Who is Everyone?

Again last night I came off the mountain to the lightening show of the one and only God.  It reminded me of the Revelation Song.  You've probably heard it before, but check it out anyway.

I don't have much to tell you this morning.  I just want to leave you with a scripture I just read and then read over again about 15 times.  It's so beautiful it hurts.

But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

-Hebrews 2:9-

Jesus tasted death for everyone.  When my Sunday school kids say general answers like everyone, everywhere, or whenever I make them give me specifics.  So that's what I'm going to do for you.

Who is everyone?  It's you and me.  It's the drunk guy passed out on the side of the road.  It's the girl who wears bracelets to cover her scars.  It's the family sharing the last can of food in their pantry.  It's the kid with leprosy which is still a disease here in Central America, not just one in the Bible. It's just as much those we cast out of society as it is those we idolize.

Jesus died and rose again for everyone. 

I'll now get off  my soap box.  Thanks for reading!