Protecting The Most Valuable Treasure On Earth. The people were still worshiping Baal, they were still turning their backs on the true and living God and along came leprosies everywhere and in verse 27, "There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet and none of them was cleansed but only Naaman the Syrian." Her food supply was down to one little bit of flour and one little bit of oil, enough to make one cake, right? Donations to this ministry aretax-deductible. 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). And there may have been a little bit of town rivalry going on as well. You're saying, "We don't have any proof. . Lk. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. There was never a preacher like Him. In Matthew's Gospel, the narrative suggests that after his baptism he had spent time in the desert, the "holy city" (Jerusalem) and a mountainous area before returning to Galilee. Pretty good thinking, isn't it? They tended to be disfiguring diseases, usually contagious diseases. Salvation is available. Having met Mary, a local girl, he may have settled in nearby Nazareth a much quieter and more Jewish village a short distance away from the cosmopolitan (and more expensive) Sepphoris. There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. . And you could have paraded before me an infinite number of miracles. You can take all the miracle workers, all the so-called miracle workers, all the demonic miracle workers from Jannes and Jambres and the Egyptian magicians, all the way down to Simon Magus in the New Testament, you can take all the oracles of Delphi and all the historical supposed black magicians and white magicians and bring them all together, you can take all the hocus-pocus faith healers and TV evangelists, line them all up, have them do their whole gig of miracles and when they're all done with all their miracles whether they're true or false, they do not prove that Jesus Christ can save someone from hell. Now this is worse. Here is an enemy, a Gentile, somebody who has sacked and attacked and killed and plundered Israel and he's a leper. How can we know the Messiah would be God incarnate? ( J. C. Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your home town as well. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, What are we doing? 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. Matthew 1:25(NASB). Let's see what He says, verse 25. All those many years they had gathered to hear the law and the prophets, and the law and the prophets had all spoken of the Messiah. It doesn't prove that. Aha, not on your life. And you know what the message to them was? Herod's cruel actions fulfill a prophecy regarding the slaughter of innocent children (Jeremiah 31:15). Most of the Nazarenes were royalty. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. He left Nazareth, where he had grown up, and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the Sea of Galilee[3] "in the heart of the world, in a busy town, and near others, on the shore of a sea that was full of fish, and on a great international highway".[4]. What is happening? The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, 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 4:1-3, 4:43-45. This can't be the Messiah." And what was behind that well speaking? "I know what you're thinking," He said. I understand that humanly speaking that that's a factor. It is during their visit that a priest named Simeon prophesied about Jesus' mission in life and blessed his parents (Luke 2:22 - 35). 8:39-59, 10:22-42 and 12:36-43. That's the issue. And so here God sends His prophet to a woman from the home region of Jezebel, a Gentile widow. Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. Because it was a rainy night, about twenty-five people came to the meeting. They didn't question that. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness (Luke 4:18) (see Isaiah 61:1-2). Yet, God encourages us to seek peace and avoid conflict. So, it was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, Jesus will be called a Nazarene, even though He was born in Bethlehem. He didn't, because that was future. To guard against evil and ignorant prejudices. So, even John had talked about that. III. It all began so assuringly. Familiarity breeds its normal contempt. Isaiah predicts the fall of Israel & Judah, Prophecies written before the fall of Jerusalem, Isaiah reassures King Ahaz of God's support, Troubled times and a glorious future kingdom, 40. The population of Palestine in Jesus' day was approximately 500,000 to 600,000 (about that of Vermont, Boston, or Jerusalem today). And he said"I'll" he was furious, he was a man of honor and a man of stature and a man of dignity and a man of nobility and he isn't going to humble himself in some kind of humiliating deal and go dump himself down seven times in some dirty river. Note that Matthew 13:55 provides the same list of Marys children. This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (see Isaiah 9:1 - 2 and Matthew 4:13 - 16). Bernegger, P. M. "Affirmation of Herod's Death in 4 B.C. It just means that the buzz was positive, just rippling through that packed synagogue. Again I say, take all the healers, line them up, let them heal all the sick, that doesn't prove that Jesus can forgive sin. We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. It could include a proverb or an axiom. After the wise men leave, Joseph is told (in a dream) to flee to Egypt (verse 13). God offers nothing to people who are content with their own condition, except judgment. So the people at the end of the food chain get nothing, so widows are on the brink of death. Galilee was ruled by Archelaus's brother, Herod Antipas. