Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Good Morning  

 

Just got my schedule for this weekend, and I won't be a church on this Sunday.  Just as an fyi, I'll be out of town next Sunday as well (in Chicago), so I'll miss the next two weeks.  As scary as things are right now, that is probably just as well. 

 

Don't forget the diaper shower on Saturday for Christie.  For more info, go to our blog at leapclass.blogspot.com for a previous post on the subjet.

 

Today's Reading:   Revelation 9:3-12, read Barclay pages 57-59 

 

-- just a couple of notes about today as Barclay elaborates on the demonic locusts.

 

-- while obvious in the scripture, note that the locusts that will swarm the earth here will not do what they are best known for, which is to eat every bit of vegetation in sight.  They will only be here to attack people (except those with the seal of God).  Note that their attack comes after the four trumpets which have just wreaked havoc on the natural elements of the earth, so this plague spares further damage to the earth.

 

-- Barclay also solves the riddle of why five months -- he notes that this is the normal life span of a locust.  I actually doubted that information, so I looked up on the internet, and that is right on -- depending on the type of locust, they live for three to six months, with several specifically mentioning five months.  So not just a random, odd number from John.

 

-- The other odd mention in Revelation is of the king of these locusts -- Apollyon -- the angel over the bottomless abyss -- obviously a fallen angel.

 

Today's Scripture 

 

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?. 

 

Micah 6:8 

 

Today's prayer requests:   Dr Page

Dr. Page is Ron and Brad's finance teacher at Auburn, who has lymphoma, and is not doing well.  We need to remember him as he struggles with the disease and the treatment. 

Today's class member prayer: 

Brandon Herring   

Jay