Pentecost 23/Saints Triumphant:
Date: November 16, 2014
Theme: I’m but a Stranger Here, Heaven is My Home
– Isaiah 52:1-6
– ( Pastor John Hein )
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 197 : Where Wilt Thou Go since Night Draws Near 
WS 766 : Sing with All the Saints in Glory
TLH 660 : I'm But a Stranger Here
TLH 54 : Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Scripture Readings:
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Matthew 25:1-13
Theme: I’m but a Stranger Here, Heaven is My Home
Isaiah 52:1-6
The Lord‘s Coming Salvation
52:1 Awake, awake,
put on your strength, O Zion;
put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
for there shall no more come into you
the uncircumcised and the unclean.
2 Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.” 4 For thus says the Lord God: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. 5 Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and continually all the day my name is despised. 6 Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.” (ESV)