24 January, 2014 (Psalm 131) ‘I have calmed and quieted my soul’ – one could hardly ask for more in the course of this hectic life on earth. Joel 3.1-21: According to the Lutheran Study Bible, v.11 could contain an angelic reference ‘your warriors, O LORD’. If so, these are angels of judgement corresponding to those in Revelation with verses 17-18 being Joel’s version of the ‘New Jerusalem’. Romans 12.14-13.14: St. Paul continues to elaborate on the conduct of those who have been ‘transformed by the renewal of your mind’. Rather than being overcome by evil, they will ‘overcome evil with good’. They will also be content to pay taxes and ‘revenue to whom revenue is owed’, as part of the law to ‘love your neighbor as yourself’.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:09:33 +0000