The Sunday
School Lesson
A Ministry of the
burnt Swamp Baptist Association
ASSURANCE IN TIME <
OF STRESS
Revelolfua 1.1-3, *-11,134-4 <
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by lev. WRIm Cawkgi
I am Alpha and Omega, 9k 1
beginning and the ending.. !
saith the Lord which is and" '
which was and which is to J
come, the Almighty." Reve
lation 1:8.
Verse* 1.1-3 The Books of 1
Revelation begins with its 1
central figure, Jesus Christ. '
The opening phrase does not
mean that Christ is revealed,
but that he is revealing God. '
A revelation which is to be J
shared with men through
"His servant John." John is
to tell of two great realities:
God's word and Jesus' testi
mony to it. He is to teD these
mighty truths by bearing wit;
ness to them. A witness is one
who testifies to what he has
see^Jjyri^^^jvenhg^
? threefold, signifying that It
somas from the spirit world;
Srst, a blessing oa those who
tead this book aload instead
af ignoring it or biding it;
iccondly, a blessing on those
eho hear; and third, a bless
ing on those who keep what is
vritten-that is, who use this
took in their Hves.
Verses 9*11 John tells us
that when the visions of the
Revelation came to him, he
vas in Patmos. It was the
unanimous tradition of the
early church that he was
Danished to Patmos in the
reign of Domitian. Jerome
says that John was banished
in the fourteenth year after
Nero and liberated on the
death of Domitian. This would
mean that he was banished to
Patmos about A.D. 94 and
liberated about A.D. 96.
Patmos, a barren rocky
little, island about ten miles
long by Ave mile* wide. It's
shape makes it a good natural
harbor, h lies forty
the coast of Asia Minor and it
was important oecause u was
(he last haven on the voyage
from Borne to Epbesas and
the first In the reverse direc
tion. John likewise expresses
as heavenly In origin the three
fold experience which he
shares with his readers: "The
tribulation and the tingddm
and the patient endurance
one can see how tribulation
and patience go together, but
to link the kingdom with them
is a triumphant thought that
would never occur to the
ordinary mind. Bnt it is true
that the kingdom of God itself
will be realized only through
tribulation and patient endu
rance. To be in the spirit on
the Lord's Day means that the
writer felt peculiarly die onset
of God's Holy Spirit on the
dsy of his recollection of
Jesus' resurrection, the first
dsy of the week. The "trum
pet" voice John hears is the
sound that calls to activity in
behalf of the victorious Christ.
If the reader will look on the
map of Asia Minor he will see
the seven churches listed here
and named in the order
?PMARI
which I traveler would roach
Ephesos and making a semi
circular sweep. TMa, tUa, la a
ffccoJaf letter to be aahd by
the sevenfold that la the
complete church.
Revelation Uil-4. The
beast lof thia passage clearly
symbolises the Roman Em
pire. The description of it Is
similar to that of the dragon in
12:3. but here the boras are
mentioned before the .heads
and the diadems are on the
horns. In Dan. 7:6 the four
heads of the beast represent
ing Persia symbolizes Persian
Kings. Here the seven heads
represents the Roman Em
perors, as is explicitly stated
in 17:10. 1 he description in
verse 1-2 combines into one
beast featu res of four beasts
of Dan. 7- f lie lion, bear, the
leopard and the monster with
10 horns, h is implied that the
beast rises from the sea at the
summons of the dragon,
Satan who delegates his pow
er and throne and authority to
it. The hated Roman Empire
is satanic origin.
CONCLUSION: Assurance
in Jesus Christ has always
been a necessity in a person's
w? 1 it us draw near with a
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faith, having our hearts
qmnkled from an evfl consci
ence. and our bodies washed
with pure wafer. Hebrews
10:22 Let's accept Bibhcal
facts. Blessed is he that
saadeth and they that hear the
words of this prophecy and
beep those things which ate
written therein. Rev. 1:3.
Adjustment
Factor;
Down
Red Springs-The fuel adjust
ment factor for April billing to
members of Lumbee River
Electric Membership Corpo
ration is S4.76 per thousand
kilowatt hours, according to
spokesman Jim Autry.
"The fuel adjustment char
ge, passed along with Caroli
na Power and Light to Lum
bee River EMC'a members,
adjusted for line loss, is down
from the S6.26 per thousand
chhtged in March," said
Autry. "This is a bit higher
thin the S3.36 per thousand
charge we had in February."
