Study Desk

It's so small you can't even see it, but when it is planted in the right spot, it grows and becomes the biggest thing in the pasture one day. It is the protector of the herd and won't let anything harm those it looks after."

I'm tellin' you now that some of you who are hunkered down here with me now won't die before you see me comin'."

If you can't even control your own eyes from causin' you to do things the Boss wouldn't approve of, you best get a spoon and gouge 'em out. It's better for you to work for the Boss blind than to see the cliff you are headed for and the hell that awaits you.

"We want to be able to see!" the two men said.

He saw a fruit tree on the side of the trail and he rode up to it so he could get a piece of fruit, but all he found was leaves. Then he said to the tree, "You look good from a distance, but when I get close to you, I see you don't have any fruit. Because you haven't done what you were made to do, you will never be able to make fruit again!" Just then, the tree withered and died.

You ain't gonna see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the cowboy who comes in the name of the Boss.'"

"One day you will see the most horrible thing in the world. You will see the 'Defecation of Desecration' right there in the church's most holy place. If you've read what Daniel wrote you'll know what I mean when I say that everyone should try real hard to understand.

"People may yell, 'Here's Jesus!' or 'There he is, I see him!' but don't believe them.

When the Boss's Son returns, you'll know for sure. It'll be like the sky has been cracked open and lightning and thunder have come alive and rode straight from heaven itself. Every cowboy and every city slicker on earth will be able to see and hear it.

If you see a crowd of people gathered like buzzards and you don't know what they are lookin' at, it sure enough won't be me. Buzzards circle around the dead, not the Boss's Son.

"When this happens, the Son will ride back. Every person will see it and there will be no doubt. People who have chosen to ride alone or with someone else, instead of with me, will cry and wail in terror when they see me ride out of heaven with all the power of God in my right hand.

When you see all these things I told you start happenin', you'll know that I am approachin'.

When you see the Boss's Son come back, it will be just like when the rain started fallin' in the time of Noah.

The dumb girls said to the others, 'Give us some of your oil. Our lanterns are going out and we won't be able to see.'

"Then these cowboys and cowgirls who had done right in the Lord's eyes will say, 'When did we ever see you like this?

"When you get to town," Jesus said, "you will see a certain fellow. Tell him, 'The Top Hand says, "My time is up and I will eat the Passover supper at your table with the cowboys who ride for me."'"

Pete had been followin' along like a Comanche warrior, at a distance and without bein' seen. He snuck in to the meetin' and sat down in the back to see what the outcome would be.

"Yup," Jesus said, "and I'm tellin' y'all right now that in the future you will see me sittin' right beside the Boss and ridin' back on the clouds of heaven."

When they had strung him up on the cross and nailed him to it to be sure he wouldn't fall off, they rolled dice to see who would get his gear.

"He rescued other cowboys, now let's see if he can come down off that cross and rescue himself. If he does, then we'll believe he is who he says he is.