In God’s eyes the church is His bride, so all believers, men and women alike, must learn to love Him as His bride, His lover. Revelation 2:4 shows us that the beginning to all the degradation of the church began when “…you left your first love.” In this series we look into the lives of 3 women to learn from them how to be proper lovers of Christ.
If we turn to God and His people and are joined to the proper person among God’s people, we will bring forth proper fruit and participate in the enjoyment of Christ.
Mary heard about the Lord’s impending death, and she took the opportunity to anoint Him with an ointment in her possession. The ointment was worth about 3000 denarii. A denarii was considered good pay for one day’s labor. If a landscaper today makes about $20/hr, then it would be equivalent to $480,000 today.
During a period when God’s people were utterly degraded and the priesthood was described by God as being made up of “…worthless men; they did not know Jehovah.” God was able to have a new beginning by a little woman named Hannah.