Matthew 24-Mark 2 -It all points to Jesus!!
How's the reading going? Post what stood out to you so we can talk about it!! I was struck by the fact that Matthew pointed out Old Testament scripture to back up how Judas and the religious leaders fulfilled prophecy. "So they (the chief priests) decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners....Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: They took the thirty pieces of silver , the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." (Matthew 27:9) I actually took the time to read the context of the scripture that my footnote referred me to read in Jeremiah, 32: 6-9. To be honest, I didn't really see the connection. HOWEVER, my footnote also referred me to read Zechariah 11:12-13 and that was remarkable how it was foretelling of the event we read in Matthew!! "And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter"- the handsom