August 16, 2028

1Then he cried aloud for me to hear: Come, you scourges of the city! 2And there were six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with a weapon of destruction in his hand. In their midst was a man dressed in linen, with a scribe’s case at his waist. They entered and stood beside the bronze altar. 3Then the glory of the God of Israel moved off the cherub and went up to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man dressed in linen with the scribe’s case at his waist, 4and the LORD said to him: Pass through the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark an X on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the abominations practiced within it. 5To the others he said in my hearing: Pass through the city after him and strike! Do not let your eyes spare; do not take pity. 6Old and young, male and female, women and children—wipe them out! But do not touch anyone marked with the X. Begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple. 7Defile the temple, he said to them, fill its courts with the slain. Then go out and strike in the city. 18Then the glory of the LORD left the threshold of the temple and took its place upon the cherubim. 19The cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the earth before my eyes as they departed with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance of the eastern gate of the LORD’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was up above them. 20These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar. Now I knew they were cherubim. 21Each of them had four faces and four wings, and something like human hands under their wings. 22Their faces looked just like the faces I had seen by the river Chebar; and each one went straight ahead.

1Psalm 113 Praise of God’s Care for the Poor - Hallelujah! I - Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. 2Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forever. 3From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the LORD be praised. 4II - High above all nations is the LORD; above the heavens his glory. 5Who is like the LORD our God, enthroned on high, 6looking down on heaven and earth?

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15“If your brother sins [against you], go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. 16If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. 18Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19Again, [amen,] I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. 20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.