Thursday, July 20, 2006

Good Morning 

 

Well, as I had hoped, the opportunity to do the fabrics and cloths of the Bible really excited some people, and I've gotten some feedback, oddly enough  with other ideas.  So we can discuss them on Sunday. 

 

Today's Reading:    Revelation 21:5-8  Barclay 229-232

 

-- quick read today.

 

-- today's section has one of the most well-known passages in the Bible -- "I am the Alpha and the Omega" verse is another one that is very well known, but not necessarily associated with Revelation.

 

-- While Barclay doesn't specifically note this in his commentary, this another of the passages that do make Revelation a book of hope -- from the promise of God to make all things new, the reassurance from God that he is the author of all things, and that he has a promise for those who believe (and a promise for those who do not).

 

-- It is a stark choice -- probably the starkest in all of the Bible -- the choice between being a child of God, under his protection and receiving all his blessings, or the lake of fire.

 

-- Barclay doesn't point this out, but God says "It is done" at the first part of the scripture -- which echos to me one of Christ's last statements on the cross.  It also notes, to me, the ending of time -- when God says that "It is done" -- then that's it -- time itself comes to an end.

 

Today's Scripture 

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

1 Thessalonians 4:7a

Today's prayer requests:   Don Thaxton

Need to continue to remember Kelley's husband Don, who is recovering his auto accident and the resulting surgery. 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:   

 

Valerie Waters 

  

Jay