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. And so, it says in verse 29, "They rose up." Jesus's Journeys around Galilee Jesus starts his ministry Jesus is tempted Jesus returns to Galilee Jesus goes back to Nazareth Jesus travels to Jerusalem Jesus passes through Samaria Jesus performs healing miracles The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. There are some Christians, however, who are warriors. They just heard the greatest speaker that ever lived. His parents make an offering to the temple of two young birds. '", You see what they were doing? We infer, then, that the return was in the summer of 750, after a sojourn of three or four months. It must have bothered some of them that Jesus stopped there and didn't say anything about the day of vengeance. If You want us to believe in You, then, physician, heal yourself. Those are the only people He can save. And so to her goes the prophet of God rather than to Israelites. They denied the light because they preferred darkness. On one of his raids he took captive, this is in the stories in 2 Kings 5, first fourteen verses, you can read it yourself, he took back this girl, one of his captives and she became a servant in his house to help his wife. Huh. So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. All they could think about was that they were below Gentiles. And there were other miracles that occurred in Judea that must have been well known to the Galileans who were often down there for Passover and other feasts. He had never taught, Hed never preached and when He did, they were in awe. The World of the New Testament Journeys, English Translations of the New Testament, Jesus teaches how to receive the Holy Spirit, Jesus is changed on the slopes of Mount Hermon, Jesus heralds the end of the sacrificial system, The believers are filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen is killed & the believers are scattered, 9. What you're about to hear is profound. We sent you an email. Another example is Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), an American evangelist, who also lacked formal education. It's never different. Jezebel was a Gentile. Deuteronomy 13 said that if you have a false prophet, you can do that, kill him. The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. You want to know whether Jesus can save you from hell? Please respond to confirm your registration. In verse 24 He says, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown." 1 Tradition marks out the route which Joseph took into Egypt to have been by way of Hebron, Gaza, and the desert; which, as the most direct w r ay, is very likely the true one. 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 . The account of Jesus second visit to the city of Nazareth begins in Mark 6:1. So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. Yeah, and they tried to kill Him. One who desires to serve God will suffer. These other people were wretched, destitute outcasts. Kent Hughes responds to our peculiar attitude with this account, There are people who find it personally offensive if someone who was one of them yesterday should have become much more today. Well, if you go back to 1 Kings 17, I don't have time, you're going to hang with me now, another few minutes, because we can't break this off, I'm not going to get to speak to you for a while, we've got to cover this, this is so powerful. It's bad enough to be a woman in Jewish tradition at this time, it's far worse to be a Gentile woman. "The Date of Herod's Death,". The Bible never directly states how long Joseph and Mary stayed together, however evidence in the book of Luke suggests that they spent 12 years . And what they couldn't understand was that they knew Him and this was just Joseph's son, or so they thought. Mary was well along in her pregnancy; the Bible describes her at this time with the expressive phrase "heavy wi. And when Jesus didn't do that, when, in fact, Jesus didn't take vengeance on any of the ungodly people, whether they were Romans or whether they were apostate Jews, when there was none of that going on at all, John became concerned and eventually so confused that he took some of his own disciples, got word to them, sent them to Jesus to ask Him if He was really the Messiah because he wanted to know if He's the Messiah, where is the vengeance. If they wanted proof, all they needed to do was ask Him to save them from their sins, but they had to admit their sins and they wouldn't. Speaking of prophets that were unwelcome, I remind you of Elijah and Elisha. Formal education can be very helpful, but it is not essential. Dr. Scofield replied, Young man, my Lord had only twelve men in His school and in His congregation most of the time. A new nation? Did He attend a pastors conference or get His material from some famous rabbi or pastor? Many today think that a seminary education is important to prepare men for ministry. That is the testimony of history and the gospel accounts. If I give it to him and he is a man of God, then I'll have life. We just can't buy this message. The words that fell from His lips were like words they had never heard from anyone ever. By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, It just kept getting filled and filled and filled. Since Jesus was the God-man who had divine power for healing, the passage should not be understood as an inability to perform miracles. Malachi & Joel await the Day of the LORD, 48. I have to take my desperation, my destitution, my disease, I have to go over there. He just drops out of nowhere. Instead, we should notice that very few people came to Jesus for healing. Background Reading: The Return from Egypt. For them, everything is a crusade. They did not come because they had found reasons for rejecting Him. How will I ever know that? 