What Became of the Lions’ Den?--Oct. 28, 2010

I. Readings
Psalms 116, 147:12-20, 26, 130
Nahum 1:15-2:12
Revelation 12:7-17
Luke 11:53-12:12

II. Selections
Psalm 147:19-20
He declares his word to Jacob,
      his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
      they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the LORD!

Nahum 2:11
What became of the lions’ den,
      the cave of the young lions,
where the lion goes,
      and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?

Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming,
      “Now have come the salvation and the power
            and the kingdom of our God
            and the authority of his Messiah…”

Luke 12:4
“…I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. … ” [Jesus to his disciples]

III. Meditation

Praise the LORD!
Your salvation and power,
your kingdom and authority,
are forever.

You have declared your word to us,
your statutes and ordinances.

The powerful lions of history—where are their dens,
the caves of the young lions, where the lions went,
and the lions’ cubs, with no one to disturb them?
Their power was only for a time; their time is past.

You have told us not to fear those who kill the body,
and after that can do no more. What should we fear?

That we knew your statutes and ordinances and
ignored them, so the history of the powerful lions
will become our history? That our time is past?