Monday, July 1, 2013

Daily Bible Reading Day 183

John 20-21; Acts 10:1-23.   Job continues to complain about his friends. It sort of seems like in chapter 20 he waffles a bit on whether or not the wicked are dealt with by God decisively like he and his 3 friends believed. Then Eliphaz chimes in again. His dialogue seemed to actually accuse Job of specific sins. Like turning away the hungry and widows in need. 

Luke is about to record the conversion of the first full Gentile, uncircumcised. The Eunuch that Philip baptized was a Gentile but a proselyte so Cornelius will be the first. Cornelius is praying. He has a dream and an angel appears to him and tells him what to do. He sends servants and a trusted soldier to Joppa to get Peter. Just as the men are approaching the place where Peter is staying, Peter has a vision. He sees a sheet with all manner of animals, unclean and clean, on it. A voice tells him to kill and eat. He says no, because he has never broken the Law which says to not eat unclean food. The voice lets him know that food has no intrinsic value other than what God gives it. While Peter is pondering this vision the men from Cornelius arrive. 

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