Glory Everlasting
November 14, 2021
AS WE GATHER
As the Church Year is approaching its close, we turn our focus to the last things. The very last thing that we confess in the Apostles’ Creed is that we believe in the life everlasting. In Revelation, John describes the heavenly city of God and tells us that the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. Brilliant brightness has always been associated with the seeing of God, from the time when Moses had to veil his face because it reflected the dazzling presence of the almighty Lord. As we come into His presence for worship, we have a partial sense of that glory as we await that time beyond time, when we shall experience it fully in the life everlasting in His heavenly kingdom.
Bible Readings:
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Daniel 12:1–3
(Those who are named in the Book of Life will be delivered.)
EPISTLE READING: Hebrews 10:11–25
(The Lord will not remember the sins of the faithful anymore.)
HOLY GOSPEL READING: Mark 13:1–13
(The one who stands firm to the end will be saved.)