Monday, May 1, 2006

Good Morning  

 

Hope everyone had a good weekend.  I was glad that my schedule changed and I was able to make it class yesterday, but I definitely will be gone this coming Sunday.  Need a volunteer to lead the discussion for this coming Sunday.

 

Today's Reading:   Revelation 10: 5-7, read Barclay pages 63-64

 

-- this is a simple passage today, but it marks a transition in the narrative.  In a way, the angel that makes the announcement here that "there is no more time" (in my Bible, it says "there will be no more delay") is letting us know that all that has happened -- not just in Revelation, but in all human history -- was just a prequel to this final moment, when "the mystery of God will be accomplished."   We are left to wait for the sounding of the seventh and final trumpet.

 

-- as we discussed yesterday, so much has happened in Revelation, and yet we still haven't gotten to the Antichrist, the beast or any of the other well-known sections of Revelation.

 

-- in thinking about the idea of timing of these events, (the seven trumpets) I think we all discussed and agreed that we would be able to tell when these events happened (if they happened during our lifetime), and that there would be no doubt that God was involved, for anyone.  But I'm reminded of the story of Moses and Egypt -- God sent some great plagues on Egypt, and yet there was doubt and disbelief in Pharoah's mind that this was the work of God.  Not until the last plague did he believe.  While we find it hard to believe that someone could go through the six trumpets of Revelation and not be convinced that it is the work of God, we do have a somewhat of a precedent in the Bible for that kind of blindness and denial.

 

Today's Scripture 

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation

Isaiah 12:2 

Today's prayer requests:    Christie Peebles

 

Just need to continue to remember Christie as she hangs on till her due date.

Today's class member prayer: 

Brad Douglas     

Jay