March 29th: Exodus 36 & Matthew 27:57—28:20
March 28, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Constructing the tabernacle. The burial and resurrection of Christ and the Great Commission.
Some passages referenced:
Isaiah 26:16-19 (womb and tomb); Isaiah 53:9 (grave with the rich); Isaiah 51:1 (hewn from the rock); 1 Kings 7:9-12 (hewn rocks for the Temple); Jeremiah 1:8-9 (the call of Jeremiah); 2 Chronicles 36:23 (the commission of Cyrus); Deuteronomy 31:23 (commission of Joshua).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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