Psalm 85 Meditation: Ephesians – Paul uses a lot of imagery in his letters. Every thought and act can either bring us closer to Christ or draw us a little further into darkness. Everything that we do and say should be a reflection of the light of Christ, even with those who we feel the …
Tag: Imagery
Thursday, December 24
Christmas Eve Psalm: 80 Meditation Isaiah: These 7 verses contain so much imagery: some look like Ezekiel Chapter 1 with the “wheels within wheels”; the grandeur of God, the seraphim crying out “Holy, holy, holy” not unlike scenes from John’s Revelation. The most envious image for me is that Isaiah recognizes how evil he is …
Sunday, December 20
Psalm: 29 Meditation Revelation: the imagery of this scene has so many parallels. The twelve stars immediately reminds me of Joseph’s vision explained to his brothers. He was raised to greatness in Egypt in order to save his people. The birth of the baby can make one think of Moses; the enormous red dragon would …
Thursday, December 3
Psalm: 21 Meditation Matthew: In this parable, one of the sons obeyed his father – it was the one who had said he would not go into the vineyard. This son was representative of “prostitutes and tax collectors”; whereas the other son who said he would go but did not represented the chief priests and …
Thursday, October 29
Psalm: 65 Meditation Revelation: John recounts his visions using imagery both he and his readers will understand. He talks about four formidable horses – to our mind quite frightening. Zechariah the prophet, who live about 500 years earlier also described four horses as a means of describing impending judgement – the same here. Let’s confine …
Tuesday, October 20
Psalm: 26 Meditation 1 Corinthians: The imagery Paul employs here we have heard before from Jesus Himself. In John 12:24, Jesus tells us that the only way life can spring from a seed is if the seed dies – only then will it sprout. So too our bodies at the time of our bodily resurrection. …
Friday, October 9
Psalms: 140, 142 Meditation 1 Corinthians: Paul goes through some redundant imagery to describe the diversity of the parts that make up the whole (body). The philosophical expression: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts…”, is apt for the body. All these parts are interconnected because if you, for instance, get a …
Friday, May 29
Psalm: 102 Meditation Ezekiel: When we read this passage, we may (actually do not) see what Ezekiel saw. We look back through the cross. If Ezekiel looked back (as I am sure he did) he saw the shepherd/king (David). Ezekiel wants to awaken the errant “shepherds” warning them of a time of accountability. Sometime later, …
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