Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 1st (Jonah 3 & Matthew 4)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Jesus's Temptation and the Promise of the Kingdom of Heaven
Temptations are taken from scripture, and they work back through deuteronomy to the declaration of god the chama in chapter six. The angels minister to him much as they do in chapter 26 when he wrestles in agony in the garden of gesemane. After the temptations are over, the arrest of john the baptist presents a time to transition back to galilee. Jesus leaves nazareth for capernaum. Bear in mind all the gentile themes that we have seen up to this point. Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He then calls two sets of brothers, simon peter and andrew and james john, the sons
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