Easter 14:
Date: July 18, 2004
Theme: One Small Step With The Spirit, A Giant Leap For The Kingdom Of Heaven!
– Zechariah 4:1-10
– Ude, John
The Order of Worship:
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 16 : Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word
TLH 465 st. 1: Christ Is Our Corner-Stone
TLH 226 st. 1-4: Come, Oh Come, Thou Quickening Spirit
TLH 226 st. 5-9: Come, Oh Come, Thou Quickening Spirit
TLH 412 : May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill
Scripture Readings:
Ezra 5:7b-17, Acts 12:1-11
Theme: One Small Step With The Spirit, A Giant Leap For The Kingdom Of Heaven!
Zechariah 4:1-10
A Vision of a Golden Lampstand
4:1 And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
“These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.” (ESV)