Category: Matthew
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The end
And I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctify them. Ezekiel 20:12 This Sabbath shall appear still more clearly if we count the ages as days, in accordance with the periods of time defined in Scripture, for that period will be found to be the seventh. The first…
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Only be strong
The LORD your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, as the LORD has spoken. Deuteronomy 31:3 Joshua very much foreshadows the work of Christ and the spread of the gospel into the world. God…
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The Glorious Church
“Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” -Song of Songs 6:10 Too often the Church is viewed as merely spiritual, with no real power or purpose on earth other than to save souls. The idea of the church just hanging on…
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God is Salvation
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) In telling the story of Jesus’ birth, Matthew makes a big point of what his name should be. The angel tells Joseph to name…
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Besieged trees
In Deuteronomy 20, there is a somewhat odd prohibition against cutting down trees in time of war. When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall…
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Murderous slander
Deuteronomy 19 is structured to draw a heavy parallel between murder and false witness. But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies (11) If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing (16) and he flees into one…
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Blood curse
God pronounced a blood curse on the royal family of Judah in Jeremiah 22: Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know? O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!…
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Fruitless trees
Jesus rode into Jerusalem as the King And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom…
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Matthew 15 chiasm
Mathew 15:1-20 makes a fairly robust chiasm. A. Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalemand said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of theelders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” B. He answered them, “And why do you break thecommandment of God for the sake of your tradition?For…