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In my October 28th, 2009 post "When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions", Jesus gave some mysterious instructions to His disciples. Their complete obedience resulted in the fulfillment of a prophecy over 500 years old, proclaimed by Zechariah (Zech. 9:9).
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Last week we discussed the "beautiful thing" a woman did by anointing Jesus with perfume worth a year's wages. The Gospel of John reveals that it was Judas Iscariot who voiced objection to her act of love (John 12:4). In fact, the beautiful thing this woman did - and Jesus' defense (Mark 14:6) - was likely the catalyst that drove Judas to the Chief Priests to betray Jesus (Mark 14:10).
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"Leave her alone", was Jesus' strong response (Mark 14:6) to critics who rebuked a woman who anointed Jesus with expensive perfume. A brief lesson in God's economics: doing "a beautiful thing" (Mark 14:6), and "doing what you can" (Mark 14:8) to honor Jesus is more important than any amount of money. All through history, this woman's beautiful act has been remembered and will continue to be told (Mark 14:9).
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The Chief Priests and teachers of the law of Jesus' day thought they had a pretty good thing going: they represented their people, the Jews, before their Roman rulers, which brought with it many privileges and status. They also were the religious authorities over the Synagogue, having authority to carry out punishments - though not capital punishment - upon their people for violating any of several hundred religious traditions which they had established over the centuries.
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Jesus gives us one final example as He concludes His response to the question the disciples asked Him in Mark 13:4. We've taken six weeks now to study His response and apply it to our lives.