11/20/22 – 4th Sunday of Endtime: Christ the King - You Will Be With Me In Paradise - Luke 23:35-43

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The Season
After journeying through the Sundays of Pentecost examining the life of faith, the season of End Time marks the end the Church Year. These are Sundays of promise: These promises give strength and hope to the faithful as we anticipate standing firm until our time of grace has come to end and beginning anew in the eternal presence of Christ our King.


The Sunday
The Church Year ends with the lasting song of triumph for Christ our King. The promise is sure: We will live with him in his kingdom, rejoicing in his goodness and resting in his eternal peace. The Promises of Endtime: You Will Be With Me In Paradise..
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Old Testament Lesson - Genesis 49:8-12
Could Jacob have known the full weight of his words? Did Judah see beyond himself and the generations of royalty who would come from him to the Lion of Judah? The royal line to follow would be scarred by idolatry and weakness. The throne of Judah would be toppled and its kings punished at the hands of Judah’s enemies. But the rule of great David’s greater Son will be marked by vengeance on his enemies, the eternal establishment of his rule, and unending prosperity. This is Jesus – our Lord, our Savior, our King.

Epistle Lesson - Colossians 1:13-20
Our Savior-King has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and brought us into his kingdom of light. John clarifies this in the opening chapter of his gospel. Even as the first rays of light burst forth in the opening moments of creation, so the light of Christ has dissipated the darkness of sin that enveloped his perfect world. The darkness neither understood what happened nor could it overpower the light. But those on whom that light shined stand “redeemed, restored, forgiven.” (CW 388) Our Light, Our King reigns supreme.

Gospel - Luke 23:35-43
Hardly a vision of triumph as the King of the Jews hangs from the cross. Taunted, jeered, and battered, the King of kings offers his life for the very ones that have so abused him and made such sacrifice necessary. Even in the midst of suffering for the sins of the world, the promise comes to the repentant heart that longs to be remembered in his kingdom: “…you will be with me in paradise.” See our king: suffering, dying, forgiving, redeeming.

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