Stand Still & Be Captivated 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Genesis 1: 26-28a Mark 6:30-34 Revelation 4:1-6 & Stand Still & Be Captivated 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Stand Still And Be Captivated! 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

We need a fresh vision of Jesus 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Jesus, involved in creation 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Jesus, involved in creation Genesis 1:26-28a Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’

Jesus, involved in creation So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.

Jesus, revealed in the Gospels 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Jesus, revealed in the Gospels Mark 6:30-34 The apostles gathered round Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’

Jesus, revealed in the Gospels So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognised them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Revelation 4:1-6 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.’ At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation

And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the centre, round the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and behind. Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation

Revelation 19:11-16 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation

‘He will rule them with an iron sceptre.’ He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Jesus, proclaimed in Revelation

Press pause, get your house in order (‘Rend your hearts not your garments’, Joel 2:13) Re-discover the identity of Jesus as revealed in Scripture Return to your first love (Revelation 2:4) Be held captive by His love

Jesus, Saviour, Redeemer. Remembered & embraced in Holy Communion 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”

Stand Still & Be Captivated 8. “Reclaiming The Ground”