Oct 20, 2022
EZEKIEL 17:
Yesterday’s chapter graphically portrayed how
God considers idolatry like the adultery of a faithless wife.
Jerusalem (as Judah’s capital) was compared— in a very unflattering
way, to her two sister cities, Samaria and Sodom.
ISAIAH 2:
In
the first chapter of Isaiah, we heard the Lord compare Israel to
Sodom and Gomorrah. And we heard how the Lord hates false religious
rituals, including the sacrifices that were specified in the Law.
If these are done without a corresponding attempt to live in God’s
will, they are a stench to Him.
MATTHEW 28:
Yesterday’s reading ended with Jesus’s body
wrapped in a shroud and laid in Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. The
tomb was sealed and Roman soldiers were standing guard.
GNT Translation
note:
Mat. 28:1 After the
Sabbath, as Sunday morning was dawning, Mary[— the one from the
village of Magdalene//Magdalene] and the other Mary went to look at
the tomb.