February 23rd: Exodus 3 & Matthew 9:18-34
February 22, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Theophany at the burning bush. Raising the dead daughter, healing the woman with the issue of blood.
Some passages referenced:
Deuteronomy 33:16 (reference to the burning bush); Numbers 12:3 (Moses' humility); Genesis 32:30, Judges 13:6, 17-19 (other requests for the divine name); Joseph's prophecy (Genesis 50:24); Genesis 22 (sacrificing at three days' journey).
Numbers 15:37-41 (tassels of the garment); Matthew 11:16-17 (not dancing at the flutes).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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