š¬š§ Glory be to Jesus Christ! š
To the renewal (consecration) of the Temple of the Resurrection of
the Lord in Jerusalem:
Hebrews III, 1 – āĪ·Ī¼ĻĪ½ā – āemonā – āusā (our). From the Apostleās reading, we
see that Christ is as much Higher than Moses as God is Higher than
creation. Hence, since God is incomparably higher than creation, and
there are no intermediate links
between God and creation, between the
uncreated and the created, between the eternal and the temporal, it is
clearly seen that Christ is God, Creator, Builder (Architect and
Builder), Apostle (Ambassador) and High Priest.
For the Gospel readings, please see the link:
12072023.html
Parallel
to the place of the Passion, Death on the Cross, Burial and Resurrection
of Jesus Christ, through which the Lord Jesus Christ defeated sin and
death.
Since tomorrow is a great feast, the readings from tomorrow are
carried over to today, so there are two readings:
Galatians III, 24 – āĪ·Ī¼ĻĪ½ā – āemonā – āusā (ours).
Galatians IV, 3 – āĪ·Ī¼ĪµĪ¹Ļā – āemeisā – āweā. āĪ·Ī¼ĪµĪ½ā – āemenā – āwereā. āĪ·Ī¼ĪµĪøĪ±ā – āemethaā – āwereā.
These readings are preceded by the one described at the link:
15042023.html
I wrote about the verses of Galatians III, 23-29 (the beginning of
the second part of the readings) earlier, see here:
02042023.html
Paul testifies that God gave Abraham the blessing through the promise fulfilled in Jesus Christ, not through the Law.
Galatians III, 29 – through Christ the faithful became children of Abraham, and in fact inherited the promises of God that were given to Abraham himself. In other words, Christ is figuratively the Key to all possible doors of Godās promises, He opens and leads to the fulfilment of all Godās promises (cf.Ā John X).
These words were important for the Galatians, whose conscience was influenced by Christians who wanted the Galatians to fulfil the entire ceremonial Mosaic Law, in effect becoming Jews first and then Christians. Those people talked more aboutā¦ Abraham than about Christ. It is against this misunderstanding of the meaning of Godās Providence and promises among those people, and therefore of faith in general, that Paul speaks out.
I wrote about the role and significance of the Law when considering
the Epistle to the Romans. See, in particular, the following links:
14062023.html
13062023.html
17062023.html
20062023.html
and the
references cited therein.
Paul goes on to refer to the traditions of the time, when slavery was common and children did not have many of the rights that they have today with the spread of Christianity and the development of society.
There is a good article on Redemption in Christ at:
15072023.html
Mark VI, 41 – āĪµĪ¼ĪµĻĪ¹ĻĪµĪ½ā – āemerisenā - ādividedā – from āĪ¼ĪµĻĪ¹Ī¶Ļā – āmerizoā.
Mark VI, 45 – āĪµĪ¼Ī²Ī·Ī½Ī±Ī¹ā – āembenaiā – āto get intoā (a boat).
The first reading is about the apostlesā sending out to preach during
Jesusā earthly life. At that time the apostles had the Holy Spirit near
to them
(close to them, i.e.Ā God gave them what they needed, but they
were not His receptacle, they did not understand many things that they
would understand later, after Pentecost) (this is evident from Jesusā
words that the Holy Spirit was near to the apostles and they would have
Him).
For a parallel passage in Matthew (Matthew X, 1, 7-11, 14), see the
following links:
19062023.html
14072023.html
20062023.html
The second reading is devoted to the rest of the apostles according to Jesus (a unique place in Mark) and the miracle of the feeding of 5,000 men (not counting women and children, which is not explicitly mentioned).
I wrote about the parallel passage about the miracle of feeding the
people in Matthew here:
30072023.html
Mark gives more details.
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!