February 28th: Exodus 7 & Matthew 12:22-50
February 27, 2020
Alastair Roberts
The beginning of the Ten Plagues. Casting out Satan and Christ's true family.
Some passages referenced:
Exodus 15:12 (the earth ‘swallowing’ the Egyptians at the Red Sea); Psalm 74:14, Ezekiel 29:3-5 (the Egyptians and the sea monster); Ezekiel 32:2-6 (the blood of the sea monster filling the land).
Luke 11:20, Exodus 8:19 (the finger of God); Acts 7 (Stephen’s speech); Deuteronomy 32:5, 20 (an evil and adulterous generation); Luke 1:45 (blessed is she who believed).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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