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allowed his house to be broken into. There- all his goods. But if that evil servant says in
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fore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’
coming at an hour you do not expect. 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to
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45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, eat and drink with the drunkards, the master
whom his master made ruler over his house- of that servant will come on a day when he is
hold, to give them food in due season? not looking for him and at an hour that he is
46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, not aware of, and will cut him in two and
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when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly, appoint him his portion with the hypocrites.
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I say to you that he will make him ruler over There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
DAY 8: How should Jesus’ prophetic statements,
many of which are found in Matthew 24 and 25, be interpreted?
The prophetic passages present a particular challenge for those seeking to understand a cor-
rect interpretation of Jesus’ words. The Olivet discourse (Matthew 24; 25), for example, contains
some details that evoke images of the violent destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Jesus’ words in
24:34 have led some to conclude that all these things were fulfilled—albeit not literally—in the
Roman conquest of that era. This view is known as “preterism.” But this is a serious interpretive
blunder,forcing the interpreter to read into these passages spiritualized,allegorical meanings unwar-
ranted by normal exegetical study methods.The grammatical-historical hermeneutical approach to
these passages is the approach to follow,and it yields a consistently futuristic interpretation of crucial
prophecies.

February 9 the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of
meeting. You shall take some of the blood of
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the bull and put it on the horns of the altar
Exodus 29:1–30:38
with your finger, and pour all the blood beside
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“And this is what you shall do to them the base of the altar. And you shall take all
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priests: Take one young bull and two rams attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and
without blemish, and unleavened bread, the fat that is on them, and burn them on the
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unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleav- altar. But the flesh of the bull, with its skin
ened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside
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them of wheat flour). You shall put them in the camp. It is a sin offering.
one basket and bring them in the basket, with 15 “You shall also take one ram, and Aaron
the bull and the two rams. and his sons shall put their hands on the head
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4 “And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to of the ram; and you shall kill the ram, and you
the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around
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shall wash them with water. Then you shall on the altar. Then you shall cut the ram in
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take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put
the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breast- them with its pieces and with its head. And
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plate, and gird him with the intricately woven you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is
band of the ephod. You shall put the turban a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet
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on his head, and put the holy crown on the tur- aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
ban. And you shall take the anointing oil, pour 19 “You shall also take the other ram, and
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it on his head, and anoint him. Then you shall Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on
bring his sons and put tunics on them. And the head of the ram. Then you shall kill the
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you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and ram, and take some of its blood and put it on
his sons, and put the hats on them. The priest- the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip
hood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of
you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. their right hand and on the big toe of their
10 “You shall also have the bull brought right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on
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before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron the altar. And you shall take some of the
and his sons shall put their hands on the head blood that is on the altar, and some of the
of the bull. Then you shall kill the bull before anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on
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