Sermon Illustrations for Christmas 2 (2021)
Jeremiah 31:7-14
In 1975, William de Rijk, an unemployed schoolteacher, cut dozens of zigzag lines in Rembrandt’s famous painting “Night Watch.” Rijk slashed the painting with a knife before he was wrestled by the guards. The day before, de Rijk had been turned away from the museum because he arrived after closing time. After the event, he was identified with a mental disorder; he was sent to a psychiatric hospital.
The painting, however, was not removed but restored, publicly in six months. The painting was too much a treasure to not restore it.
