March 14 Readings

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The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan

Today's reading is Deuteronomy 22-24; Mark 14.1-26

Deuteronomy 22 deals with how one should deal with his neighbor property (v. 1-4), animals (22.6-7), and violations in marriage (v. 13-30). The law was intended not only to punish the criminal but to show social concern for people and the things that they own. This is equated with loving your neigbor as yourself. If you do, you would not steal from your neighbor or commit adultery with his wife. The marriage relationsip is to be kept pure and the marriageb bed undefiled.

Deuteronomy 23
The following persons were excluded from the congregation: Those with mutilated gentials (v. 1), children born from forbidden marriage (v.2), Moabites and Ammonites (v. 3-6) and Edomites (v. 7-8). God is a holy God and he wants the people who worship Him to be without defects. Similarly when we worship God we must worship Him without sin in our lives and can approach Him with clean hearts and clean hands.

God was concerned about uncleaness in the camp the sanitary conditions of the camp and sanitary facilities were built (v. 9-15). Miscellaneos laws were also instituted (v. 15-24) included the good treatment of slave (v. 15), prostitution discouraged (17-18), charging usury to fellow Israelite discouraged (v.19-20), vow taking and keeping and rules of eating food from a neighbor's vineyardm or grainfields

Deuteronomy 24 deals with various laws dealing with marriage (v.1 -5) involving divorce and a newly-wed husband stay at home with his wife for one year before going off to war. There are other laws related to masters and servants (6-18) and the rich and poor (19-22). Again the theme of loving your neigbor as yourself continues.

Social Concerns in the Covenant, See Table 3
Discussion of the Mosaic Law. It has reference in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 22 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deuteronomy 23 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deuteronomy 24 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
OT Gateway Links on Deuteronomy
Malik Introduction to Deuteronomy
Malik Argument of Deuteronomy
Israel's Covenant Renewal
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 3 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 4 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Spurgeon's Sermons on Deuteronomy
Biblebb.com Website
Stedman on Deuteronomy and Numbers

Mark 14.1-21 Commentaries, verse by verse

Mark 14.1-11; Matthew 26.2-16 Jesus anointed at Bethany.
Mark 1,2,10,11-Luke 22.1-6
Luke 14.3-8; John 12.1-8

Jesus was at the house of Simon the leper, when Mary, the sister of Lazarus came with a alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, broke it and poured the perfume on Jesus's head. Some in the house, said that this was a waste of money, and they rebuked Mary harshly. Jesus told them that Mary did a wonderful thing, she poured perume on His body to prepare for His burial. Judas Iscariot went to the high priest to betray Jesus.

The Lord's Supper
Mark 14.12-26; Mat 26.17-30; Luke 22.7-23
Mark 14.22-25; 1Cor 11.23-25
Jesus sent two of the disciples to arrange to get a room for the Feast of the Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb was sacrificed. They went into the city a saw a man carrying a jar of water and arrangements were made in a uper room for the Lord's Supper.
When they came for the Lord's Supper, Jesus said that one of them would betray Him, the one eating with Him. They all begasn to deny that (v. 17-18). He said, further, that the one who dips bread in the bowl with Him will betray Him. It was despicable what Judas did because , according to the customs in the Middle-East, even today, if someone dips bread with you, it means that that person would be you friend and would in NO way harm you. So Judas was also a liar and deserved what he got. Jesus said "But woe to that man who betray the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."

The Last Supper had two elements, the bread and the wine. Jesus said to them that they should ‘Take eat, this is my body’. Just as wheat is crushed to make bread and made without yeast, this represents Jesus body which was broken for us on the cross. The second element is the wine. Just as how grapes are crushed to produce the grape juice which are fermented into wine. Jesus’ blood was shed for many. V. 24-25. The new covenant was mentioned in Jeremiah 31.31-34 especially verse 33: Jer 31:33 Jer 31:33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." This covenant was UNCONDITIONAL, meaning there are no restrictions on this covenant promised to Israel. God promised to forgive her sins and establish his relationship with her on a new basis by writing his laws on their hearts. This is a covenant of GRACE. The acrostic GRACE means ‘God’s Riches at Christ’s Expense’. We are not saved by good works but to DO good works.

More Links in Mark
Dan Hill on Mark
Ray Stedman on Mark
Jeff Miller on Mark
Chadwick on Mark
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Mark by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermon's on Mark

More Links on Commentaries for the Old Testament
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes (for both OT and NT) is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader

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