Where we have come from:
readings for Sunday 25th August
Isaiah 58.9b-14
Psalm 103.1-8
Hebrews 12.18-29
Luke 13.10-17
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Readings for today
Ezekiel 20:33-44
Luke 6:6-11
Psalm 109:21-31
thought for today
In Ezekiel's vision of a future return from Exile there are many parallels with the Exodus. Only those who have kept the covenant as best they can in the circumstances will return, others will fall on the way. This is a vision of a pure, even a purged new community. And perhaps there have been times in the story of God's dealings with his people when this was necessary. But Jesus way is more inclusive; the man who has been excluded, with a withered hand is now to be included. And what is more the healing transformation that enables that transition takes place on the sabbath. The very rules by which Ezekiel weighed the exiles are now relativised. Jesus Christ is Lord of the Sabbath, Lord over the law, Lord over our lives, and Lord over the world.
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