.
Christ is All and in All .
Jesus
Christ is the
Lord. The Book
of Revelation
tells us that
he is the Lord
of Lords
and the King
of Kings.
Paul the
Apostle reminds
us of the
great plan and
purpose of God
to unite us in
an inseparable
bond of love
and unity with
Jesus Christ
who is Lord of
all. That is
why the
eternal Father
in heaven sent
his only
begotten Son,
the Lord Jesus
Christ, to
redeem us from
slavery to
sin, Satan,
and death. Our
destiny is to
be united with
the Father,
Son, and Holy
Spirit in a
community of
love and peace
that will last
forever.
Paul
the Apostle
reminds us
that the end
goal and
purpose of God
is to unite
all things in
Christ who
created all
things in the
heavens and
the earth and
who will come
again to
restore
creation
itself to the
glory and plan
God intended
from the
beginning.
May
Paul's prayer
be ours as
well:
May
you be
strengthened
with all
power,
according to
his glorious
might, for all
endurance and
patience with
joy, giving
thanks to the
Father, who
has qualified
us to share in
the
inheritance of
the saints in
light. He has
delivered us
from the
dominion of
darkness and
transferred us
to the kingdom
of his beloved
Son, in whom
we have
redemption,
the
forgiveness of
sins.
He is the
image of the
invisible God,
the first-born
of all
creation; for
in him all
things were
created, in
heaven and on
earth, visible
and invisible,
whether
thrones or
dominions or
principalities
or authorities
-- all things
were created
through him
and for him.
He is before
all things,
and in him all
things hold
together."
–
Colossians
1:11-17
50th
Anniversary of
Charismatic
Renewal
When the
charismatic
renewal began
50 years ago,
the Holy
Spirit was
poured out in
a very
extraordinary
way that
spread rapidly
across the
world. Today
we celebrate
the fruits of
this great
work of God.
Christ has
come to bring
us into his
kingdom of
righteousness,
peace,and joy.
And now we
experience the
firstfruits of
what he has
accomplished
for us.
This
issue
highlights the
ecumenical
call and
mission of the
charismatic
renewal and
the events
from the
Golden Jubilee
which took
place in Rome
on the Feast
of Pentecost.
The Old Testament in the Light of the New
Don't
miss Steve
Clark's new
groundbreaking
book, The
Old Testament
in the Light
of the New:
The stages of
God's Plan.
You can
read the first
chapter
here in Living
Bulwark.
Dr. Dan
Keating
explains the
purpose and
goal of Steve
Clark's book:
The genius
of The Old
Testament in
the Light of
the New is
that it
teaches us how
to see the
narrative
unity of God’s
plan as
revealed in
the
Scriptures,
Old and New
Testament. The
focus is on
the beginning,
the center and
climax, and
the end. As
with a great
symphony, we
only
understand the
individual
movements once
we have heard
the whole
work, once we
have grasped
how everything
is summed up
in the final
climax.
So it is
with the
narrative of
Scripture. We
need to know
God’s purpose
from the
beginning –
and
here the
opening
chapters of
Genesis are
essential. We
need to know
the center and
goal of the
plan – and
this is
Christ, the
Word made
flesh. But we
also need to
know where
God’s purpose
is going – and
this is
eternal life
with God
forever,
beautifully
displayed as
the “marriage
feast of the
Lamb” in the
book of
Revelation.
Sincerely
in Christ,
Don Schwager
editor
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Icon
on the dome
with the image
of Jesus
Christ as
Ruler of All
with the
Apostles on a
gold
background in
the basilica
of Saint Paul
Outside the
Walls,
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