The Lord blessed us with a very hot
and sultry summer day here yesterday. The temperature reached 90. We had
torrential rains in the evening. Some of the neighboring area received 3 to 5
inches of rain in the very short duration of one to two hours (with another 1 to
2 inches expected at that time). Some of the roads flooded. It is all calm
this morning after the thunders, lightning, and
rain.
For our Wednesday evening Bible
Study we are looking at the Epistle of Hebrews. The central theme of the
Epistle is that Jesus Christ is greater than anything and everything! He is
the fulfillment of the Old Testament; all that came before pointed to Him. This
Book tells us of the Supremacy, Sufficiency, Pre-eminence, and Divinity of
Christ. He is supreme over all.
In C.S
Lewis' "Voyage
of the Dawn Treader", the third of the
Chronicles of Narnia Series, Lewis wanted the reader to see the identity
of Aslan. This revelation came at the conclusion of the book. Lucy and Edmund
are on an adventure when they come to a large grassy area. In the midst of a
large green, there is a white spot. As they look at the white spot in the midst
of the great field and draw closer to it, they find that it is a lamb. The lamb
is cooking a breakfast of fish and gives Lucy and Edmund a delicious meal. Then
they ask the lamb if He can help them find the land of Aslan. At that time, the
white Lamb transforms into the great Aslan Himself, with sunlight beaming forth
from His great mane.
C.S. Lewis was
speaking the truth of Scripture: Jesus is the gentle, meek Lamb who takes away
the sins of the world; He is also the Lion of Judah, the Judge and the One who
comes to bring justice to the world, to execute judgment on sin and to punish
iniquity. Jesus is the
undeniable, absolute King of the universe. He is the Lion of Judah, who breaks
chains and gives us the victory again and again.. The kings of the world come
and go, but Jesus remains. He is eternal and Immortal. In the midst of the
political and economic winds that shift and change our Savior reigns and
lives. "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, 'The kingdom of this world has become the
kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and
ever.'" Revelation;
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In
Christ,
Brown
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