March 15th: Exodus 22 & Matthew 21:23-46

Alastair Roberts

March 15th: Exodus 22 & Matthew 21:23-46

March 14, 2020

Alastair Roberts

Alastair Roberts

Book of the covenant: laws concerning theft, sexual and spiritual faithfulness, and oppression. The parable of the wicked tenants.

Some passages referenced:

Exodus 34:11-16 (intertwining of sexual and spiritual faithfulness).

Isaiah 5, Psalm 80 (Israel as the vineyard); Genesis 37:18-20 (killing the son and heir); Psalm 118:22-23 (the stone that the builders rejected); Acts 4:11, 1 Peter 2:4-7 (use of Psalm 118:22-23 elsewhere in the New Testament); Isaiah 8:14-15 (stumbling stone); Daniel 2:44-45 (the crushing stone of the kingdom of God).

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

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