In chapter 3 of Genesis, the Lord gave his judgment against the serpent. God talked about the woman’s offspring (singular) when speaking to the serpent, and said, “He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” This is the very first prophecy looking forward to a Messiah and Redeemer who will crush Satan’s head. Just before that, there is another picture worth noting: God provided clothes for the man and woman made from animal skins. This is the first hint of a sacrificial system that prefigures Christ.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/gen.5.nlt
We turn now to Job 3 and will read Job’s first speech. In the Bible— and especially in Job and the Psalms, we find out that God thoroughly understands and takes into account the fact that humans suffer.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/job.3
We turn to Mark 2. Yesterday in the second half of Mark 1, we read of Jesus miraculously healing people in Capernaum, and his refusing to stay only there. He preached and cast out demons all over the region of Galilee. The healing of the man with leprosy is notable because of the exchange between Jesus and that man, and also the results of the man’s not following Jesus’ instructions.
Translation notes:
5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, [PET: I have forgiven your sins.//your sins are forgiven.]”
9 [PET: Certainly you will have difficulty accepting that I said to this paralyzed man, ‘I have forgiven your sins.’ Will it be easier for you to accept it if I say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your mattress and go home’?//Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’? ]
10 So I will prove to you that [I, the Son of Man have//the Son of Man has] the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,
18 Once when John’s disciples were fasting and the
Pharisees were [also] fasting, some people came to Jesus and
asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples
and the Pharisees do?”
28 So [I,] the Son of Man [am/is] Lord, even over the Sabbath!”
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/mrk.2
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