Scarlet Robe Creations

1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.   For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.   Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.   Therefore encourage one another with these words. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Permanent Text Edition® (2016). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Sometimes I look for the Lord's coming, seeing the world unfold around me. At other moments I want to watch those precious to me bask in all the good He offers. I am told we...

The Pharisees Demand a Sign (Mark 8:11-13) The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.   And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”   And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. Sometimes I want to be shown, when I am as blind as the righteous who claim to know God within the laws of their doctrine. Make the wind change its course, turn the torrent to drizzle bathe my flesh in sunlight when the moon dominates the sky. Is this true of every generation? Prove to us, who You are so my doubts can disprove the theory. Feed the hungry with loaves and fish so I can claim You staged starvation. Heal the sick and lame before me so I can praise modern medicine. Give me Your word on paper so I can analyze them into fairy tales. You do not want faith as a response to miracles. Belief without love, a f...