May 26, 2004

prooftexting

Revelation 21:22-26, 22:1-4

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day?and there will be no night there. People will bring into it the glory and the honour of the nations.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Posted by tripp at May 26, 2004 02:51 PM
Comments

You forgot this verse:

"27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life." (NIV)

Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at May 26, 2004 09:16 PM

Sure. But that has nothing to do with nationality, as you well know. Amd, gratefully, neither of us are responsible for making that judgment.

Unless you know something I do not.

Posted by: Tripp at May 27, 2004 02:56 PM

Hmmmm. I seem to have forgotten when I made the point that Christianity is about nationality. You'll ahve to refresh this sleep-deprived dad's mind.

Now, as to whether or not I'm responsible for the judgment related to v. 27--bwahahahahahah! I'll never tell.

Say, are you northward bound in the a. m.? Can we coordinate a time where I can come into the liberry and say, "Hey, Tripp! Drop trou!"?

Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at May 27, 2004 03:56 PM

Hmmm. In light of the omitted verse, my comments may need some explaining for those readers not in the know. I wouldn't want to give an immoral, and wrong, impression.

You see, my wife's sister is making a quilt for us out of old jeans. And Tripp has a pair of jeans he is supposed to pass on to us, so we can pass them on to Anna's sister. So you see, there's nothing untoward going on here. Even if the jeans Tripp has belong to another woman!

Everything's on the up and up, here.

Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at May 28, 2004 06:28 AM