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Introduction to the New Testament: ”From Malachi to Matthew”
Unshaken Saints
Zeal for the Law
Think about what kind of messianic expectation some people might have had for Jesus when he came. In 1st Maccabees chapter 2 verse 49 and 50, Matathias says to his sons, arrogance and scorn have now become strong. It is a time of ruin and furious anger. Now my children show zeal for the law. There's that word again. Give your lives for the covenant of our ancestors. So covenant over culture. Zeal for the law over merely going with the flow. Encouraging his sons to overcome what they were facing. Arrogance and scorn. Ruin and anger. Do we face all of those things too? Is there pride out there, arrogance
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