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Ever thought about how The Gospel is preached in The Wizard of Oz? 

Dorothy was taken up to the Land of Oz by a whirlwind or a tornado.  She landed in a place ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West where the people are under a spell of oppression to be less than who they could be. They could not be delivered on their own. The Scarecrow wanted a brain. The Tin Man wanted a heart. The Lion wanted courage. Dorothy wanted deliverance from this crazy land.

They thought The Wizard could help them, only to find out he was only an old man pretending to be wise. He was a fake.  Everyone in the land under the spell of the Wicked Witch of the West too, needed deliverance. Dorothy got caught up in this strange place because of a tornado.  We too can get caught up in a strange land by tornadoes in our lives. We want to get out and go back home!

The trio traveled to the Wizard to help. Fake, worldly wisdom cannot help. It only gives empty rewards.

Like the Scarecrow, you can get a brain through the Bible or the Word of God.

Like the Tin Man, you can get a heart by fellowship with Jesus.

Like the Lion, you can get courage from the Holy Spirit.

All who were in bondage were set free when the Wicked Witch of the West was destroyed by the water of baptism.

Dorothy was delivered when she clicked heels of the red shoes of Repentance and Forgiveness through the red blood of Jesus.

They were all restored to who they were created to be.

Watch this allegory again through new eyes.