Bulletin 10.13.24

Well, I’m hanging on to a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won’t let go, and I can’t let go, won’t let go
And I can’t let go, won’t let go and I can’t let go no more 

– Bob Dylan, Solid Rock (track 5 from the 1980 album, Saved)

Starting with Moses, Jesus teaches his disciples that all the Old Testament Scriptures are about the sufferings and glory of Christ (Luke 24.27). That hermeneutical (interpretive) rule is more obviously applicable to some passages than to others, but there is no problem applying it to (this chapter) Second Kings Ch 2. 

– Peter Leithart, Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible:

1 & 2 Kings (2006)

Think much of the Saviors suffering for you on that dreadful cross, think much of your sin that provoked such suffering, and then enter by faith into the love that took away your sin and guilt, and then give your work your best. Give it your heart out of gratitude for a tender, seeking, and patient Savior. Make every common task shine with the radiance of Christ. Then every event becomes a shiny glory moment to be cherished – whether you drink tea or try to get the verb forms of the new language. 

– C. John Miller, The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from 

Jack Miller (a letter to Tom and Joanne, missionaries to 

Uganda, dated March 1984) (pub. 2004)

Psalm 29.3-9 

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; 

The God of glory thunders, 

The LORD is over many waters.

The voice of the LORD is powerful, 

The voice of the LORD is majestic.

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; 

Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, 

And Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice of the LORD hews out flames of fire.

The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; 

The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

The voice of the LORD makes the deer to calve 

And strips the forests bare; 

And in His temple everything says, "Glory!"

(Prayer)