April 15th: Numbers 11 & Mark 10:1-31

Alastair Roberts

April 15th: Numbers 11 & Mark 10:1-31

April 14, 2020

Alastair Roberts

Alastair Roberts

Rebellion and the gift of the Spirit. Divorce and riches.

Some passages referenced:

Exodus 16:8-13 (grumbling and quail); Exodus 16:1, Numbers 10:11 (similar timing, a year apart); Exodus 18 (the elders appointed to assist Moses); Exodus 24:1 (seventy elders accompany Moses up Mount Sinai); 1 Samuel 10:6-12 (Saul receiving the Spirit); Joel 2:28-29 (a prophecy that all the people will prophesy).

Deuteronomy 24:1 (Moses’ permission concerning divorce); Genesis 1:27, 2:24 (the creational teaching concerning men and women and marriage); Mark 6:17-18 (John the Baptist in trouble for challenging Herod on divorce).

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

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