Evening: Psalms 9, 15; Mark 3:7-19a
People flock to Jesus because, in an age of primitive medicine, he heals people’s physical ailments. Spiritual healing, though, can cause spiritual upheaval and rebellion, with inevitable social consequences. All life is interconnected. For instance, Jesus’s appointment of 12 apostles has a political significance that everyone understands. Israel’s original 12 tribes have all but disappeared. But now, Jesus the healer may be the leader who restores the nation’s common life. Nothing is irrelevant in the work of reconciliation. Thus, Jesus’s followers also seek healing and transformation on every level – physical, spiritual, social and political.
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