4th or 5th
November Trinity
The end of Revelation 22:
12-21
“Watch, I am coming soon, and
I will have my rewards with me so as to give to each person what his deeds
amount to. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning
and the goal.”
Blessed are those who cleanse
their garments so that they will have power in the realm of the Tree of Life,
which overcomes death, and may go through the gates into the Holy City. Outside
shall remain those who are bound to low senses, those who serve evil powers,
who walk impure paths of soul, who spread death around them, who give
themselves up to demonic forces, and who, through their ways and deeds, falsify
their true being.
“I, Jesus, sent my angel to
report these things to your assembled communities. I AM the root and stock of
David, the star who unfolds his brightness in the morning”.
And the Spirit and the Bride,
the Holy City, say, “Come!
And may he who hears also
say, “Come!” And may the thirsty come, and may everyone who wants it get to
drink the Water of Life freely, as grace.
Everyone who hears can find
his inmost being strengthened in the prophetic words of this book. Whoever does
not yet sense its greatness and truth, God will lead him to full knowledge
through the trials of destiny which are written in this book.
And whoever diminishes the
words of this prophecy, God will remove from him his share in the Tree of Life
that overcomes death, and his share in the Holy City written about in this
book.
He who lends these words their
power says:
“Yes, I am coming quickly!”
Yea, so be it. Amen:
Come, Jesus our Lord
The grace of the Lord Jesus,
be with you all!
4th November Trinity
The end of Revelation 22: 12-21
From the beginning, sailors have created their sea highways.
They set their course according to the sun during the day, and by the stars at
night. Amid the slow wheeling of the stars, and the wandering of the planets,
there is one star that remains fixed—the north star, the pole star, around
which every other revolves.
On the seas of life, we too have our guiding star. Each of
us has a higher being that shines above our heads like a star. We meet with
this higher being every night at the midnight
hour of our sleep. This star being is our polestar, shining amid the firmament
of our ideals, ideals such as sharing, equal rights, religious tolerance. It
helps us chart our own course on earth, in reference to our ideals.
In today’s reading, Christ calls Himself ‘the star who unfolds his brightness in the
morning’. Revelations 22:16 He is a Day-Star. He rises and illuminates
each new beginning, each new day. Our own star inspires us to ideals at night.
Christ is our guide during the day, on earth, to our daytime activity. He walks
before us, as a perceptible guide, on the earth, on the seas of life.
Christ is the Day-Star of sacrificial love, the love that
underlies all our ideals. He shows us the way to bring our ideals to
realization on earth, in a loving and human way. May we perceive His light,
shining in our day waking consciousness; may we see His light of love in our
daylight.
