This is the most wretched thing imaginable. Let me tell you this, folks. That He was going to cause people to fall as well as to rise? Now this is worse. . But that Christ would be holy, and consecrated to God, all the prophets foretold, especially Daniel (9:24): The Holy of Holiesi.e., Christshall be anointed. (Vulgate) Thus, too, Samson, who was a type of Christ, was a Nazarite. They found a place, a brow of a hill in which the city had been built in order to throw Him down the cliff. The problem is not us. He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. 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. 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." Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). 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. And then he says when she's going to get the water, "Can you also take what youve got left and make me a meal?" JESUS VISITS NAZARETH AND IS REJECTED. But if he is the man of God, and if God did send him, then I have life." Like his father, Archelaus rules with tyranny and cruelty. We don't know that He's the Messiah. This was the time for the age of salvation. Here is an enemy, a Gentile, somebody who has sacked and attacked and killed and plundered Israel and he's a leper. Jesus is brought up in Galilee (ruled by another of Herods sons) and becomes known as Jesus of Nazareth. There's only one reason why people who know the gospel don't accept Christ. Few people were interested and so few people came. It is very possible that the people had come because they had heard that Jesus would be speaking. There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. I think Jesus is making a bit of a concession. in Nazareth, Mary and Joseph had to return to Judah for the Roman-mandated census. They were astonished by it. How to get right with God: Sacrifice or Faith? . Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. He's saying to them, "I can see that it's hard for you to get past the fact that I'm a local guy, that I grew up here and that I am Joseph's son and Mary's boy and that this is my synagogue and you saw me here all those years of my life. For the word nazar signifies to separate, to consecrate, to crown. The only way she would ever know whether God would supply all she ever needed was to take the little that she had and trust it to him. Jesus went out from there and came into His hometown; and His disciples followed Him. That, by the way, is a phrase He repeated a year and a half later when He came back again to that synagogue. 2. How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? No Sabbath ever began so wondrously and no Sabbath ever ended so tragically. Now listen to this very carefully. Many times the preacher had stood up in the synagogue and said, "The blessed hour of the Messiah is to come." Herod's son, Archelaus, only ruled until 6 CE, when Judea became a province ruled from Rome. So they fled to Egypt in order to save Jesus. He was the king of Phoenicia, Tyre and Sidon, he was the king, he was a Baal-worshiping king, he was also a priest in the temple of Melqart and Astarte, two of the deities in the pantheon of Baal worship. Psalm 146:9, "God, the Lord who relieves widows." Did you come to destroy us? (Luke 4:34) Jesus commands the evil spirit to leave the man, and after throwing him to the ground, it leaves him without harming him. They were speaking well of Him. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. And the first thing that he does is he announces a drought. There was never an orator like Him. And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. We infer, then, that the return was in the summer of 750, after a sojourn of three or four months. 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 Surely, He got His wisdom from some other place or some tutor. Ahab was so bad, 1 Kings 16 says, "He did more to anger God than all the kings of Israel before him." The young preacher leaned over and apologized to Dr. Scofield for the small number who had come to hear his preaching and teaching. We would like to believe that You can take the spiritually poor and make them rich, the spiritually bound and make them free, the spiritually blind and make them see, the spiritually oppressed and fearful and deliver them, we'd like to believe that, could You please spin up in the air and do a cartwheel or two in space and come back down? It was in the time of Elisha, and they didn't like Elisha, he didn't have any honor in his ownin his own country any more than Elijah did. When asked to read from the scriptures (in line with Jewish tradition), he picks up the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, unrolls it, and begins to read, The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. The word had come back of what He had done there. They responded by attempting to murder Him. 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 instructed the people to care for the widows and that was a very important part of living out godly righteous life. While a seminary education can be helpful, it is not essential. Don't confuse it. About 18,000 of these residents were clergy, priests and Levites. Others just refused to believe because they preferred their own way darkness. Food supply was low. It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. . Jesus is our example! Parallel Verses Thru The Bible. Gray.) The wise men (Magi) from the East, guided by a star (an angel), arrive to worship the King of Kings with Mary in attendance (verse 11). Sidon was Gentile territory on the north coast of Israel, Tyre and Sidon, the two familiar cities. All of a sudden bedlam broke loose in the crowded synagogue. John 19:19. So it's a time in Israel, apostate, they're worshiping Baal, they've turned from the true God, the true and living God, they're worshiping false gods. He was a Gentile. The people in the synagogue responded as some might today. As a result, very few people came to Jesus for healing, and very few miracles were performed. If you're going to trust somebody to be a physician, you want some proof that he canhe can heal. Bernegger, P. M. "Affirmation of Herod's Death in 4 B.C. 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 Jesus was saying to those Jews, "Let me tell you something, you may be Jews, you may be part of Israel, you may be the people of the covenants and the people of the Messiah, but I'll tell you this, God will save an outcast Gentile widow who admits her spiritual destitution before He'll save you.". One preacher titled a sermon on this, "Seven ducks in a dirty pond." Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? 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). They soon begin their travel back to Judea and Bethlehem. 8 AD approx. