But we could not see the welcome, Could not hear the angels sing, Nor the shouts of exultation As the pilgrim entered in. F. Norman Barrington Thomas Jefferson, a great man, nevertheless could not accept the miraculous elements in Scripture. He edited his own special version of the Bible in which all references to the supernatural were deleted. Jefferson, in editing the Gospels, confined himself solely to the moral teachings of Jesus. The closing words of Jefferson's Bible are these: "There laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone at the mouth of the sepulchre and departed." Thank God that is not the way the story really ends! The deaf have a sign for Jesus. Quickly they make this sign many times during their worship: the middle finger of each hand is placed into the palm of the other. Jesus, the one with wounded hands. And when they touch the place, they remember. They hear the name in their own flesh. Either Jesus is Lord of all, or he is not Lord at all. Either Jesus can raise us from the dead, or he cannot be called Savior. I Cor. 15:19 19If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died Since Christ is raised, we too live. Go to revelation passage.