Prophecy

Western Church Punching Way Below Weight

by Terry Barlow
05/30/20
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The heavyweight fighter emerged from his dressing room to the delight of the fans in the arena who broke into a roar of approval as he climbed into the ring in his silk trunks under his brilliant silk robe and flashy belt and raised his gloves toward the bright lights high above his head. His massively  sculpted muscular body seemed to dwarf his opponents who weighed barely enough to be classified a heavyweight and had a peculiar unathletic shape to his body and a weak unimpressive presence, though well conditioned. There were some muffled boos amid a polite faint rippling of 👏 applause from the spectators when he was introduced.  Yet after the bell sounded and the fight began and the typical circling around and sizing up of one another took place the punches began to fly. The punches from the larger flashier more charismatic fighter seemed disproportionately soft and tentative and light landing, whereas the punches of the smaller more ordinary looking fighter fairly ripped into his opponent with fearsome impact that began to take an immediate toll on the larger fighter. It was not looking good for the heavily favored more celebrated fighter. If something didn't change drastically soon, if the fight continued in this vein and on this grim course, he was in for a big fall, a huge 😡 upset!