Sermon for All Saints Day + November 1, 2020
The Festival of All Saints November 1, 2020 Revelation 7:9-17 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. We’ve all been there, the lonely walk to the grave. No other walk seems to take so long or be so difficult. The hole in the earth stares back at you, open-eyed and awaiting another body to consume - the body of your father or mother, your brother or sister, or your son or daughter. The pastor speaks, he speaks words of comfort - words of hope, the Words of Christ Jesus Himself. Yet, the hope and comfort of Christ proclaimed is met with tears and sadness, ears that have gone deaf from grief. Is this the end? Are we left with only memories or will they too depart and fade from our minds as the leaves that fall to the ground? However, today, Revelation presents a very different vision of life, a vision of overwhelming beauty and heavenly glory as we reflect on the lives of the saints - those who have died in Christ. In all His splendor, the Lamb is