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🗓️ 15 September 2023
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Fr. Mike introduces us to the Gospel of Matthew, including his genealogy, nativity, and the first days of his ministry. He pulls it all together to show that not only is Jesus reconstituting the kingdom in his ministry, but he's inviting us to join him in this kingdom. Today’s readings are Matthew 1-4, and Proverbs 18:17-20.
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0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, |
0:07.6 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. |
0:10.9 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension, using the Great Adventure |
0:14.1 | Bible Timeline. |
0:15.1 | We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation |
0:19.0 | unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
0:21.2 | It is day one of our Messianic checkpoint, which means it's day 258 of the entire Bible |
0:26.3 | in a year. |
0:27.4 | Today, Matthew, chapter one through four, just what a gift, and keep this in mind. |
0:33.4 | You may have up to this point. |
0:35.7 | The first chapter of Matthew begins with a genealogy, and you might have always heard |
0:41.2 | the genealogy and gone through it and thought, well, this is just these are a bunch of |
0:45.4 | names. |
0:46.4 | I have no idea who these people are, what their stories are. |
0:48.3 | It says Babylonian exile. |
0:49.9 | What's that? |
0:50.9 | Well, you know that now, which is pretty phenomenal. |
0:53.2 | So keep your ears attuned to that. |
0:55.3 | We're also reading Proverbs chapter 18 verses 17 through 20. |
0:58.7 | As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised standard version, second |
1:01.8 | Catholic edition. |
1:02.8 | I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. |
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