Mark 12:18-27
18 And Sadducees came to Him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked Him a question, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”
24 Jesus said to them,
“Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither
the Scriptures
and the power of God?
25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses,
in the passage about the bush,
how
God spoke to him,
saying,
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
27 He is not God of the dead, but of the living.
You are quite wrong.”
What do people do in the boundaries they are given?
We have to see where we are and work with God gives us - daily seeing His Blessings.
Exactly. God gives us willing Blessings. Perhaps not to rule Israel, we'd all sign up for Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Mercy, Patience, Self-Control.
This Passage of Jesus' conversations - multiple marriages - seems to indicate Jacob's son Judah and his daughter in law Tamar. An ancestor of Jesus, Lion of the Tribe of Judah. God wanted Tamar to bring forth a child of Judah and in doing His Will, Perez and Zerah were born.
If we skip the details of working out the Path God gives us, we miss a great deal of possibilities where life is made meaningful and worth living.
Little is known of Perez.
A Descendant of Judah,
further down the line:
Little is known of Jabez.
The one we would all like to have part of his blessing for asking God to enlarge his boundaries and a life of no pain. And God did for being honorable.
The Power of Scripture.
Deuteronomy, can be boring, Chronicles in the list of descendants - dry. And really the truth is this... The Blessings are in the Pentateuch.
1 Chronicles 4:9
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
This IS where the Blessings are.
And the Bible. How we are going to present our lives and innermost self to the Lord Jesus. To be covered in the Name of Jesus for our faith and His Goodness. Covering us and blessing us and leading us from sin.
The Power of God.
Abba, Father!
WE PRAY
BLESSINGS
And
THANKSGIVING
FOR
A
NEW BEGINNING
FOR
A
NEW BEGINNING
WE PRAY
for
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
To be
the Voice
of LOVE
Joy, Peace, Patience,
Goodness,
Faithfulness,
gentleness
and
SELF CONTROL
And ask You
for appropriate leadership.
Worldwide leaders
condemned the erratic and unfaithful Sermon
given by Bishop Budde.
Who previously condemned
President Trump
for saving St. John's Church from arson,
saying President Trump wasn't kind
to the homeless during arson,
and not a person to hold up the Bible.
Then condemning him for following the vote
the Vote of the People
for The Laws of the Land
and ceasing gender mutation on children,
as the Catholic Church Condemns
as a failure to provide Dignity to each Person.
Let's pray
for the departure
of what
is not
good.
Worldwide leaders said,
"The Sermon represents a church
not led by Jesus Christ and His Teachings
and Word.
A broken down
liberal refuge institution seeking only donations."
We pray the Blessing
of Growth
upon the Church
Proclaiming
The Entire Word of God
and the
'Growing' Portion
of the Episcopal Church.
Remembering
the fall of the Church
from
17 million people
to 500,000.
The Anglican Church of The United States
fuels the genuine and compassionate
blessed outreach
of the Worldwide Anglican Communion
GAFCON
and not the portion of the
Episcopal Church in
THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
We Pray
for Leadership
in The National Cathedral
Shining
The Light of Love Peace and Joy
upon
The Teachings of Jesus Christ.
God of Love
God of Encouragement
God of the Bible.
The safety
of those
helping the earth
to heal.
Let evil and practicing evil
depart
far
from us
and our children.
With Your Help
We will act justly
and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with You, our God.
Cover us
in peace worldwide.
Please, Father, remember
North Carolina has flooded
California has fire we have never seen.
Give us more of
Your Strength
and Hope.
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well,
in Jesus Christ.
Help us seek and find
and bring,
to become,
more Heaven
to this earth.
Gentle rain for California
putting out the fires
speedy insurance
claims
and fast rebuilding
realizing the standard building codes
even of Reagan
were safe.
Peace
THE GRAHAM MINISTRY
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
IS
DOING INCREDIBLE
SHAKE NORTH CAROLINA
SHAPE NORTH CAROLINA
SHAKE NORTH CAROLINA
SHAPE NORTH CAROLINA
Love and Mercy and Work.
GIVE TO
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
Please.
And in Jesus - This Hope.
Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.
Amen
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