I. Readings
Psalms 42, 102, 133
Zephaniah 1:14-18
Revelation 14:14-15:8
Luke 13:1-9
II. Selections
Psalm 133:1, 3a
How very good and pleasant it is
when kindred live together in unity! ...
It is like the dew of Hermon,
which falls on the mountains of Zion.
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the LORD's wrath ...
Revelation 15:4a
" ...Lord, who will not fear
and glorify your name? ... "
[ Those who had conquered the beast and its image, singing beside the sea of glass]
Luke 13:3
" ...So [ the man] said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?' ... " [ Jesus' parable]
III. Meditation: A tree to be cut down
Kindred who live together in unity
are like a dew on the mountain.
Where is our unity when we
fight for silver and gold
that will not save us?
Then like a tree that bears no fruit,
like a tree that wastes the soil,
we are a tree to be cut down,
for we do not fear and
glorify your name.
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