Biblical Reading and Reflections: August 30th (Jonah 1 & Matthew 2)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Branch That Comes Up Out of Dry Ground, Out of Unpromising Soil
In exodusch four, verse 22, god describes israel as my first born son. In matthew, chapter two, Matthew quotes hoseah chapter 11, verse one, out of egypt, i have called my son. So it may be a reference to the shoot or the branch that comes up. And nazareth is a new town. It's a place that has no particular auspicious things associated with it. This may be what it looks like for the messiah to arise out of dry ground. A question to consider.
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