Jan 19, 2022
GENESIS 32-33:
Yesterday in Genesis 31, we heard how Jacob and
his big family got away from Laban and started the journey home.
When Laban caught up with him, he and Jacob got into a quarrel and
ended up making a covenant with one another.
JOB 19:
In
Job chapter 18, Bildad once again gave a speech about what happens
to wicked people, and by implication, he said, “You're just getting
what you deserve.” Job’s response in today’s chapter includes
amazing revelations. Verses 23-27 can be compared with the second
half of 1Corinthians 15.
MARK 12a:
In
Mark 11, Jesus was welcomed in triumph in Jerusalem, he cursed a
fig tree and taught about prayer, and cleansed the temple of
merchant activity. Then he answered and confuted the chief priests
who challenged his authority to “do these things,”— in particular,
taking their businesses out of the temple.
About v. 26, in Lumina.Bible.org Constable quotes Lane:
“If the death of the patriarchs is the last word of their history, there has been a breach of the promises of God guaranteed by the [Abrahamic] covenant, and of which the formula ‘the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob’ is the symbol. It is in fidelity to his covenant that God will resurrect the dead.”