April 4th: Leviticus 8 & Mark 3:13-35
April 3, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Consecration of Aaron, his sons, and the tabernacle. The Twelve and the true family.
Some passages referenced:
Exodus 29 (the instructions for the consecration of the priests); Genesis 3 (Fall); Leviticus 4 (law for the sin/purification offering); Leviticus 7:29-34 (wave offering of the breast and contribution of the thigh).
Luke 9:54 (calling down fire from heaven); 2 Samuel 23:8-12 (David’s three core mighty men); Isaiah 49:24-26 (liberation from the tyrant).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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