To do good to those who despitefully use us and persecute us. Monlaigne, the famous French philosopher, politician, and writer, said that at home he was considered just a scribbling country proprietor, in the neighboring town a man of recognized business ability, and farther away a noted author. The young preacher leaned over and apologized to Dr. Scofield for the small number who had come to hear his preaching and teaching. We don't know what brow of it. He says, "You want Me to do what was over there, but that's not because you really care to have proof, this is your way of self-justification." Jesus grew up in Nazareth, one of the two major cities of Galilee, says Encyclopedia Britannica. . This might well explain Jesuss familiarity with Roman customs and the Roman theatre (see, for example, Matthew 6:2 & 22:18 where Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites the Greek word ypokritae meaning stage-players who wear masks and act out a role, as Roman actors did in the theatre). Sepphoris was an important trading centre, situated on the main route inland from the Mediterranean port of Ptolemais (Akko / Acre) to Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Deuteronomy 13 said that if you have a false prophet, you can do that, kill him. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. This is the outcast of all outcasts. They were astonished by it. between 7AM and 14PM . There is a raging war between good and evil in our homes, churches, and nations. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). 1 Peter 2:19-20(NASB). Don't confuse it. We will suffer for living a godly life. John 15:20(NASB), Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. It's always the same reason. We will suffer just because we serve Jesus. All we have here is just a summation. Clean! Before we're going to believe on You, before we're going to believe that You're the Messiah, You better do some miracles here like You did down there in Capernaum. It's not going to convince you. Why did He leave the vengeance out? So the people at the end of the food chain get nothing, so widows are on the brink of death. We will discover later in our study that the religious leaders would join together and devise a plot to get rid of Him. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, the blind, the prisoners, and the oppressed. Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. Sure death was frequent, men died in wars. Register. John must have sat in prison and wondered when the Messiah was going to come and destroy Herod, when He was going to bring the vengeance of God on Herod, open the prison doors and let John out. The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. They were like Paul, and I read it in Philippians 3, they were circumcised and they had their tribal pedigree and they were of the people of Israel and they were traditionalists and they were ceremonialists and they were zealous for the law and they kept the law as blamelessly as they could. As Jesus was probably taught the same trade as Joseph, it is highly likely that he served at least part of his apprenticeship in the highly Romanised atmosphere of Sepphoris. A later Roman mansion dating from c.400AD has a beautiful mosaic floor depicting the luxuriant landscape of the Nile Valley. That is the message of verses 5-6. Lk. They did not come because they had found reasons for rejecting Him. Those are the only people He can save. Then He gave the exposition of those passages and showed what they meant and how He fulfilled them. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. He was concerned that they were going to miss eternal life. Omniscience, He read their minds. There is no hint in these passages that these men were not Marys sons. Familiarity breeds its normal contempt. Mark 6:5-6(NASB). John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. Please respond to confirm your registration. Israel becomes a kingdom under Saul and David, Jonathan demolishes the Philistine pillar at Geba, Saul is killed by the Philistines at Mt Gilboa, The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem, David's victories over Israel's neighbours, Absalom's flight & his rebellion against David, 31. 12:42 says many did believe, but they kept it private, for fear the Pharisees would exclude them from the . He left never to return. Let me be very honest. Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt to their home at Nazareth in Galilee. That's all I can save and it doesn't matter whether they are a Gentile woman or whether they are a Syrian leper, it doesn't matter who it is, it just matters that they see their bankruptcy, their destitution, and they come to Me like the man who said, 'Lord, I believe, but could You help my unbelief?' So if you look at 1 Kings 17 you see the story. Pretty good thinking, isn't it? He goes on progressing in wisdom and in physical growth. Before Mary and Joseph leave the temple to return home a woman named Anna, a widowed prophetess who lived in the house of God, blesses them as well (Luke 2:36 - 38). He is informed of this because Herod the Great will soon issue a command that all male children two years old and younger, in and around Bethlehem, are to be put to death (Matthew 2:16). Let me tell you this, folks. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. And the prophet comes to her and you can read the story in 1 Kings 17, I wish we had time to do it, we don't. Thus says the LORD, Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . The Philosopher, the Lover & the Mourner, Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, Amos denounces social injustice in Israel, Hosea laments the unfaithfulness of Israel, Micah decries social injustice in Israel and Judah, 39. Its Hebrew name Zippori, meaning a bird reflected its lofty position looking out across Cana, Nazareth and the Bet Netofa Valley. He was a Gentile and worse than that, he was a leper, he had leprosy, he was unclean, he was despicable on every count. May He, in grace, save many sinners even today. Verse 30, instant calm, "But passing through their midst He went His way." This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). The answer is that people who don't believe when they know the facts don't believe for one reason. It's always been that God will save Jew or Gentile when they come to a point of spiritual destitution and they know it. There are many widows. This is a stranger, she's never met this guy in her entire life, he walks in and says, "Take what you've got, that's all you've got and make me a meal, I am the man of God, I am from the God of Israel." This son had a slightly less violent disposition than Archelaus. And so Jesus says, "I know exactly what you're saying, in your mind you'reyoure saying, Physician, heal yourself?" Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. That's not a problem for Him. Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? Here is an enemy, a Gentile, somebody who has sacked and attacked and killed and plundered Israel and he's a leper. But it does nothing for those who don't because no miracles can prove that Jesus can save the sinner from hell. Back in John 2 when He was in Judea it says that the people came to Him but He didn't commit Himself to them, John 2:24, because He knew what was in them. 2. Then I knew. GDPR is the new European privacy regulation, which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK and the equivalent legislation across the EU Member States. Jesus said here in verse 25 that the sky was shut up for three andthree years and six months. If one is actively engaged in spiritual warfare and if one is doing what God has called him or her to do, then peace will not always exist. [1] Contents 1 Gospel of John 2 Gospel of Mark 3 Gospel of Matthew 4 Galilean ministry 5 References So the word is beginning to grow about Him. There's only one reason why people who know the gospel don't accept Christ. Because we dont want you to incur expenditure for which you are not prepared, could you please confirm whether you are willing to pay this charge, if necessary? He knew that. Jesus is our example! Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. John's Revelation to the 7 Churches of Asia, John's Letter to the 7 Churches of Asia Minor, The messages to the believers on the coastal plain, The messages to the believers living inland, 21. I understand that humanly speaking that that's a factor. Verse 22, "And all were speaking well of Him and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips and they were saying, 'Is this not Joseph's son?' Instead, we should notice that very few people came to Jesus for healing. He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. That was them. There is a story about Dr. C. I. Scofield, the man who was responsible for The Scofield Reference Bible. Oh, man, did they hate this story. Donations to this ministry aretax-deductible. They responded by attempting to murder Him. The judgment comes and it is a judgment on the idolatry, the Baal worship of Ahab and the people of Israel. They were unsympathetic to that, they were too proud, too self-righteous, they were too skeptical because they were in a self-defense mode. Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. So, it was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, Jesus will be called a Nazarene, even though He was born in Bethlehem. A non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation. Father, this is such a powerful, powerful statement of the mission of the Messiah to save sinners. ", In verse 28, "All in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things." The trip is only 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) long. After the people rejected Jesus once again, He responded to them with these words, Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.Mark 6:4 (NASB). 5-24. Paul's Journey to Cyprus, Pamphylia & Galatia, Paul & Barnabas return to Antioch in Syria, Paul & Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem, Paul & Barnabas take the decision to Antioch, 10. They had been all their lives to the synagogue, all their lives to that synagogue and they had heard reading after reading of the Torah, the law, and the Haftarah, the prophets, and sermon after sermon on Sabbath after Sabbath through millennia, if not centuries of years and they had heard many sermons about the Messiah and they had read many scriptures about His coming. They would never accept the fact that they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. Isaiah offers comfort to those in exile, Words of comfort after the fall of Jerusalem, Those returning are encouraged to follow the LORD, The LORD's blessing will rest on Jerusalem, 41. This woman in the land of Sidon, hang on, is a Gentile. Jesus read Isaiah 61:1 and 2a, and then He explained, according to verse 21, that today this scripture has been fulfilled, that is I am the Messiah, I am the fulfillment of all messianic promises. Jesus' childhood - left behind in Jerusalem. He was sent to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow there. In 5 B.C., just before the birth of Christ, the Romans require them to travel to their ancestral home (they were both of the lineage of King David) of Bethlehem. This can't be the Messiah." They couldn't equivocate on the masterful way in which He had communicated the message unlike anything they had ever, ever heard, not even close to anything they had ever heard. And that'sthat'sthat was not the real issue with these people because they don't even question that Jesus can do miracles. Sometimes we think that trouble is a sign of Gods judgment or that we did something wrong. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors. The Jesus Trail (Hebrew: , Sh'vl Yesh) is a 65 km (40 mi) hiking and pilgrimage route in the Galilee region of Israel that traces the route Jesus may have walked, connecting many sites from his life and ministry. As a result, they missed some tremendous blessings. Joseph may well have moved from Bethlehem to Sepphoris as a young man, in search of work on one of the biggest building sites in the whole of Palestine. Jesus' birth, which occurs on or around the Feast of Trumpets (September 2 in 5 B.C.) And you remember the story? And that is the case of Jesus. And so He says to them in verse 23, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! And they're the only ones who will be saved. So Jesus returned to the city of conflict! Powerful orators have always been able to captivate people. