May 2nd: Deuteronomy 3 & Luke 3:1-22

The Transjordanian tribes. John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus.

Some passages referenced:

1 Chronicles 2:21-22 (Jair); Judges 10:3-5 (Jair the Gileadite, the judge); Genesis 50:23 (Machir); Numbers 32:29-42, Joshua 13:8-13 (other accounts of this stage of the conquest); Numbers 32:6-27 (Reuben, Gad, and Mannaseh to assist the other tribes in their conquest of the rest of the land); Genesis 13:14-15 (Abram views the inheritance from the top of the mountain).

Luke 1:5, 2:1-2 (previous references to rulers); Hosea 1:1, Amos 1:1, Micah 1:1, Zephaniah 1:1, Haggai 1:1, Zechariah 1:1 (introductory formulae for prophets); Genesis 3:15 (seed of the serpent); Isaiah 51:1-2 (Israel hewn from Abraham the rock); Isaiah 10:33-34, Psalm 74:4-7 (chopped down trees); Daniel 4:10-16 (Nebuchadnezzar as a felled tree); Isaiah 63:1-6 (the mighty warrior); Malachi 3:1-3 (the Lord suddenly coming to his temple); 2 Chronicles 3:1 (the temple built upon the threshing floor); Luke 1:17 (John the Baptist coming in the spirit and power of Elijah); Joshua 1, 2 Kings 2 (transitions between desert and land prophets); John 1:29-34 (Jesus manifested as the Son of God at his baptism); Ezekiel 1:1 (Ezekiel sees heavens opened and visions of God).

Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).

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