000 Allen FMT (i-xxii) - The Presbyterian Leader

as equals with owners is an experience similar to the release from bondage
in Egypt. Sabbath thus anticipates the remission of slaves (e.g., Deut.
15:12–18; 23:15–16).
In connection with Proper 4/Year B, Deuteronomy 5:12–15 is paired
with two stories that take place on the Sabbath in Mark 2:23–3:6. Unfortunately,
Mark shaped these stories to justify tensions between the Markan
community and the traditional Jewish community.
Last Sunday after the Epiphany/Year B
Transfiguration Sunday
2 Kings 2:1–12
For comments on this passage, please see Proper 8/Year C.
Ash Wednesday/Year B
Joel 2:1–2, 12–17 (Alternate)
For comments on this passage, please see Ash Wednesday/Year A.
Isaiah 58:1–12 (Alternate)
For comments on this passage, please see the Fifth Sunday after the
Epiphany/Year A.
First Sunday in Lent/Year B
Genesis 9:8–17
First Sunday in Lent/Year B 141
Today’s lection recalls how God made a second beginning with the human
family (see Proper 4/YearA). In Genesis 9:1, God restates the purpose of
human life as the same as in Genesis 1:26–28. According to Genesis 9:2,
this vocation is necessary in the post-fall world because the relationship
between humankind and animals is still under the curse of Genesis
3:14–19 (see Proper 5/Year B).
Because killing disrupts the divine purposes for life more than any other
action, it receives detailed attention in verses 5–6. Only now, after the
flood, does God explicitly permit the descendants of Noah to eat meat,