The Lion Has Roared; Who Will Not Fear?--Dec. 5, 2017

The lion has roared; who will not fear?

Oh, the wicked kill widow and refugee,

they murder the orphan, and they think

there is no God to see, none to perceive.

We need your action, Lord, as when Jesus

cleared the temple of buying and selling.

Yet we have your prophetic message,

a lamp shining in a dark place

until the day dawns and

the morning star rises

in all our hearts.

Meanwhile,

show us how to act.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 33; 146; 85; 94

Amos 3:1-11

2 Peter 1:12-21

Matt. 21:12-22

Selected Verses

Ps. 94:6-7

[The wicked] kill the widow and the stranger,

        they murder the orphan,

and they say, "The LORD does not see;

        the God of Jacob does not perceive."

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared;
        who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken;
        who can but prophesy?

2 Peter 1:19

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed.  You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 

Matt. 21:12

Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.