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GENESIS 34-35:
In Genesis 32 we heard about Jacob wrestling all night with a mysterious heavenly figure, and about Jacob's reunion with Esau.

JOB 20:
Today’s reading in Job is chapter 20— Zophar’s second response to Job. In chapter 19, Job responded to Bildad's second speech. Job expressed amazing belief that he would see his defender (often translated ‘redeemer’). He said, 19:25 GNT 

“But I know there is someone in heaven
who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
while still in this body I will see God.
27 I will see him with my own eyes,
and he will not be a stranger.”

MARK 12b:
Yesterday in the first half of Mark 12, Jesus told a pointed parable against the Jewish religious leaders, then he went on to refute the Sadducees. We re-read several verses today.

Please pray with me before listening to God’s Word today:
Heavenly Father, thank you for the revelation that You are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who still live, still know You, and still worship You. And Lord Jesus, thank You for the wisdom You showed in every encounter with those who opposed You. Help us to not be like the Sadducees. Help us to know the Scriptures AND God’s power. And thank You for your answer to the Pharisees and those from King Herod’s party. In saying, “Pay to the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God,” You gave the answer not only for that time, but even for our time today. Lord You are the stone that the builders rejected as worthless, but according to the plan of your Father, You are the foundation stone that is the most important of all. Thank you for revealing your glory in the prophetic parable that You spoke. And Lord, we thank you for the prophetic words of Job, who said, “I know there is Someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense.” Thank You, Lord Jesus, for being the One who has come and who still comes to our defense. Today we pray that we might live for your glory.