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Thursday 17th Week in Ordinary Time
Retreat and Conference Center at Bon Secours
August 1, 2019
THINGS NEW AND OLD +++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Today we have the ending of Exodus at chapter 40
Ø We see the Arc of the Covenant leading the people as a cloud by day / fire by night
Ø Matthew concludes a major section on the KoG
Ø Both show how God is present and how we’re drawn into that presence
CHANGES REQUIRED ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø In both, changes are required in the people:
o In the Arc (God is on the move; his presence will sustain his people)
o And in how K of G is coming into the world (Jesus, personal interiority, and acting in and through us to the world)
Ø And both readings remind us that changes in how God’s power, God’s grace vis a vis us, are not always easy for it’s God’s plan and not ours
Ø Changes aren’t easy because admittedly we’re moving from comfort, familiarity, and control into uncomfortable, unfamiliar and the uncontrollable
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++
Ø While this is true of both Moses and Jesus, there’s an important difference between them that makes the transition, the change, hopeful for us
Ø Recall that Moses dared NOT enter the Tent of Meeting because the glory of the Lord filled it
Ø In John’s Gospel in particular, the glory of the Lord fills the person of Jesus / Note the contrast
Ø Moses doesn’t dare enter the presence; Jesus invites us in — “Come and see” and to even feed on his flesh and blood. Extraordinary!
A STOREHOUSE OF OLD AND NEW +++++++++++++++
Ø Moses and the Ark, Jesus and the KoG — old & new
Ø Jesus speaks of a disciple — and here he means you and me — a disciple, as being, “A householder who, “Is able to bring out from his storeroom both the old and the new.”
Ø I am seeing that as the “old” of Moses as the Arc and “new” of Jesus as the K of God
Ø While we respect OT highly, we value the NT more
Ø And our contrast this morning gives us hope in our own transitions
Ø Hope 2 favor the glory of God, not w/ Ark, but w/ J
Ø That’s good news indeed!
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