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🗓️ 25 October 2024
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | Not long ago on day 2 89 we read about Jesus sending out the 12 |
0:16.7 | apostles in Matthew 10. It's possible that the account we read about today with |
0:20.3 | 72 people is a different scenario where Jesus gives the same instructions or it |
0:24.7 | could be the same one. If it's the same one then why are the numbers so different? Was it 72 or was |
0:29.2 | a 12? Probably both. It's likely that Matthew is primarily focused on telling the personal story he and the other 11 apostles encountered, |
0:37.6 | whereas Luke, who wasn't an apostle, prefers to zoom out on the whole group of people Jesus sent out. So if this is the same story, |
0:44.3 | these accounts are not contradictory, even though it may look like it on the surface. |
0:47.9 | It's just that the writers have different goals in mind. The job of these 36 pairs is to let the towns know that Jesus is the Messiah and he's about to swing by personally. |
0:57.0 | He instructs them twice in verses 9 and 11 to tell people that the kingdom of God has come near to them. |
1:03.1 | As ambassadors for Christ and agents of his healing power, |
1:06.5 | they're bringing the benefits and truth of the kingdom near to those who are far |
1:09.9 | from the kingdom. |
1:11.0 | We'll continue to read and learn more about the kingdom as we move on. |
1:14.4 | Jesus prepares the 72 for rejection but he promises them provision. When they return they are |
1:19.8 | overjoyed they feel so powerful. They can't believe they can personally do the things |
1:24.7 | they've seen Jesus doing all along. But Jesus doesn't r-ra-w-w-w-w-hmm, he responds with an interesting |
1:29.6 | statement about Satan. He says, he saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Then he just moves right |
1:34.8 | on without unpacking that while we're all here like, whoa whoa whoa Jesus you got some |
1:38.3 | explaining to do. But he doesn't explain so we're left to look to the rest of |
1:42.0 | scripture to figure out what he means here. |
1:44.0 | Some scholars think this refers to Isaiah 1412 or Ezekiel 28, |
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