THE ALTAR

“For My Father” New Ark: Animal Role

1/27/15

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,

she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

SHEEP

Know that the Lord, he is God!

It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people,

and the sheep of his pasture.

But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock

EAGLE

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

ELEPHANT

COW

For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.

In your distress you called and I rescued you,

I answered you out of a thundercloud;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—

DOG (Man’s Best Friend)

ESPERANZA

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths

And of every living thing of all flesh,

you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you.

They shall be male and female.

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea,

and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing

and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”