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 . But then how could He possibly send His prophet to go minister to a Gentile widow in, of all places, Sidon? When the family returned, they settled in Nazareth, a city in the northern part of Israel in a region known as Galilee. We've had four chapters. When King Herod fell sick and died, an angel appeared to Joseph with instructions. Return to Nazareth; Finding in the Temple; Ministry. They're saying, "Do them here." 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. But the Christian ministry is spiritual warfare! For example, C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), a British preacher, had no formal education beyond Newmarket Academy. Jesus ordered two disciples: "In that village you'll . They tried to kill Him but it wasn't His time. She gives testimony. So Jesus is the fulfillment of this prophecy, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He anointed Me." The rejection of Jesus Christ is not something that has started only during our lifetime. No such confession is ever going to rise out of their hearts, their hard hearts are filled with pride and self-righteousness and religiosity. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. He had been invited to speak in a church in North Carolina. The whole of Israel became idolatrous, started worshiping Baal. Jesus's Journeys around Galilee Jesus starts his ministry Jesus is tempted Jesus returns to Galilee Jesus goes back to Nazareth Jesus travels to Jerusalem Jesus passes through Samaria Jesus performs healing miracles Warfare comes with serving God because the Evil One is waging spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:12). They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors. As we have already discovered, Jesus was rejected early in His ministry. What did that sermon that He preached say? He cares about the honor and glory of God and he's given his life to serve God. The Journey continues from Sinai to Moab, The Israelites defeat King Sihon and King Og, The Israelites defeat the kings of Midian, Canaan is divided among the twelve tribes, 28. They knew that this was speech like there had never been. To beseech Him to return and save us, if we have thoughtlessly or wilfully slighted Him. I believe that Jesus returned because He loved them, desired to see them believe in Him, and gain eternal life. Oh that doesn't mean they believed in Him as the Messiah. They may be passive Christians. No. It's always the same. And a three and a half year drought produces a famine, people start to die. So Jesus returned to the city of conflict! If He had only twelve, who is C. I. Scofield to be concerned about a big crowd?[1]. B. Jesus's Second Visit to Nazareth (Very Late in the Galilean Ministry) Scripture: Matthew 13:54-58 and Mark 6:1-6 Notes: These two passages narrate a visit toward the close of the Galilean ministry. 1. That's essentiallythat's essentially what he told him to do. It was in this generation that He came and out of all that generation, the blessed of people because it was to them that He came, to that small little group in that small town in that small synagogue. During Jesuss childhood, the most important town in Galilee was Sepphoris, located 4 miles / 6 km to the north of Nazareth (see Map 4). We don't know what brow of it. They understand exactly what He said and, believe me, they understand what He meant by what He said because He spoke so perfectly clear. "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, "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, He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.' He commanded a set of troops that were always raiding Israel. Now it says, verse 26, "And Elijah was sent to none of them." This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). In Mark's Gospel, Jesus returns to Galilee from the desert after John's arrest, following a period of solitude and temptation. Let's pray. Let's go back to verse 16 in Luke 4 and pick up the scene where it really begins. 2. He wasn't there for vengeance on anyone, He was there for salvation. They were righteous. He was the greatest preacher who ever opened His mouth. All we have here is just a summation. We can just imagine their thoughts. So he goes back and his servant says, "Well, better a dirty river and a clean Naaman, huh?" The following words should ring in our ears and be memorized. As we have already stated, sometime later in Jesus ministry, He returned to Nazareth to tell the people that He was the Messiah. Some Bible scholars had noted differences in the birth narrative story of the flight. And they are stirred, believe me, because they heard the truth presented as clearly as it could ever be presented. It relates the return of Jesus to Galilee upon the imprisonment of John the Baptist. 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. 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. . Those who never suffer are probably not in the battle. They started asking one another, Where did He get these things? John 19:19. Why? That's got to be somebody else, thatthats the Gentiles. They never did. He knew that. Oh they said, "Do some things like You did down there. Verse 27: "There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the prophet." All Rights Reserved. You know how the Jews in the synagogue that day that they could have known that Jesus was Messiah? From a human perspective, I am personally amazed that Jesus returned to a group of people who had wanted to murder Him. I have to do what the man tells me to do. Paul's Letters to Galatia & Thessalonica, The risen Lord Jesus appears to his followers, Christ's Victory Parade & the New Covenant, 15. I need to see something so that I can believe.". Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. The power of the Holy Spirit - for everyone? Some miraculous way He just was gone. Ezekiel warns of the conquest of Jerusalem, Ezekiel's vision of idolatry in the Temple, Ezekiel speaks through prophesies and parables, Further prophecies & the fall of Jerusalem, Hope for the future - New life for Israel, 45. He would have gone into that synagogue and seen His aunts and His uncles, and His half-brothers and half-sisters, and His cousins and distant relatives and friends and neighbors. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. Both of the gospels which describe the nativity of Jesus agree that he was born in Bethlehem and then later moved with his family to live in Nazareth. They were astonished by it. Exodus 22, Deuteronomy 10, through the Psalms, Isaiah 1, many, many places and God has a special heart for widows. They all knew him. Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. And through His whole life He didn't express vengeance. Courtyard of a typical 1st century house at Qasrin (Matthew 2:23). Matthew 2:19-23, The angel Gabriel spoke to Mary about the birth of Jesus, An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, Angels praised God for the birth of Jesus, Jesus at 40 days old was taken to the Temple, Magi traveled from the East to find Jesus, King Herod the Great plans how to kill Jesus, Timeline for Birth of Jesus The Christmas Story, Background Information Birth of Jesus The Christmas Story. He was concerned that they were going to miss eternal life. Written by on 27 febrero, 2023.Posted in long text copy paste i love you.long text copy paste i love you. Sure death was frequent, men died in wars. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD, Sepphoris became an important centre of Jewish learning where the Jewish Council (the Sanhedrin) met and the traditions of the Jewish elders, so often challenged by Jesus (see, for example, Matthew 23:1-28) were codified into the Mishnah. He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. Therefore, He was prevented from healing many. 2 Timothy 2:3(NASB), Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But passing through their midst, He went His way.". II. There is a similar event in the synagogue at Nazareth that happened at the end of Jesus' life. There's just one little negative statement in all these chapters up to here, and that was in chapter 2 verse 34 and those searching words by Simeon, that old man in the temple, who said to Mary, "This child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel and for a sign to be opposed, and a sword will pierce even your own soul." They had never heard anything like it. They don't want the salvation He offers if the terms are to admit that you are the poor and you're the prisoners and you're the blind and you're the oppressed. 13:7.) Raymond E. Brown claimed that the narratives are "contrary to each other in a number of details."[12]. The listeners could not believe what they heard. Jesus, just before his public ministry began, left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in the city. It's always been that God will save Jew or Gentile when they come to a point of spiritual destitution and they know it. You see that? What it does do is affirm the faith of those who believe. This is not an honest question. You can't get saved unless you're willing to be humiliated and realize your sinful condition. Widows are dying, the special care of God are these widows, not enough food to feed your own children let alone to give it away to some widow. And he says to her, first of all, "Could you get me some water?" To take heed how we reject Jesus. The Golden Age of Israel under King Solomon, Solomon builds a palace and furnishes the Temple, The Ark of the Covenant is installed in the Temple, Solomon builds a network of chariot cities, 32. That, by the way, is a phrase He repeated a year and a half later when He came back again to that synagogue. Sidon was Gentile territory on the north coast of Israel, Tyre and Sidon, the two familiar cities. But I can only save the poor, and the prisoners, and the blind, and the oppressed. She says it, "The Lord God of Israel lives." God sends a judgment on Ahab, a judgment on Israel and it's a three and a half year drought. Sometimes we think that trouble is a sign of Gods judgment or that we did something wrong. Obadiah foretells the punishment of Edom, Obadiah prophesies the resurgence of Israel, 46. They responded by attempting to murder Him. He returned because He was concerned about the people. He is, Just one of us! Surely, He is nothing special. In the Greek text, a definite article appears before carpenter. This implies that Jesus had been the carpenter or craftsman of the town. He makes a transition. They weren't about to do that. They hated their oppressors. For this man is performing many signs. Nazareth is the hometown of Mary and Joseph. John 1:11 says Jesus "came to his own, and his own did not receive him," in clear reference to the Jewish population in the Holy Land at the time. Powerful orators have always been able to captivate people. They chose not to. Very simple, admit their sin, ask Him to save them and see if He did it, right? And so He says to them in verse 23, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Paul's Letters to Galatia & Thessalonica, The risen Lord Jesus appears to his followers, Christ's Victory Parade & the New Covenant, 15. Therefore, they rejected Him. And the cruse of oil was never empty. So they fled to Egypt in order to save Jesus. The initial response to His speaking in the synagogue was positive. And that'sthat'sthat was not the real issue with these people because they don't even question that Jesus can do miracles. Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. 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