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. From a human perspective, I am personally amazed that Jesus returned to a group of people who had wanted to murder Him. How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? But on that day the Messiah Himself is the reader and He is the expositor, Messiah the Son of God Himself is the mafteer, to whom the chazan hands the haftarah. The Jesus Trail may be walked in a series of day walks for a total of four days due to the topography and distances involved . I mean, they must havesome of them must have wondered why He stopped reading there in verse 19. Mary was well along in her pregnancy; the Bible describes her at this time with the expressive phrase "heavy wi. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. There were many widows. Then they'll know that I'm the Messiah, right?". Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me." (Matthew 28:8-10) Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus Archelaus was known for his cruelty and in response to complaints from the populace, in 6 AD he was deposed by Augustus and banished to Vienne in Gaul. God, the God of the fatherless and the widow, God, the God who cares about the widows, there was a famine in the land for three and a half years and the people were dying and the widows were dying and God never cared for any of the widows. Answer (1 of 5): That was the Bethlehem to which Joseph was summoned, for it was the ancestral home of the family of King David the family to which both Joseph and his bride belonged. Jesus parents had fled to Egypt after they had been warned by God that King Herod would attempt to murder Him and every child under two years of age (Matthew 2:13-14). You didn't know either and neither did I until I gave Him my life. The author of the book of Hebrew (7:14) informs that "it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah." [1], The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. I mean, there may have been some things that they were wondering about in His message. The main part of the trail begins in Nazareth and passes through Sepphoris, Cana (), the Horns of Hattin, Mount Arbel Cliffs, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha . She made the little cake, the prophet ate it and the next thing that happened was her barrel was never empty. And, of course, as I read in verse 15, He was at this point being praised by all and even in verse 22 all were speaking well of Him. There have been some noted pastors down through history who had no formal theological education, but they have been terrific spiritual examples. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary. Galilee was ruled by Archelaus's brother, Herod Antipas. Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). God in Psalm 68:5 is called "The God who is the defender of widows." The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. And He said to them, 'No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, "Physician, heal yourself! Many, many times the text was messianic and many times the text was read and explained and their hearts were filled with the hope of the Messiah's arrival. Background Reading: The Return from Egypt. Nazareth sits on a hill, many hills on the hill but it's up a slope. "Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as was His custom He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read, and the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him and He opened the book and found the place where it was written, 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor, They responded by attempting to murder Him. Dr. J. Vernon McGee makes this comment about Jesus return, There are certain men in Gods work who do not want to go to a small place to minister. 2. That is a judgment of God. What is essential is a mans love, faithfulness, and obedient walk with God and a never ending search of the scriptures in order to increasingly know God resulting in ongoing transformation into Christ-likeness. And thenand the Lord did another amazing thing. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. Even in the New Testament, the New Testament enjoins upon Christians to take care of widows because they are of particular care in the mind of God. The word had come back of what He had done there. The Twelve Instructed and Sent Forth. They didn't like this at all. The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is narrated in Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44 and John 12:12-19. And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. (Gen. 49:2) And as Joseph, after his imprisonment, was made lord of Egypt, so Christ, after His death, was made lord of the universe. They went to the synagogue. The Return of Jesus to Galilee is an episode in the life of Jesus which appears in three of the Canonical Gospels: Matthew 4:12, Mark 1:14 and John 4:13, 4:4345. 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. At first His words settled well. The pope pointed to the Gospel of Matthew to offer advice for how to overcome the three types of temptations, as Jesus did when he was tempted by the devil after 40 days of fasting in the desert . I have to take my desperation, my destitution, my disease, I have to go over there. We do know that following the death of King Herod the Great, the angel of the Lord appeared once again to Joseph instructing him to go into the land of Israel, for they are dead which sought the young child's life (Matthew 2:20b). 2 Timothy 3:12(NASB). Or eternal life in God's kingdom? About 18,000 of these residents were clergy, priests and Levites. When King Herod fell sick and died, an angel appeared to Joseph with instructions. Now it says, verse 26, "And Elijah was sent to none of them." All experts are from out of town, aren't they? The rich tapestry of testimony from angels, from Gabriel, from the angels that gave testimony to the shepherds in the field, a rich testimony from godly men and women like Zacharias and Elizabeth and Joseph and Mary and Simeon and Anna and even the testimony of the prophet himself, John the Baptist, and it's all been positive up to now. That's essentiallythat's essentially what he told him to do. It was now present, it was now in their midst. So the accumulated information about the miracles was growing and growing and nobody ever questioned that. That wouldn't have proved anything if he had spun up in the air and done some amazing things, if he had done some healings or whatever, it wouldn't have proven anything. there were many widows. Ahab became a Baal worshiper, a worshiper of Baal. They had come to the synagogue which, as Philo called it, was a house of instruction where the Scripture was read and explained. 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