Yahweh will come and rest/ on the whole stretch of Mount Zion/and on those who are gathered there,/a cloud by day, and smoke,/and by night the brightness of a flaring fire./ For over all, the glory of Yahweh/will be a canopy and a tent/to give shade by day from the heat,/refuge and shelter from the…[read more]
He also told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. As soon as they have put out shoots, you can see and know for yourselves that summer is already near. The same is the case for you. When you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is…[read more]
And now, bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth; who fosters people’s growth from their mother’s womb, and fashions them according to his will! May he grant you joy of heart and may peace abide among you; may his goodness toward us endure in Israel to deliver us in our…[read more]
Who shall not fear you, Lord, and do homage to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed. Rev. 15: 4 Today we read from the Book of Revelation of the nature of heaven. It is the “place” where “all nations…[read more]
And another angel, one who has authority over fire, came out from the altar, and he called to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying: “Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle over the earth…[read more]
Jesus said, “I tell you truly: this poor widow has contributed more than all of them. For all these gave their gifts out of their abundance. But this woman contributed out of her poverty everything that she had to live on.” Luke 21: 3-4 If we are honest, we have to admit that the…[read more]
I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I swallowed it my stomach turned sour. Revelation 10: 10 Jesus was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and scribes and leaders of the people were seeking to…[read more]
As Jesus approached, he saw the city. He wept over it. He said, “If you—even you—had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” Luke 19: 41-3 The scripture scholar Luke Timothy Johnson in his commentary on these verses from Luke’s Gospel (The Gospel…[read more]
Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power; for you created all things; by your will they were created and came into being! Rev. 4: 11 The Book of Revelation has perhaps wrought more havoc on Christian belief than any other biblical text. There is a fundamentalistic way…[read more]
Be mindful, therefore, of what you received and heard: meet it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come as a thief, and you will not know the hour of my coming. Rev. 3: 3 When he reached the spot, Jesus looked up. He said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry down from there!…[read more]
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