Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Exodus 33:7-11 and Luke 6:17-26 (NLT)

Exodus 33:7-11
The Tent of Meeting

7    It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the Lord would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
8    Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside.
9    As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the Lord spoke with Moses.
10  When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents.
11  Inside the Tent of Meeting, the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.

Luke 6:17-26
Blessings and Woes
17  When they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon.
18  They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by evil spirits were healed.
19  Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.
20  Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said, “God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours.
21  God blesses you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied.  God blesses you who weep now, for in due time you will laugh.
22  What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.
23  When that happens, be happy! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, their ancestors treated the ancient prophets that same way.
24  “What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now.
25  What sorrow awaits you who are fat and prosperous now, for a time of awful hunger awaits you.  What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow.
26  What sorrow awaits you who are praised by the crowds, for their ancestors also praised false prophets.

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