16th
Romans 8:18 - 27
Communion
Mark 8:34, 35
Ezekiel 9
The sighing faithful
The faithful in Jerusalem were sitting around sighing.
Context - Idolatry in Jerusalem.
People worshiping pagan gods and the Sun.
Jeremiah 38:31
God asks the King to surrender to Babylon.
God will not allow evil to continue forever.
A man in linen marking the foreheads of the faithful.
Mark 8:11, 12
Jesus was exasperated at the sinfulness of the Pharisees.
Jesus has overcome.
Sighing - reminding ourselves that the world shouldn't be the way it is.
Job 3:34
Teaching us to trust.
All things are in God's hands.
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