THE VERDUN ALTAR

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ANTE LEGEM

I-14

Translation of Enoch

 Since death has been delayed, he comes to the place (field) of the blessed light.

Genesis 5:24

walked with God and God took him

Wisdom 4:7-19

death of just man shall be in rest; venerable old age is in wisdom; He pleased God and was beloved, and living among sinners he was translated; God takes care to let good people not be deceived; unjust get no reward

Hebrews 11:5

Henoch translated because he pleased God

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II-14

Ascension of the Lord

 The earthly nature seeks the immortal heaven.

Psalm 46:6

"God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet."

Mark 16:19

Christ taken up and "sitteth on the right hand of God"

Luke 24:50-51

Christ blesses disciples and was carried up to heaven

Acts 1:9-11, 15-26

cloud receives Christ; 2 men explain to disciples

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III-14

Elias in the Fiery Chariot

 The fire leads him up to god-worthy joys.

4 Kings 2:9-13; 6:17

Eliseus sees Elias watches as fiery chariot and fiery horses parts them and Elias ascends by whirlwind; Eliseus tears up his mantle; takes mantle of Elias; has vision of other fiery chariots and horses


ANTE LEGEM

I/15

The Ark of Noah

 Recognize in this bird the gift of the spirit from whom all good emerges.

Genesis 7:1-8, 14-15; 8:10-11

take into ark seven and seven of clean beasts, two and two of unclean beasts; rain 40 days and 40 nights; enter ark by pairs; dove sent out brings back olive branch to signal land

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II/15

The Coming of the Holy Ghost (Pentecost)

The godly fire has given to them the ability to speak in various languages.

Joel 2:28; 3:1-5

"I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;" sons and daughters will prophesy and have visions; Lord will have revenge on those who have scattered his people and taken his things

Acts 2:1-4, 14-21

sound comes as mighty wind; fills house; fire sits on them; filled with Holy Ghost; speak in divers tongues; Peter repeats verses from Joel

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III-15

Mount Sinai

 Moses inflames the fiery law with his fire.

Exodus 19:16; 20:1

"And now the third day was come;" thunder and lightning; noise of trumpet; Lord comes down on Mount Sinai; calls up Moses

Deuteronomy 6:4

"Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord"


ANTE LEGEM

I/16

Of the Second Coming.

 It will be a time of sadness, if the barns demand their fruit.

Matthew 13:30; 24:29-31

parable about harvest when he says to reapers, "Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn; put wheat into my barn; darkness precedes sign of Son of man; angels with trumpet to gather elect from four winds

John 5:28-29

hour will come when all in graves hear voice of Son of God and judgment about works

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II/16

Angels Blow the Horns

 When the horns wake us up, ashes will become flesh.

Sophonias 3:8

judgment of Lord is to assemble Gentiles and pour upon them indignation; with fire of his jealousy shall all earth be devoured

Matthew 24:29-31

darkness precedes sign of Son of man; angels with trumpet to gather elect from four winds

1 Corinthians 15:52

at sound of trumpet, dead arise incorruptible

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III/16

The Dead Arise

 The buried crowd arises to wait for the hidden scale.

Daniel 12:2

those sleeping in dust of earth shall awake, some unto life everlasting and others unto reproach

Ezechiel 37:12

"Behold I will open your graves, and will bring you out of your sepulchres...and will bring you into the land of Israel"

Matthew 24:29-31

darkness precedes sign of Son of man; angels with trumpet to gather elect from four winds

ANTE LEGEM

I/17

The Heavenly Jerusalem

 You will become the highest quiet, o vision of peace.

Luke 16:22

beggar dies and carried by angels into Abraham's bosom while rich man who dies buried in hell

Apocalypse, chs. 21-22

description of new Jerusalem; water and tree of life

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II/17

He Sits in Judgment

 They, for whom I have suffered, shall see me; I am their judge now.

Matthew 24:30; 25:31-46

sign of Son of Man seen; Son of man enthroned; separation of blessed and damned into right and left groups for everlasting punishment and everlasting life

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III/17

Hell

The flame punishes the guilty, united by crime and locality.

Job, ch. 41

description of the leviathan. Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth? (v.4); who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about (v.5); fire and smoke from mouth and nostrils; his heart shall be as hard as a stone (v.15)

women of Galilee come to anoint; see two men; go to tell disciples




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Prepared by Graham Whitlow - SEPTEMBER 29, 1998