I want you to use your imagination this morning. Let me take you back in history 2000 years, to the country of Palestine, present-day Israel. You are sitting around a campfire near the Sea of Galilee with Jesus and his disciples. They have lived together, traveled together, preached and healed together for over two years. On this particular evening they have had a simple meal of perch and bread. There is a lull in the conversation and then I can imagine the disciple Thomas speaking: "Master, you and the boys know that I tend to be a tad pessimistic, but I'm afraid that all of us must face some facts. Increasingly, we are being locked out of the synagogues. The most powerful religious leaders in the country are against you. Recently we heard rumors that King Herod was going to have you kill…