Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watch-tower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it…
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Job answered the Lord:‘I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.“Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?”Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but…
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Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! From Job 38: 1, 12-21, 40: 3-5,…
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I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth;and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God,whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.. From Job 19: 21-27, NRSV The Book of Job was written long…
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All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. From 2 Timothy 3; 14-17, NRSV Usually, on a memorial such as today, we would use the Reading for the…
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As I watched,thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne;…A thousand thousand served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.… As I watched in the night visions,I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven.And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him..’ From Daniel…
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The Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.’ Then Satan answered the Lord, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on…
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When the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life. Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.. From Ezekiel 18: 25-28, NRSV It is probably safe to…
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Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement. From Ecclesiastes 11:9 – 12:8, NRSV In today’s first reading, the…
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I have seen the business that God has given to everyone to be busy with. He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover, he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. From Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11,…
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