Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Good Morning

 

-- We are going to the beach for Spring Break, and it looks like we are going to be leaving early on Sunday morning.  So I won't be at church or in class this Sunday, so y'all will be on your own for class on Sunday.

 

-- note that this is our last week with Volume 1 -- we will be moving into volume 2 next week.

 

Today's Reading:  Revelation 5:9 ; 193-194 in Barclay, stop at "The Song of the Living Creatures and of the Elders"

 

-- today's reading is a brief bit of commentary about the idea of a new song that is sung by the elders and four living creatures.

 

-- Barclay makes an interesting point that Revelation is all about new things -- John mentions several things as new in Revelation -- which I think is one of the reasons that people find Revelation scary, since the new things are result of all the old things passing away or going away.  But it is also the reason why one could consider Revelation a book of hope -- in it all things are new.

 

-- Barclay also makes a good and interesting point about John's word choice for new -- he uses the Greek word for new that speaks to both the idea of newness from a time point of view, but newness from a never-existing-before, quality point of view.  One perspective on this idea is that Christ doesn't just give you restart on life, but the life he offers is unlike the life you had before.

Today's Scripture

Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi,  On the way he asked them "Who do the people say I am?"  They replied; "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others one of the prophets."  "But what about you?" he asked, "Who do you say I am?"

Mark  8:27-29a

Today's prayer requests:   Brad and Megan Douglas

Brad's grandfather Joe Adair passed away on Sunday night about 9A.  Funeral is probably going to be tomorrow. We just need to remember their family during this time of loss.

Today's class member prayer:

Jodi Findlay

Have a great day.

Jay