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The Bible readings for Friday 8 and Saturday 9 June are -- Lev 15:13-16:34; Ps 28:1-5; Pro 6:27-29; Mk 5:21-43.
Labels: faith, forgiveness, sacrifice
posted by Ps John @ 9:35 AM
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Hi and welcome. Ashfield Baptist Church is a "caring community church sharing God's love". We are very diverse in our nationalities, backgrounds and ages, but united in our desire to grow spiritually and to reach out and help others. Our vision is "to be a body of Christ-like people living out the great commandment and the great commission in the Holy Spirit's power". This blog is mainly for people connected with Ashfield Baptist Church. It has been set up as an "info & chat space" as we start the "THRU IN 2" challenge. This is our program for reading the Bible right through during 2007 & 2008. Many are using the Every Day With Jesus Bible which also has daily devotions from Selwyn Hughes. As we read through the Bible together over these two years, we can use this blog to share insights, stories, reflections, questions etc. The goal is to grow spiritually together. So leave your comments. Together we can help each other grow. Blessings. Ps John. To leave a comment about the readings for a particular day, or to view the comments of others, just click on "comments" at the bottom of the post.
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Another interesting conjunction of Old and New Testament passages. The Leviticus reading helps us understand what the woman with the bleeding disorder in Mark 5 had been going through. She'd had the disorder for 12 years. In an age before tampons and pads, that was very inconvenient, not to mention the physical pain that she may also have experienced. Beyond that though, there was the social stigma of ongoing uncleanness. Not only was she unclean, but her bed, any furniture she sat on, and anyone who touched them or her was unclean (Lev 15:25-27). What a burden to bear for so long. The doctors hadn't been able to help her. But through her faith in Jesus, she was healed (Mk 5:29,34).
"Scapegoat: a person made to bear the blame for others" (Collins English Dictionary). Here in Leviticus 16:7-10 & 20-22 we have the derivation of that term. One goat was to be sacrificed as a sin offering. The other, the scapegoat, was to be taken into the wilderness and released, symbolically bearing all the sins of the nation.
Jesus was our scapegoat, taking upon himself the sin that tainted us. But Jesus was also the sacrificial goat, dying as a sin offering on our behalf. Both types were wonderfully fulfilled in our Saviour Jesus.
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