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The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity

  • Old Test: Exodus 32:1-20
  • Epistle: 1 Thess. 4:13-18
  • Gospel: Matt. 24:15-28

“The kingdom of God does not come with observation” (Luke 17:20-30). You must use your ears and not your eyes. For God’s kingdom in this world is one of faith, and faith comes by hearing the Word of Christ. The people of Israel, however, wanted to walk not by faith but by sight. When Moses delayed in coming down the mountain, they decided to make a visible god for themselves, the golden calf (Ex 32:1-20). Upon such faithless and false worshipers God’s judgment comes. Only on the Last Day will our faith be turned to sight. “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be” (Matt 24:15-28). The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, and He will gather His people to Himself, both the living and the dead. In a world in which our days are few and full of trouble (Job 14:1-6), let us comfort one another with these words of the resurrection and the coming of our Lord Jesus.

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