Mar 22 - Divide The Land

Today the Lord instructs Moses to tell the people of Israel to cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan and kick some butt! They must destroy all the carved and molten images, demolish all the pagan shrines, drive all the people out and divide the land up in allotments to their clans. "Command the people of Israel to go to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pastureland." "Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety." The Lord then goes into more regulations on what to do if someone kills someone by accident and if they kill them on purpose. "No sacrifice except ht execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder."

In Luke today Jesus heals and teaches and gets harassed by the Pharisees and teachers of religious law. He tells a man "Your sins are forgiven" and the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, "Who does he think he is? That's blasphemy! Only god can forgive sins!" Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked them "Why do you question this in your hearts? Is it easier to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or 'Stand up and walk'? So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins." Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, "Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!" So he did. Now at this point I would think that they would never question him again. They've see a bunch of miracles and specifically questioned who he thinks he his.....I think he just showed them.......Why do we now question who he is because he's not in the physical form performing miracles? If you question and then open your heart to the Holy Spirit he will show you....That's the way I see it:)