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Deacons and Ministry of the Word : Christ's two witnesses (Acts 6 & Revelation 11)

Acts 6 In the Jerusalem Church in Acts 6 7 deacons are ordained. Full of Holy Spirit and wisdom. In the Jerusalem Church, there were also 12 apostles, namely the 12 disciples. This distinction is important, because the Jerusalem church is %100 perfectly created by God. Saint Paul points out in Ephesians, that with the same historical importance that Moses went up Mt. Sinai and brought down the 10 commandment tablets, Christ resurrected and ascended up to Heaven, and brought down the offices of the church. Here we see the first 2 offices of the church, where previously there was just one office, that of the disciple. Revelation 21,22 In Revelation 21 & 22, we see the perfection of that first Jerusalem church from which the global Christianity of today grew from. It grew from that one, poor, hurt, fearful, group of Christians in Jerusalem, 35A.D rejoicing in the truth of Jesus who lived, did miracles and resurrected as befitting the Son of the God who is united as one

14-02- Valentines day lectionary "epistle"

Leviticus 24:1-9 The Lamp 24 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3 Aaron shall set it up in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain of the covenant,[a] to burn from evening to morning before the LORD regularly; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 4 He shall set up the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold[b] before the LORDregularly. The Bread for the Tabernacle 5 You shall take choice flour, and bake twelve loaves of it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. 6 You shall place them in two rows, six in a row, on the table of pure gold.[c]7 You shall put pure frankincense with each row, to be a token offering for the bread, as an offering by fire to the LORD. 8 Every sabbath day Aaron shall set them in order before the LORD regularly as a commitment of the people of Israel, as a covenant forever. 9 They shall be for Aaron and h