City Of God
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April 04, 2008
Rimsky-Korsakov's fourteenth opera was about the legendary Russian city of
Kitezh. The legend is that long ago, Tartar invaders were coming to destroy the
city. A woman named Fevronia prayed that God would intervene and the city would
be spared destruction. Immediately Kitezh became invisible, except for its
reflection in a nearby lake. If every eye will see Him when Jesus comes again,
and the new Jerusalem comes down from God out of Heaven, it will not be an
invisible city. Nor will it be a city threatened by any danger. As an old song
says, "It is the new Jerusalem that shall not pass away."