Isaiah 43:16-21: God says, I am about to do a new thing. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The wild animals will honor me......Reading before and after this passage, it seems like God is saying, I'll never forget Israel, but anyone who follows me, I will take into the fold.
Philippians 3:4b-14: Part of this was gone over before, but in 13, I like what Paul says, forget what lies behind and look forward to what lies ahead.
John 12:1-8: Mary anoints Jesus with expensive perfume. Judas asks why wasn't the perfume wasn't sold and the money used to help the poor? Then the writer, John? says Judas didn't care about the poor, he was thief who took money out of the common purse.... Just the way this reads, it sounds like John is jealous of Judas and wanted to portray him in a bad light. It raises questions in my mind whether the big shot disciples, Peter, James and John, just pulled a power play on the other disciples after Jesus was gone and maybe the other disciples were the better ones and more exemplified Jesus's teachings.
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