I. Readings
Psalms 18:1-20, 62, 126
Isaiah 7:1-9
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
Luke 22:1-13
II. Selections
Psalm 62:3
How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
Isaiah 7:4
...and say to [ King Ahaz], Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
[ The lawless one] opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.
Luke 22:2
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.
III. Meditation: Take heed, be quiet, do not fear
Lawless ones take their seat in the temple-
smoldering stumps of firebrands
opposed to all other objects of worship-
and declare themselves God.
Like the authorities who assailed Jesus,
they assail without mercy,
battering rams against a leaning wall
or a tottering fence.
How long will these attacks continue?
You do not answer, we do not know;
we only know we must be heedful, quiet ...
neither fearful nor fainthearted.
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