasted. “It’s wrong!” he exclaims. “There’s one more move.” He runs to his friend and together they look at the painting. “We have to contact the painter,” the chess champion says. “It’s not checkmate. The King has one more move!”

Throughout the Bible, this game has been played:  The Israelites found momentary freedom only to face the formidable Red Sea with Pharoah and his armies in hot pursuit.  The King had one more move!  Daniel was lowered into den full of hungry lions for defying a tyrant and standing up for his faith.  The King had one more move!  A 9 ft. tall fighting champion named Goliath called for a winner-take-all, one-on-one fight to settle the war. A little shepherd boy took him on. The King had one more move!  Jesus was tortured, crucified, and buried for 3 days. But the King had one more move!

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