Saturday, December 14, 2024

Advent Readings: Isaiah 28:14-17 and 1 Peter 2:4-7

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[Old Testament] Isaiah 28:14-17 
28:14 
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,
and we have an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming catastrophe passes through,
it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”

16 Therefore the Lord God said:

“Look, I have laid a stone in Zion,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
the one who believes will be unshakable.
17 And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place."

[New Testament] 1 Peter 2:4-7
2:4 As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by God— 
you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and honored cornerstone,
and the one who believes in him
will never be put to shame.[Is 28:16]
So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,
The stone that the builders rejected—
this one has become the cornerstone,[Ps 118:22]

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