A Plan for the Fullness of Time--May 4, 2016

Blessed are you, Lord Jesus;

you come in the name of the LORD.

Son of God and Son of David,

you come in the name of the LORD,

a plan for the fullness of time—

come to gather up all things in yourself.

Humble our hearts, that we may

make amends for our many iniquities

and by your grace serve as

your covenant people.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118

Lev. 26:27-42

Eph. 1:1-10

Matt. 22:41-46

       

Selected Verses

Ps. 118:26

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD.
          We bless you from the house of the LORD. 

Lev. 26:41b-42

…if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity, then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; I will remember also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.  [The LORD, through Moses, speaking to Israel about those who will survive his punishments]

Eph. 1:9-10

[God] has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Matt. 22:43-45

[Jesus] said to [the Pharisees], “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls [the Messiah] Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet’”?  If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”