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Themes "Jesus, our Savior A SAVIOR FROM THE SKY Bill Rothe was a little nervous as he saw the DC-4 airplane, fly overhead. He was watching one of many skydiving exercises at a convention of 420 parachutists in Arizona. What made him uneasy about this jump was that his Fiance', Debbie Williams, was one of the skydivers. With 3 other divers, Debbie was going to be part of a 4 person, ring formation. They would all join hands in their free fall, before pulling their rip cords. It was a pretty routine exercise, but Bill knew that in skydiving, there is no time or margin for error. At 9000 feet, the hatch of the plane flopped open. From the ground, Bill could make out 5 little dots in the sky. He anxiously waited for all 5 parachutes to appear. The skydivers had to immediately get into the "floating" position, with their arms and legs stretched out, parallel to the ground, as the other divers were positioning themselves to make the ring, they were horrified to find that instead of "floating", Debbie Williams, was tumbling through the air like a rag doll. Debbie had slammed into the backpack of another chutist and was knocked unconscious. 40 feet above the other divers, Gregory Robertson, the instructor on this jump, saw what happened and knew that Debbie would never be able to open her parachute in time. Without a second thought, Gregory put his arms to his side, crossed his ankles, and with his head facing the ground in a "no lift" dive, he rocketed toward Debbie at a speed of 200 MPH. When he reached her at 3500 feet, above the ground and only 10 seconds before impact, he assumed the "floating" position again, to slow his descent. At 2000 feet, with only 6 seconds left, Gregory grabbed hold of Debbie, turned her limp body upright, pulled the rip cord on her emergency parachute and then pulled his own rip cord. The 2 giant parachutes billowed in the air and along with the other skydivers, they floated to the ground. Still unconscious, Debbie landed on her back, receiving serious injuries- but alive. In the history of recreational skydiving, never had such a daring rescue ever succeeded. In just the nick of time, Gregory Robertson was Debbie William's, savior from the sky. Romans 5:6 says: "For when we were yet without strength, in due time, Christ died for the ungodly." As sinners, we are like Debbie, completely unable to save ourselves and sure to die. But the Lord jesus is our savior from the sky. At just the right time, that God had planned, He came from heaven to save sinners."
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