Nov. 18, 2018
Collect for Sunday
Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, that bringing forth in
abundance the fruit of good works, they may be abundantly rewarded
when our Savior Jesus Christ comes to restore all things; who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Daniel 12:1-4a (4b-13)
1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of
your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has
been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people
shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the
book. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting
contempt. 3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of
the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars
forever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the
book, until the time of the end. (Many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall increase.”
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this
bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. 6 And someone
said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the
stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?” 7 And I
heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the
stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and
swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and
half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people
comes to an end all these things would be finished. 8 I heard, but I did
not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of
these things?” 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut
up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many shall purify themselves
and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act
wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are
wise shall understand. 11 And from the time that the regular burnt
offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set
up, there shall be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at
the 1,335 days. 13 But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and
shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”)
Psalm 16
1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall
multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh
also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Hebrews 10:31-39
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you
endured a hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being publicly
exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with
those so treated. 34 For you had compassion on those in prison, and
you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew
that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. 35
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great
reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have
done the will of God you may receive what is promised. 37 For,
“Yet a little while,
and the coming one will come and will not delay;
38 but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of
those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Mark 13:14-23
14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where
he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let the one who is on the housetop not
go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, 16 and let the one
who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 17 And alas for
women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those
days! 18 Pray that it may not happen in winter. 19 For in those days
there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the
creation that God created until now, and never will be. 20 And if the
Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But
for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days. 21
And then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there
he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false christs and false prophets will arise
and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. 23
But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand.