Love God
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A New Chapter Before reading this passage, please review with me some key background facts. The people of God in the time of Jesus would have been very familiar with these details. Background Fact 1: God brought his people out of slavery in Egypt in what we call the  "Exodus" (Greek: "The Departure"). Background Fact 2: Little shelter huts, or "tents," made of leafy branches were a festive part of the Jewish tradition. They

Living in Caesarea America 18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”  19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” 20 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”  21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 21 And he

Read:  Luke 9:1-17 And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they