Each week of the liturgical year, a reading from Second Advent Scripture is delivered as part of the Saturday Communion of Fellowship Service held in the Chapel of the Holy Child. This reading follows the Sacred Calendar of the Church; that is, Prophecies and Revelations that have been received by The Church on sacred dates are recalled in a liturgical context during the appropriate season each year. This reading is delivered just before the final blessings. Each service also includes a reading from the ancient scriptures, prayers, or wisdom sayings of various world religions past and present and is usually thematically related to the Second Advent Reading. This reading is delivered by the Reader right after the announcements that begin the service and is thus the first reading of the service. An audio recording of the reading from Second Advent Scripture delivered on the date above is provided here below together with a transcript of the first reading of the service that day.
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SECOND ADVENT PROPHECY AND REVELATION
A Reading from Prophecy of the New Covenant, Chapter 90: “Prophecy on the Revelation and the Opening of the Seals” (pp. 964-970).
ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AND WISDOM SAYINGS
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah 66:
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered nor come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
They shall not labor in vain,
Nor bring forth children in trouble;
For the shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord. “It shall come to pass
That before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the Lord.
Click here to watch this week’s readings on YouTube. (11:41 minutes)