Is this the Judgment?--Aug. 11, 2014

Because they are afraid of the light,

they walk in total darkness, and the

foundations of the earth are shaken.

With no knowledge or understanding,

filled only with hatred and jealousy,

they are ready to burn up the world.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Judg. 12:1-7

Acts 5:12-26

John 3:1-21

Selected Verses

Ps. 82:5

They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
          they walk around in darkness;
          all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Judg. 12:1

The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you?  We will burn your house down over you!"

Acts 5:17-18

Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy, arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.

John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.