March 17th: Exodus 24 & Matthew 22:34—23:12
March 16, 2020
Alastair Roberts
The covenant ceremony. Challenging the Pharisees.
Genesis 15 (the covenant ceremony with Abraham); Hebrews 9:15-22 (Christ and the blood of the covenant).
Psalm 2 (‘gathered together’ against the Lord and his anointed); Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (the first great commandment); Leviticus 19:9-18 (the second great commandment); Psalm 110 (‘the Lord said to my Lord’); Matthew 5:1 (the crowds and the disciples gathering around for the Sermon on the Mount).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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