Mission/Vision

KING’S CROSS CHURCH exists to glorify God and enlarge His Kingdom by gathering regularly to proclaim and celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ, yielding to the authority of God’s Word as illuminated by the Holy Spirit and summarized in the historic Christian Creeds and Reformed Confessions, partaking together of Christ’s presence in the Sacraments, providing opportunities to love and serve one another in Community, equipping the saints for Ministry to those who are lost and hurting, both locally and globally, and preparing them to cultivate Shalom (peace and well-being) wherever God calls them to serve.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Lectionary Thoughts: February 23


EXODUS 37: In this chapter we read about the specific instructions given to Moses for the construction of the "mercy seat"; the covering for the ark of the covenant. It was to be made of acacia wood covered with gold, with a cherub (angel) at each end. And according to Exodus 25:22 this was the place from which God would speak to His people and "commune" with them.

Fast forward 2000 years to John's description of Jesus' empty tomb (20:12) in which he provides some seemingly insignificant details. John records that there were two angels, "one at the head and one at the feet" sitting where Jesus had lain. The significance of this arrangement would not have been lost on John, and it ought not to be lost on us. Jesus is indeed "Emmanuel" (God with us); the one who speaks to us as God; and the one in whom we commune with God. Hallelujah, what a Savior.
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