The fulness of the Earth is His Glory

Learn: Isaiah chapter 6 verses 1-4:

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

    the whole earth is full of his glory.”

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

verse 4 can also be translated as:

The fulness of all the earth is His glory

(Professor William Tooman, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at St Andrews says this is the right translation, see https://sermons.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/02/10/the-fullness-of-all-the-earth-is-his-glory/ )

What does this mean?

"Fulness of the Earth" suggests:

• The vast array of  plants and creatures and things in the earth
• The abundance of the earth (there is more than enough)

"Is his glory" suggests:

• A great achievement, maybe the best things that someone has done
• A great action
• Exultation! Rejoicing

Share: some good news

This year there has been an incredibly abundant harvest of pears, apples and blackberries, some of which was on display at our meeting.

(that picture is from one of our kitchens, not the meeting)

We talked about the joy of wildlife photographer Hamza Yassin's passion for wildlife (you can read more about him here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/19/hamza-yassin-looks-back-i-lived-in-my-car-for-nine-months-while-i-cut-my-teeth-as-a-wildlife-cameraman)

Pray

We prayed for:

Peace, particularly in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine.

UK - Peace between communities; some of the protests against refugees are hateful and worrying.

The Catholic Church - Pope Leo spoke at the “Raising Hope Conference”:

• "God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"
• (less important but nice: Arnold Schwarzenegger described the Pope as a real world "action hero" for committing to installing solar panels at the Vatican, and encouraged the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to use their collective power as a force for good)

Praise God that the High Seas Treaty will become law in January.  The treaty sets up a system for establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters.  On Sept. 19, Morocco became the 60th country to ratify the deal, which means it will become binding international law in January 2026.

• Pray for more countries to ratify the treaty, and for them to enforce it!

Reducing Greenhouse Gases

• Pray for countries planning their NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions, national emissions targets) before COP30.
• President Trump made a speech to the UN general assembly in which he made lots of false statements about climate change, calling it a “con job”
• Pray for more Americans to believe the truth about climate change.
• Pray for the President’s speech to have the opposite effect to the one he intended.

Bradford - Farfield Primary School after school Christian club are having a session on God and the environment on 6th November

Please continue praying for these things 🙏💚

Our next meeting is at Shipley Baptist Church on Wednesday 19th November at 7:30pm (Facebook: https://fb.me/e/3MaGAGOXF)