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March 18-19, 2019
Beneath the Altar
“Fifty killed in mosque attack!” world-wide headlines scream call our attention to the horror of man killing man for no reason other than hate, in and of itself
the Second Seal has been torn violence rampages the earth death roams free, is mourned but in the tumult of the Fifth we fall before a careless world
When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” Another came out, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
Revelation 6:3-4
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
Revelation 6:9-11
We rightly mourn the bloodshed, the souls robbed too soon of life, yet our brothers and our sisters fall unnoted, in greater number, who now wait beneath God’s altar for our blood to join their own
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Beneath the Altar A poem by Peter Rhebergen Download the book Each New Day a Miracle Bible Studies How to Study the Bible Life is Wonderful Photography Copyright 2024 About me |
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