Daily Readings for Sunday, 2 February 2014
Malachi 3: The Coming
Messenger
1 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me,
and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of
the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3 he
will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the
descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present
offerings to the Lord in righteousness.[a] 4 Then the offering of Judah and
Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former
years.
Footnotes:
a. Malachi 3:3 Or right offerings to the Lord
Psalm 24: 7 Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
that the King of glory
may come in.
8 Who is the King of glory?
The Lord, strong and
mighty,
the Lord, mighty in
battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O
ancient doors!
that the King of glory
may come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of
glory.Selah
Hebrews 2: 14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and
blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he
might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and
free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. 16
For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of
Abraham. 17 Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters[a] in
every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the
service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. 18
Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who
are being tested.
Footnotes:
a. Hebrews 2:17 Gk brothers
Luke 2: Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
22 When the time came for their purification according to the
law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be
designated as holy to the Lord”), 24 and they offered a sacrifice according to
what is stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young
pigeons.”
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon;[a]
this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of
Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. 26 It had been revealed to him by
the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s
Messiah.[b] 27 Guided by the Spirit, Simeon[c] came into the temple; and when
the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under
the law, 28 Simeon[d] took him in his arms and praised God, saying,
29 “Master, now you are dismissing your servant[e] in peace,
according to your
word;
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,
31 which you have
prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and for glory to your
people Israel.”
33 And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was
being said about him. 34 Then Simeon[f] blessed them and said to his mother
Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be opposed 35 so that the inner thoughts of many
will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.”
36 There was also a prophet, Anna[g] the daughter of Phanuel, of
the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven
years after her marriage, 37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She
never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and
day. 38 At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the
child[h] to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
The Return to Nazareth
39 When they had finished everything required by the law of the
Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. 40 The child
grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
Footnotes:
a. Luke 2:25 Gk Symeon
b. Luke 2:26 Or the Lord’s Christ
c. Luke 2:27 Gk In the Spirit, he
d. Luke 2:28 Gk he
e. Luke 2:29 Gk slave
f. Luke 2:34 Gk Symeon
g. Luke 2:36 Gk Hanna
h. Luke 2:38 Gk him
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