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Isaiah 52:13-53:12 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 4  Just as there were many who were appalled at him—   his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— 15  so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the  Lord  been revealed? 2  He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3  He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4  Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stric

Exodus 12:1-13 The  Lord  said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,   2  “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.   3  Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.   4  If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.   5  The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6  Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7  Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.   8  That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fi

Resurrection Edward Riojas Worship Theme: What is Easter? For Americans who do not worship Christ, Easter may be a day for family gatherings, a day for candy, eggs and rabbits. What is Easter for a Christian? It is the resurrection of our Lord, a day to sing the praises of our Savior God. It is a day to rejoice in the victory over death that Jesus won for us. It is a day when the victorious Christ himself comes in his Word to dry our tears of despair and give us living hope. Old Testament: Isaiah 25:6-9 On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine-- the best of meats and the finest of wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; 8 he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. 9 In that day they will say

Genesis 2:15–17; 3:22–24 The  Lord  God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.   16  And the  Lord  God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;   17  but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” 22  And the  Lord  God said, “The man has now become like one of us,knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”   23  So the  Lord  God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the groundfrom which he had been taken.   24  After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side [ a ]  of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. Man begins his journey in this world in a garden. Adam and Eve are established in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by various other God-created creatures and God-cr

Joshua 3:1–6 Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.   2  After three days the officers went throughout the camp,   3  giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the  Lord  your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.   4  Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and the ark; do not go near it.” 5  Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the  Lord  will do amazing things among you.” 6  Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them. It is one thing to travel across the wilderness in order to arrive at a destination; but it is quite another to wander around a wasteland for forty years. The I

Zechariah 9:9,10 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps 118:24, EHV) Next Sunday is the first of April – April Fool’s Day – 24-hour period that has no great significance other than the playing of practical jokes. Over the years there have been some wonderful April Fool’s Day jokes played on people. I remember reading the April 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated. The sports magazine revealed that the New York Mets had recruited a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who could throw a baseball at 168 mph — 65 mph faster than t