Officially a Senior according to the NPS...Matthew 27:57-66

 


According to the National Park Service, I am officially have senior status.  The once a year $80 fee is replaced by a once in a lifetime $80 fee.  I will pull this out many times hopefully and also display in the windshield when needed.  It promoted a little hike in the park.


Here is a new picture of the barn with Baker Mountain and the Green Knoll in the background.  I was thankful for the breeze coming across the valley.


Here is also my companion for this maiden senior hike in the park.  She has one of those cards too.  I've got a couple trips planned for us in the near future.

We finished up chapter 27 of Matthew this Sunday.  We have one chapter left (probably 3 sermons).  Jesus is in the rich man's tomb on the Sabbath.  Matthew seems to want us to know this 3 day event.  He points out the Day of Preparation (the 6th day of the week) for the Sabbath, the Sabbath (the 7th day of the week) and then the 1st day of the week after the Sabbath.  More to come on this next week.

The minute details keep coming.  The Scriptures tell us ahead of time what these minute details are.  This Sunday was the fact that not one of Jesus' bones would be broken like the passover lambs and also that He would be pierced.  Another was the placement of His dead body.  It would not be with the thieves dumped in some hole in the ground but rather laid in a rich man's tomb, one never used before.  John helps us to interpret the Old Testament prophecies by directing us to them.  This minute details of the past are going to be followed by a recent prophecy that Jesus made many times in next Sunday's sermon.

Another "ah ha" moment for me from the sermon was how John and later Peter don't rely supremely on their senses of being there but rather on the more sure Word of God.  They tell you they were eyewitnesses but they end the argument or explanation with the Scriptures.  Our senses can fool us.  AI is now added into the mix.  Another great argument for the physical book that we read.

Adam



A simple man serving a great God and the local pastor of Stillwater Community Chapel (stillwater-chapel.org). We are in our 40th year of full time ministry. God directed us to this local body of believers on the Western Range of the Rockies to grow with them in mission and mindedness of Christ.

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