Uplook - March 28, 2026
Dear Saints,
As I gazed out my office window today at the beautiful ornamental plum trees planted in front of the house which are overflowing with gorgeous white blossoms; a scripture came to my mind. Here it is:
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Revelation 7:9–17
We are about to celebrate Palm Sunday which commemorates the worship given to Jesus as He entered into the city of Jerusalem. We know what followed less than a week later.
This scripture speaks also of palms in the hands of worshippers but this worship will be sincere and pure and eternal in nature because they (hopefully all of us) have washed their robes and made them while in the Blood of the precious Lamb of God which was slain on Calvary.
In the words of a contemporary hymn..."There will be a day..." when all the hunger and thirst will be gone, no scorching heat or cold, and God Himself will wipe away all of our tears. I want to be there on that day...don't you?
Reminders - There will be choir practice at 3:00 PM tomorrow.
Also...there will be no Bible Study next week.
Blessings,
BB
Rev. William E. McKibben
Senior Pastor
As I gazed out my office window today at the beautiful ornamental plum trees planted in front of the house which are overflowing with gorgeous white blossoms; a scripture came to my mind. Here it is:
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Revelation 7:9–17
We are about to celebrate Palm Sunday which commemorates the worship given to Jesus as He entered into the city of Jerusalem. We know what followed less than a week later.
This scripture speaks also of palms in the hands of worshippers but this worship will be sincere and pure and eternal in nature because they (hopefully all of us) have washed their robes and made them while in the Blood of the precious Lamb of God which was slain on Calvary.
In the words of a contemporary hymn..."There will be a day..." when all the hunger and thirst will be gone, no scorching heat or cold, and God Himself will wipe away all of our tears. I want to be there on that day...don't you?
Reminders - There will be choir practice at 3:00 PM tomorrow.
Also...there will be no Bible Study next week.
Blessings,
BB
Rev. William E. McKibben
Senior Pastor
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