March 25th: Exodus 32 & Luke 1:26-38

Alastair Roberts

March 25th: Exodus 32 & Luke 1:26-38

March 24, 2020

Alastair Roberts

Alastair Roberts

The Golden Calf. The Annunciation.

Some passages referenced:

Exodus 4:16, 7:1 (Moses as God to Aaron and to Pharaoh); Exodus 16:2-12 (Complaining to Moses; God acting to show he is their God); Exodus 20:18-21 (Moses as intermediary); Numbers 16:3, 20:2 (people gathered together in rebellion); Exodus 20:22-26 (command against gods of gold); Genesis 6:5-7, 11-13 (corruption of the earth and God’s desire to destroy it in the days of Noah); Genesis 34:25-29 (Levi’s vengeance).

Daniel 8:16, 9:21 (the Angel Gabriel); Judges 5:24 (the description of Jael); 1 Samuel 2:1-10 (Hannah’s prayer); Exodus 40:34-38 (cloud covering the tent of meeting).

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

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