Tuesday November 22 Reign of Christ
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Psalm 120
God saved me from those who lie and rely on deceit. Even though I am committed to peace, those around me still seek war.
Psalm 121
Confidence that God will watch over us to protect us from natural calamities and everyday situations.
Psalm 122
Joy at entering Jerusalem to worship in the temple. Prayers for Jerusalem.
Psalm 123
We keep our eyes trained on God’s direction to us, like servants alert to their owner’s slightest hand signal. We are oppressed by the wealthy and we anticipate God’s signal at any moment that God will act.
Zechariah 11: 4-17 What’s Zechariah about?
The leaders, like incompetent and selfish shepherds, have mis-led the people, and Zechariah takes the role of an incompetent and selfish shepherd. but God will come and empower the people and they will be victorious and return with joy to Jerusalem.
Early Christians interpreted Hebrew Bible passages such as this as having been written in anticipation of the coming of Jesus and the reference to the thirty shekels of silver may have influenced the story of Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, the “lamb of God.”
Luke 18: 31-43 What’s Luke about?
Jesus again tells his disciples that he must be killed but they do not want to understand. He heals a blind man as he prepares to walk toward Jerusalem, and this story makes it clear that the disciples will eventually come to see what Jesus means.
This week’s collect:
Almighty and everlasting God,
whose will it is to restore all things
in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King,
grant that the peoples of the earth,
now divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together
under his gentle and loving rule;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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