The fuel adjustment charqe.
I a ? CH' tTii i
is set by CP ft L under As
uftxky of tbs North Csro- -
Una Utilities Commission escb
moot!) for rami electric ess
operatives like Lossbee River
EMC. The charge is for the
costs at cool, ofl sad nuclear
fuel used to goasrato the
electricity sold to the non
profit electric utility.
Governor Jim Hunt spoke
out against the fuel adjust
ment charge at the statewide
meeting of all 28 rural electric
cooperatives held in Raleigh
on Mirch 31. He has asked
the Utilities Commission to
discontinue allowing Carolina
Power and Light to collect fuel
charges which are sdded as a
surcharge to each member's
monthly bill.
"If CP ft L is forced to give
up the monthly fuel adjust
ment charge, we would see
some stabilization of our
member's electric bills," said
Autry. "As it stands now, we
never know until a few days
before the "B" cycle bills go
out on the 10th at the month
how high the fuel charge la
going to be. Members have a
hard time budgeting their
electric payments because of
the fuel adjustment charge
?fluctuations. 1
klL id Mam
Strickland-Moore
toWed
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Mr. ud Mrs. Timothy
Strickland of Boats 3, Maxtoo
announce the engagement
their daughter, Marie te v
William F. Moore. Parents of
the fciliiguiw ilirt ? Mr.
Route 3, Maxtoa.
The weddtag to pi?ril far
Jane 13,1982 at 3iM p.m. at
New Proa pact Methodist
Charch.
Receives Committee
? Appointment
? if '
Mr*. Mary B. Hast I*
?town addressing her gaaata
tmi Bcabwi at a formal
Installation service bdd ear
lier.
Mrs. Mary H. Hum, aaia
processing teacher at Hilly
Branch Vocational Center,
has been appointed to serve
on a committee of the presti
gious Southern Business Ed
ucation Association. The
responsibility of the commit
tee will be to determine a
mailing list of recipients for
the SBEA Position Paper and
Resolution on the impact of
technology. ?
Mrs. Hunt's appointment
was made by the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion, Business and Office
Education, June Atkinson,
Chief Consultant.
Mrs. Hunt's profssional
memberships include the Nor
th Carolina Associaiton of
Educators; North Carolina
Vocational Association; Na
toinal Educators Association;
Southern Business Educators
of America; Association of
Vocational Educators; Sou
thern Eastern Computing
Gub; Professional Member
Future Business Leaders of
America; and the National
Business Educators of Ameri
ca. LEA-Superintendent Tea
cher Advisory Council.
Haliwa- Saponi s
Pow Wow
Over 3,000 gathered at the
Haliwa-Saponi camp grounds
to hear speaker Dr. Helen
Maynor Scheirbeck who serv
ed as a Public Advisor in
Washington D.C.for the tribal
Pow-Wow.
Brightly costumed partici
pants from various tribes
strolled among the various
craft booths set up on the site
of the Haliwa Indian School.
Turquoise jewelry, beaded
work, leather and sculptured
works were for sale. Indians
from as far away as Canada
and NY, S.D., and Oklahoma
represented 27 different
tribes. All night camping was
held on the grounds.
Official ceremonies on Sat
urday were kicked off by the
Meeting of the grounds. A
dance ritual by Young Wayah
sti Richardson (Little Wolfe)
who spread aage boughs at
the corners of fee four major
compass points tn the clear
ing. Dr. Scheirbeck told the
crowd But the Haliwa-Saponi
Th* Eastern Indien gtredi*
fee nearly 200 years. Vhnh
'krrfc -aid-then h?< b*-^n .
tage programs targeted for
the children aa two examples
of that renaissance.
U.S. Representative L.A.
Fountain of Tarboro;--who
will retire from public service
this year-arrived in time for
Dr. Scheirbeck's speech and
chatted with Nashville Attor
ney Tim Valentine, who an
nounced last week he'd seek
election to Fountain'.? post.
Qwendotyn Marie Richard
son, was crowned tribal Prin
cess for the up-coming year,
taking over the reign of last
year's princess, Senora Wic
co-Quoi Richardson. First
runner-up was Lisa Maria
Hedge peril, second runner-up
was Rita Hedgepeth and thM
runner-up was iris Evans.
Chief W.R. Richardson
(Talking Eagle) and his wift
Mrs. Annorm Richardson wane
each presented with plaques
from the tribal members
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