The Servant is given as a covenant for the people.He didn't come to establish a new covenant for us to keep to gain the blessings of the covenant.Jesus IS the covenant. When we have him, we have all the blessings of the covenant already - light, sight, life, righteousness, peace.It is a covenant that cannot be broken, for Jesus has already fulfilled it.

In a parody of what should have happened, the Danites took possession of a place to dwell and acknowledged God--but their godliness was only formal, and worldliness was at the heart of their enterprise.

When our bodies are raised and death is no more, everything changes. The law is temporary, to restrain evil and protect the oppressed. When everything evil, including death, is taken away - there will be more need for the rules of marriage, divorce, crime, punishment, theft and covetousness. Old thing are passed away.

When our bodies are raised and death is no more, everything changes. The law is temporary, to restrain evil and protect the oppressed. When everything evil, including death, is taken away - there will be more need for the rules of marriage, divorce, crime, punishment, theft and covetousness. Old thing are passed away.

In a parody of what should have happened, the Danites took possession of a place to dwell and acknowledged God--but their godliness was only formal, and worldliness was at the heart of their enterprise.

The Anointed One, Messiah, desires to be so united with his people that he takes the form of the Servant, the Chosen One, the Beloved Son. -His love is profound and deep and unlike any of the powers on the earth. He does not crush or smash or argue or demand. But with gentleness and compassion he shepherds his people.

The Anointed One, Messiah, desires to be so united with his people that he takes the form of the Servant, the Chosen One, the Beloved Son. His love is profound and deep and unlike any of the powers on the earth. He does not crush or smash or argue or demand. But with gentleness and compassion he shepherds his people.

This portion of Mark against its Old Testament background reveals Jesus as the glorified Son of Man, but also as the God who gathers his scattered elect and whose word endures forever.

God has ordained civil government for the promotion of public welfare. As Christians we are to submit to the government and pray for them, that we might life quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness.

God has ordained civil government for the promotion of public welfare. As Christians we are to submit to the government and pray for them, that we might life quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness.