Monday, July 17, 2006

Good Morning 

 

Good to see everyone on Sunday.

 

Remember that we need to think about our next book/study.  We'll be through with this one in two weeks/10 days.  Need some suggestions/recommendations. 

 

Today's Reading:    Revelation 20:1-15, Barclay 215-220

 

-- some detailed commentary on Chapter 20.

 

-- couple of quick observations/impressions - Barclay notes in his commentary, that based on other uses of the word 1,000 in the Bible, is that it is not meant as a literal number, but as a phrase that means a long time.   I don't really think that this use of 1,000 is the same as the other uses which he quotes in his commentary, and I don't see the point of where Christ would come back and reign 926 years or 1,117 years or some such.

 

-- the second point to make today is the discussion about who will reign with Christ during this time -- those who were martyred and persecuted for Christ -- they are the first resurrection.  The question that I have is who will they reign over?  Not much is said about this 1,000 reign of Christ -- it is mentioned and covered in a just a few verses, then it is over.  I don't think that these will be the only people on earth, since at the end of his reign, the devil/Satan comes back to rally his armies to surround Jersusalem to do battle with the people of God -- so logicially, the people in this army must have been living on earth, under the reign of Christ and his followers.  At first blush, you would think that there wouldn't be any rebellion against Christ's rule, but we need to remember that Satan was an angel tossed out of heaven, and you wouldn't think that their would have been rebellion in heaven.

 

Today's Scripture 

 

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:21 

Today's prayer requests:     Melanie Tubbs, friend of Michelle Ray

Melanie is a friend of Michelle's who has a serious problem with her foot, and needs to have it amputated, but they are having a terrible time getting her epidural to "take" so she can have the surgery.  We need to pray for her strength -physically, emotionally, and spiritually both for her and her family.

Today's class member prayer:   

 

Jake Barrett

  

Jay