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Today’s Reading: Genesis 11:1-9
Daily Lectionary: Numbers 27:12-23; Luke 23:26-56
So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:8)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. This is the ultimate story of rebellion. This isn’t a story about one person’s or one family’s sins against God. This is a story about the whole world gathering together to form a city that stood in rebellion against God. You know it as the story of Babel, but actually the city is called Babylon.
Our pride and selfish desires put us at odds with each other, but a common enemy can unite otherwise incompatible people. In this case, the enemy is God. “Come,” they said to each other, “we will build this city, so that God cannot force us to disperse. We can make a name for ourselves! We can make a high tower and storm heaven itself!”
Our Lord united the people of Jerusalem in His own day. The Pharisees, scribes, Sadducees, and priests hated each other, but they hated Jesus more. So they teamed up in order to crucify Him.
On Pentecost we celebrate that the Lord has united various races, tribes, and nations into a single family called the Christian Church. This time He didn’t unite us through the power of hate, but through something more powerful—divine love. He didn’t unite us by becoming our common enemy, but by sending us a Savior.
God reconciled us to each other by reconciling us to Himself. If we are joined to one Head, we are joined to each other. If God forgives our sins for the sake of Christ, then we will forgive each other as we follow our Lord.
Pentecost is the reversal of Genesis 11. Instead of dispersing us permanently, instead of dooming us to eternal isolation in hell, God raised up His Son in order to draw us back to Himself, and in doing so He brought us back to each other. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Merciful God, we humbly implore You to cast the bright beams of Your light upon Your Church that we, being instructed by the doctrine of the blessed apostles, may walk in the light of Your truth and finally attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (A Prayer for the Church)
Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Rene Castillero
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: Genesis 11:1-9
Daily Lectionary: Numbers 27:12-23; Luke 23:26-56
So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:8)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. This is the ultimate story of rebellion. This isn’t a story about one person’s or one family’s sins against God. This is a story about the whole world gathering together to form a city that stood in rebellion against God. You know it as the story of Babel, but actually the city is called Babylon.
Our pride and selfish desires put us at odds with each other, but a common enemy can unite otherwise incompatible people. In this case, the enemy is God. “Come,” they said to each other, “we will build this city, so that God cannot force us to disperse. We can make a name for ourselves! We can make a high tower and storm heaven itself!”
Our Lord united the people of Jerusalem in His own day. The Pharisees, scribes, Sadducees, and priests hated each other, but they hated Jesus more. So they teamed up in order to crucify Him.
On Pentecost we celebrate that the Lord has united various races, tribes, and nations into a single family called the Christian Church. This time He didn’t unite us through the power of hate, but through something more powerful—divine love. He didn’t unite us by becoming our common enemy, but by sending us a Savior.
God reconciled us to each other by reconciling us to Himself. If we are joined to one Head, we are joined to each other. If God forgives our sins for the sake of Christ, then we will forgive each other as we follow our Lord.
Pentecost is the reversal of Genesis 11. Instead of dispersing us permanently, instead of dooming us to eternal isolation in hell, God raised up His Son in order to draw us back to Himself, and in doing so He brought us back to each other. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Merciful God, we humbly implore You to cast the bright beams of Your light upon Your Church that we, being instructed by the doctrine of the blessed apostles, may walk in the light of Your truth and finally attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (A Prayer for the Church)
Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Rene Castillero