Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 27th (Zechariah 7 & Matthew 19:16—20:16)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Chapters 7 to 8 of the Book of Zachariah
Chapters seven to eight serve as a bridge between those visions and the oracles of chapters nine to 14. The city of bethel was formerly within the northern kingdom of israel, and a key sight of its idolatry. Jeroboam the first had set up a rival sanctuary there to that in jerusalem. Bethel does not seem to have been the same centre of false worship after the return from exile. Now they largely seem to share the same worship as the rest of the people, centred uon jer Jerusalem.
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