MOTIF OF ‘THE WIDOW AS ALTAR OF GOD’: Overcoming Scribes’ altar of idolatry.
The story of the widows, especially the one with two mites not only fits within missional paradigm for Christian discipleship. The story echoes Jesus’ uniqueness with eyes that penetrated both the widow’s circumstances and heart. (Mk 12:38-44). The widow’s mite story reminds us that God’s kingdom works on entirely different principles than the kingdom of this world. Jesus, in this last event of His public ministry was teaching the people about the hypocrisy of the scribes. The widow in her poverty stands in stark contrast to the scribes in their pride and arrogance. The widow’s gesture was a sign...
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