Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm a theology student and in class this morning I was given two pieces of scripture to read and then asked to share the connection with the rest of the group. Group sharing is not one of my favourite things but I stayed, even though the task didn't make any sense to me.
It turns out I'm not completely inept at this whole studying thing because the difference between the two historical documents I'd been given was their emphasis on social customs. As the ONLY aspie in the room, I am the last person who is going to identify a social custom, much less be able to share some of the problems it might have caused a community TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. I can't even get the practices of 2018 right.
I'm trying to focus on the comedic value of this moment rather than re-enacting Jesus and flipping a table.
Jesus flipped a table? I don't remember reading that (although it has been quite a while indeed since I read a bible)! What was his reason / situation in the story?
I've only flipped a table once, when I realised I'd lost a card game to someone cheating.
I can understand his table-flipping reaction but he must have remained in a pretty foul mood for a while to have cursed that poor fig tree the next day! Too far Jesus, too far.
Thanks for the reminder about the story though. It brought back a lot of memories, reading a bible again :)