Martin Luther's Evening Prayer
"An Unchanging Faith for Changing Lives" describes the message of God for us in the turmoil of the 21st Century. This faith is taught at St. John's Lutheran Church of Taylor, Michigan, and other congregations of the Lutheran church-Missouri Synod. Rev. Dr. Richard Zeile, Pastor at St. John's, applies the Word of God to our everyday experiences. God's LAW always accuses, but God's GOSPEL shows where grace can be found, through Jesus Christ who died for our sin, but rose that we may have eternal life.
Martin Luther's Evening Prayer
Revelation 7:9-17 Tribulation
While some have taken the "tribulation" in Revelation to singular, pertaining to the generation that will witness the Parousia (Christ's Return in Glory) and speak of THE Great Tribulation, Revelation 7 speaks of "These are those who have come out of great tribulation..." As Dr. Zeile explains, every generation of Christians experiences tribulation, and should expect this. This further means that we see ourselves as those who have "made our robes white in the blood of the Lamb." In our death we will pass immediately to judgment meaning that the Bible's message of Christ coming for us in our life-time is true for every generation. This message is accompanied by Confession and Absolution and the celebration of Holy Communion, and the classic hymn of praise, "Praise the Almighty."