The contrast of these two passages struck me today. For the past few days we have been reading in Numbers of the different laws about who is clean/unclean and Gods laws regarding it. But these passages in Mark contrast it so vividly because the unclean people are exactly who Jesus came for! He touches those with unclean with diseases and heals them making them able to now be restored to God. What a real picture of what Christ did for us in making us clean and able to come before God.
Also amazing how those people were once cast out (albeit temporarily) and physically separated from their own people during their uncleanliness/disease, but Jesus has no qualms about physically touching the sick and ailing. How powerful it must have been just to witness Jesus in the presence of the sick, and even more so for him to touch and heal them!
I love what God has revealed to you. It probably would’ve taken me longer and studying to get what the spirit has given to you. Thank you for allowing God to use you in this interpretation.
The Levites may not have had an “inheritance” in terms of land, etc, but just look at what they did receive in addition to God….all the best of everything the Israelites brought as sacrifices and offerings! And what they brought was the best of all they had, so the priests would have received the cream of every crop as their portion. And since they were required to tithe also, God once again received the best of the best. This is a good example for us in our own lives and offerings to the Lord.
Love that Numbers shows God’s calling the Levites and setting them apart from the other Israelites then in Mark; He does the same with the 12 Apostles…
I loved verse 20, in numbers 18: where God is just basically saying “you are going to always be different than those who are around you. You will always not have the things that they have or get, BUT you will have the Lord!”
What an amazing promise and reminder. So grateful for this.
That is such a good verse because even envy among other Christians being blessed when we ourselves aren’t seeing the same kind of blessings even though we are being blessed in other ways!
Jesus is King! I love how he shows his authority so strongly to the Pharisees who knew their stuff, but expected a different kind of messiah! When Jesus says that a house divided will fall, he says that one- he is God and not a demon like they claim and two- the Devil’s kingdom is crumbling! God’s kingdom and relationship with us is restored on the cross! How awesome
Mark 3:5 “After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored”. They had already seen Him do a lot. But they were still so hung up on what they THOUGHT Messiah would look like … that they didn’t believe Him when He was with them. It wasn’t enough. Their unbelief saddened Him!
What does it mean to blasphemy against God?
Blasphemy is the profane talk of God. Such as comparing him to the Devil as was done in Mark 3, where it is pronounced as an eternal sin.
Kati, yes I love what Holy Spirit revealed to you! Amen!
The contrast of these two passages struck me today. For the past few days we have been reading in Numbers of the different laws about who is clean/unclean and Gods laws regarding it. But these passages in Mark contrast it so vividly because the unclean people are exactly who Jesus came for! He touches those with unclean with diseases and heals them making them able to now be restored to God. What a real picture of what Christ did for us in making us clean and able to come before God.
Also amazing how those people were once cast out (albeit temporarily) and physically separated from their own people during their uncleanliness/disease, but Jesus has no qualms about physically touching the sick and ailing. How powerful it must have been just to witness Jesus in the presence of the sick, and even more so for him to touch and heal them!
I love what God has revealed to you. It probably would’ve taken me longer and studying to get what the spirit has given to you. Thank you for allowing God to use you in this interpretation.
The Levites may not have had an “inheritance” in terms of land, etc, but just look at what they did receive in addition to God….all the best of everything the Israelites brought as sacrifices and offerings! And what they brought was the best of all they had, so the priests would have received the cream of every crop as their portion. And since they were required to tithe also, God once again received the best of the best. This is a good example for us in our own lives and offerings to the Lord.
Love that Numbers shows God’s calling the Levites and setting them apart from the other Israelites then in Mark; He does the same with the 12 Apostles…
I loved verse 20, in numbers 18: where God is just basically saying “you are going to always be different than those who are around you. You will always not have the things that they have or get, BUT you will have the Lord!”
What an amazing promise and reminder. So grateful for this.
That is such a good verse because even envy among other Christians being blessed when we ourselves aren’t seeing the same kind of blessings even though we are being blessed in other ways!
Jesus is King! I love how he shows his authority so strongly to the Pharisees who knew their stuff, but expected a different kind of messiah! When Jesus says that a house divided will fall, he says that one- he is God and not a demon like they claim and two- the Devil’s kingdom is crumbling! God’s kingdom and relationship with us is restored on the cross! How awesome
Mark 3:5 “After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored”. They had already seen Him do a lot. But they were still so hung up on what they THOUGHT Messiah would look like … that they didn’t believe Him when He was with them. It wasn’t enough. Their unbelief saddened Him!