A Lamp for Today show

A Lamp for Today

Summary: Join Edith Humphrey in reading Old Testament passages designed to bring to life the weekly Gospel and/or Epistle reading for the Divine Liturgy. Discover how the apostles and the New Testament writers followed the pattern of Jesus in their understanding of the Holy Scriptures of the early Church - the Law, the Prophets and the Writings.

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  • Artist: Dr. Edith M. Humphrey, and Ancient Faith Ministries
  • Copyright: Ancient Faith Ministries

Podcasts:

 Lighting Up the Apocalypse 8: Rewarding Works with the Morning Star | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:57

We read Jesus’ words to the church at Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-28), probing the description of the fiery-eyed Jesus, the temptations of their celebrated prophetess “Jezebel,” and Jesus’ promise to reward their “works” by His luminous coming as the Morning Star. We are helped by remembering the nemesis of Elijah in 2 Kings (4 Kingdoms) 9:30-37, the visions of Daniel 7 and 10, and the commentary of select Church fathers.

 Lighting Up the Apocalypse 8: Rewarding Works with the Morning Star | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

We read Jesus’ words to the church at Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-28), probing the description of the fiery-eyed Jesus, the temptations of their celebrated prophetess “Jezebel,” and Jesus’ promise to reward their “works” by His luminous coming as the Morning Star. We are helped by remembering the nemesis of Elijah in 2 Kings (4 Kingdoms) 9:30-37, the visions of Daniel 7 and 10, and the commentary of select Church fathers.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 7: The Sword and the Stone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:59

As we approach the depth of Holy Week, we hear Jesus’ call to repentance, and promise for those who follow Him into victory, in Revelation 2:12-17. We are helped in understanding this word to Pergamum and to us by reading Numbers chapters 24-25 and 31, and Hebrews 4:12.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 7: The Sword and the Stone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

As we approach the depth of Holy Week, we hear Jesus’ call to repentance, and promise for those who follow Him into victory, in Revelation 2:12-17. We are helped in understanding this word to Pergamum and to us by reading Numbers chapters 24-25 and 31, and Hebrews 4:12.

 Lighting Up the Apocalypse 6: Admitted to God’s Counsel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:57

This week we consider the message of the risen Jesus to the church as Smyrna, and are encouraged by a generous God who makes us His confidants, so that we will be prepared for all that comes our way. We are helped in this by looking at Genesis 15 and Daniel 1.

 Lighting Up the Apocalypse 6: Admitted to God's Counsel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This week we consider the message of the risen Jesus to the church as Smyrna, and are encouraged by a generous God who makes us His confidants, so that we will be prepared for all that comes our way. We are helped in this by looking at Genesis 15 and Daniel 1.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 5: One for All, and All for One | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:37

We consider the Lord’s words to “the angel of the church of Ephesus” in Rev 2:1-7, thinking about our corporate identity by means of passages in Exodus, and remembering the necessity of adding love and humility to chastity and patience.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 5: One for All, and All for One | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

We consider the Lord’s words to “the angel of the church of Ephesus” in Rev 2:1-7, thinking about our corporate identity by means of passages in Exodus, and remembering the necessity of adding love and humility to chastity and patience.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 4: Our Times are in His Hands! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:00

This week we take to heart Jesus’ strengthening words to the seer John, learning what it is to truly fear the Lord, how He is the beginning and the end of all things, and how our times are in His hands. (Rev. 1:17b-20, Genesis 1-3, Dan 10:7-12a; Isaiah 22:22; Psalm 31:14-17a/LXX 30:15-18a)

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 4: Our Times are in His Hands! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This week we take to heart Jesus’ strengthening words to the seer John, learning what it is to truly fear the Lord, how He is the beginning and the end of all things, and how our times are in His hands. (Rev. 1:17b-20, Genesis 1-3, Dan 10:7-12a; Isaiah 22:22; Psalm 31:14-17a/LXX 30:15-18a)

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 3: Our Brother Communicant Shows Us the LORD | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:15

This week we tackle Rev 1:9-17, and seek to understand John’s initial vision of the LORD Jesus in the light of the OT passages that he echoes: Rev. 1:9-17; Exodus 20; Daniel 7:9-14; 10:16-19, and Ezekiel 43:2.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 3: Our Brother Communicant Shows Us the LORD | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This week we tackle Rev 1:9-17, and seek to understand John’s initial vision of the LORD Jesus in the light of the OT passages that he echoes: Rev. 1:9-17; Exodus 20; Daniel 7:9-14; 10:16-19, and Ezekiel 43:2.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:26

This week we read John’s opening address in Rev 1:4-8, and see it come to life with the help of some Church fathers, as we recognize its echoes to Isaiah 11, Daniel 7:13-27, and especially Zechariah 12-13.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This week we read John’s opening address in Rev 1:4-8, and see it come to life with the help of some Church fathers, as we recognize its echoes to Isaiah 11, Daniel 7:13-27, and especially Zechariah 12-13.

 Lighting up the Apocalypse 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:18

We start a new series, in which the light of the OT and the fathers will be shone upon that mysterious book which is intended to be an unveiling, not to lie in obscurity. This week, we consider Rev 1:1-3 in the light of Daniel 2-4, and Exodus 23-4.

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