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• Romans 1:8-15 Luke 4:16-30
☀️ Romans 1:8-15
8 - First, I (Paul) thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you! Because your faith is proclaimed in all the world! 9 And God - who I serve in my spirit for the good news of his Son - is my witness, that I always mention you 10 in my prayers. And asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you there in Rome. 11 For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen your faith. 12 And that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
13 I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I’ve wanted to work among you and see spiritual fruit, as well as in the nations beyond you. 14 I’m under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish, to all. 15 So I’m eager to come to you believers there in Rome, and then beyond if possible, with this Good News! {For all.}
🌙 Luke 4:16-30
16 - Jesus went home to Nazareth, where he had lived while growing up. And as was his custom, on the Sabbath, he went to the synagogue. He stood up to read 17 and the attendant handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. So he unrolled it and found the place where it’s written, 18 “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed {all of us}. 19 To proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor.”
{This is Isaiah 61:1-2 - verse two includes not only “the time of the LORD’s favor” but also - “the day of vengeance”. Imperfection is bound to include oppressions, which can spiral down way low as to what occurs and what is done. In the New Testament quote of it, vengeance is from the word ekdikos - “avenger, one who carries out justice”. And the rest of the verse points out it is two sides of a coin — the time of the LORD’s favor, but also of justice and retribution. As cause and effect.
You know, man’s number is six, we’re made up of carbon which has six protons, six neutrons and six electrons. And where triple six shows up in prophecy has persuaded me that both apocalypse (as collapse to chaos/the “unveiling”) and armageddon, are totally mankind done. That sounds the most logical to me. Especially as some very dark and nefarious things are prophesied, and summed up. Let alone history as well.
‘Wrath’ is translated from the Greek word orge, which means passion. I think cause and effect is God’s ‘passion’ because the only other option is a creation that’s merely and forever, an ant farm. As Life he lives through all that occurs, but endowed genuine thinking and reasoning ability anyway! Guess he figures what he’s creating is worth it?}
20 Then Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was looking at him. 21 And he said, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 All had heard of him and they wondered at the gracious words they knew he spoke. But they said to one another, “Isn’t this Joseph's son?” 23 So he said, “Doubtless you’ll quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ And ‘what we’ve heard you did at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ 24 Truly, I tell you, a prophet is never accepted in his hometown. 25 There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up - three years and six months - and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them were cleansed [katharizó - root of catharsis] except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 When they heard these things, they were filled with wrath, 29 and they drove him out of the synagogue, and out of the town, rushing with him toward the edge of the cliff, which the town was built on, so they could throw him over the edge. 30 But passing through their midst, he went on his way.
Tomorrows verses, 01/15
Romans 1:16-23 Matthew 4:24-5:12
Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)
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