Mars Hill, Athens modern day
Our Characters Councilman Nicias The Council of Athens The Populace of Athens (stricken with plague) Pythian Oracle (a priestess & medium of prophecy) Epimenides, a Cretan poet & prophet
Paul “…was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.” Acts 17
A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him….and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus…” And…22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. Acts 17
THEOS = Jesus Acts 17
As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ Acts 17
“From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history & the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him & perhaps reach out for him & find him, though he is not far from any one of us.” Acts 17
God’s been revealing himself to all peoples throughout history
“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. Exodus 12
11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover. Exodus 12
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Psalm 118
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble & mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29
49 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. Lk 12
41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” Luke 19
“He came unto His own, and His own received Him not” John 1:11 “We will not have this man to reign over us!” Luke 19:14
Will our altar of faith fall into disrepair?
He summons some to recognize the gift of the Passover Lamb for the first time.
He summons others to clear away the weeds, and repair the altar of faith.
Kinship Network Women’s Prayer Team Kathleen Labedz Jen Smith Elysia House
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