Dec 04,
2015
Scripture of the Day: 2 Samuel
7:8-16
Thought of the day: Descendant of
David.
Davidic lineage was one of more
prominent features of the expected Messiah. As indicated in the Scripture of
the Day, God spoke through the prophet Nathan and told David of a coming King
and God’s work through that coming king.
First God will establish a Kingdom
through the offspring of David. God tells David that his ‘Throne’ would last
forever. In the annunciation to St. Mary, the angel Gabriel tells that this
prophecy will be fulfilled in Jesus. Gabriel tells her that the throne of his
ancestor David would be given to Jesus (Luke 1:32). Jesus came to establish his
Kingdom.
Secondly this King will build a
‘house’ for God’s name. The house that the King will build is the church. We
can see this fulfilled in Jesus’s work upon earth. Jesus tells Peter that he
will build the church. By our baptism we have become stones in this living
building.
God also assures that the house and
the kingdom will be kept under God’s divine protection. This assurance ought to
inspire us to work for the Kingdom of God and to relish our membership in His
house – the church.
Song of the Day:
Icon of the Day:
Quote of the day:
The largest challenge of modern
world surely is the presence, throughout Western society, of a deeply secular
outlook. Certainly in Britain, in Western Europe, in North America, the great
majority of people have lost a sense of the immediate presence of God in the
world. Yes, of course, there are many people who still go to church, but they
do not have an integral world view where Christ enters into every aspect of
daily life. Religion has been pushed into a corner, something that we do for an
hour or two on Sunday and then we get on with the rest of our life. But let us
remember that the Christian is the one who where ever he or she looks, sees
everywhere Christ and rejoices in Him, so this is the greatest challenge to see
Christ everywhere, to see all things
in God and God in all things, to void a separation between the sacred and the
secular. All things can be sacred; the presence of the Holy Spirit can be found
everywhere. So this is the most important challenge in the modern world, to
resist the separation between the sacred and the secular, to resist the
tendency to isolate Christianity into a tiny corner, to see that Christ enters
every aspect of our daily life. – Met. Kallistos Ware
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