Friday, March 17, 2006

Good Morning

 

-- Just a reminder that I won't be there on Sunday -- we are leaving for the beach that morning.  Also, since I'll be at the beach, I may be a bit hit and miss with the emails, but I'll lay out what our reading will be for the week down below. You can save the email, or go to the blog at www.leapclass.blogspot.com to find the list.

 

-- If you don't have volume 2 book, make sure you get one from the Sunday School room.  I'm also going to leave a couple in the church office and in the sanctuary in the sound booth area for people to pick up.

 

-- As we have discussed, Volume 2 starts to get into the really interesting, familiar parts of Revelation.

 

Today's Reading:  Revelation 5:13-14; 198-201 in Barclay, stop at the end of the book. :-)

 

-- short passage again today.

 

-- one thing I thought about at lunch yesterday -- on the comment that Barclay made about there not being an "official" explanation of how Christ is covering our sins.  My thought was -- if the Bible isn't the official word, what is?  It strikes me that there isn't anything "unofficial" in the Bible.  Just a thought there.

 

-- the scripture today wraps up this section, which is a description of the appearance of the Lamb - Christ -- to open the scrolls.  As we end this portion, we can look back at the image -- Christ, appearing in front of God's throne, surrounded by the four living creatures and the 24 elders, who praise him, then a broader circle of the angels -- too numerous to count, and then by all creation -- and everyone of them praising him for his obedienece to God and his sacrifice.

 

-- I think that Barclay makes an interesting point about those who are in Hell praising Christ. That is an odd thought, but it makes perfect sense, that there isn't an exemption for those in Hell.  For some reason, I thought that they wouldn't be doing this, or that Christ wouldn't want their praise, but it seems like, from the reading, that even in Hell, they are compelled to recognize the authority of Christ.

 

Today's Scripture

At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds, with great power and glory.  And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, form the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Mark 13:26-27

Today's prayer requests:   Spring Break travelers

So many people will be traveling this week on Spring Break -- let's pray for their safe travels, and safety will at the beach or skiing or wherever they have traveled to.

Today's class member prayer:

Kelley Thaxton

Next Week's Reading in Volume Two

Monday -- Revelation 6:1-8 -- pages 1-3 - stop with the "White Horse of Conquest"

Tuesday -- Revelation 6:1-2 -- pages 3-5 - stop with the "Blood Red Horse of Strife"

Wednesday -- Revelation 6:3-4 -- pages 6-7 - stop with the "Black Horse of Famine"

Thursday -- Revelation 6:5-6 -- pages 7-10 - stop with the "Pale Horse of Pestilence and Death"

Friday -- Revelation 6:7-8 -- pages 10-11 - stop with the "Souls of the Martyrs"

Jay