Ezekiel 36:33 - 37:14 - This famous OT passage is a classic picture that displays God's ability and desire to renew and re-create His people. He has spoken and He will do it! This is the God in whom we place our hope. Let us despair of our own power and ability but let us never deny God's powerful promise. We love to play the victim - but by faith God turns us victims into visionaries.
Romans 5:1-21 - Epiphany helps us celebrate the realization of who Jesus truly is (the light bulb comes on!). But while our realization might be new - grasping the reality of God's mission in Jesus requires us to go all the way back to Genesis 1-3. The Old Story takes on a new meaning in light of Jesus Christ. Paul reveals this by comparing calling Adam "a type" of Christ in verse 14. The Gospel begins in Genesis - not in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Why do so many Christians struggle to see the Bible as one single story: the Old Testament which leads up to Christ and then the New Testament, the story that leads on from Him?
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