Monday, April 24, 2006

Good Morning 

 

Don't forget that the LEAP Class will be having a diaper shower to celebrate the imminent arrival of little Jenna Rose Peebles.  The shower will be at Monica and Joey's house at 4613 Nicholas Drive in Letson Farms on Saturday, April 29 at 6 PM.  Joey and Monica will provide the chicken fingers and drinks.  We are to bring a dessert and/or side as well as diapers for Jenna Rose.  Christie is primed and ready for delivery.  The doctors are hoping she can hold on until at least May 10th, so we need to be prayerful about that.  Email or call Monica (phimpactyouth@aol.com) to let her know that you are coming and if you have any questions. 

 

Here is the Rapture information from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture.  References to a lot of different theories, but if you work your way down towards the end towards the History section, you'll see that belief in the Rapture is actually a relatively new thing.

 

The article also refers to the movie I was discussing about the Rapture, and I had one bit of information wrong -- it wasn't Mimi Driver, it was Mimi Rogers who starred in the movie, and she was married to Tom Cruise from 1987 - 1990.  According to Wikipedia, she is the one who introduced Tom Cruise to Scientology.  Here Wikipedia entry is here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Rogers

 

Also, here is a review of the film The Rapture by Roger Ebert http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19911027/REVIEWS/110270301/1023

 

Today's Reading:  Revelation  9:1-2  Read Barclay 53-54

 

-- this scripture opens with the blowing of the fifth trumpet, and we start to shift from natural terrors -- fire, earthquakes, darkness -- to the release of demonic and/or supernatural terrors on the earth.

 

-- Barclay discusses the abyss and how it relates to ideas of hell, and the abyss is considered an intermediate place of punishment, not the ultimate/final place of punishment, which is the lake of fire and brimstone. 

 

-- an interesting thing is the idea of the abyss as a place of punishment for angels who have sinned, as noted in the non-Bibilcal book of Enoch.  Barclay references Enoch quite a bit, because of it's possible/likely influence on John, and because, while it was not included in the Bible, it does reflect the thinking of the Jews during John's day.

 

-- Brad's fear meter is now at 9.25, on a scale of 1 - 10, and his Hope meter is now down to 4.

 

Today's Scripture

 

 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.  And so we will be with the Lord forever. 

 

 1 Thessalonians 4:17 

 

Today's prayer requests:   Angie, co worker of Brigette Severance

Angie is someone who have had on our prayer list due to brain tumor discovered about six weeks ago, and she had to have immediate surgery.  Her tumor was classified as a Stage 3 tumor, and she's undergoing radiation.  We need to remember her in our prayers.

Today's class member prayer:

Joey Harbarger 

Jay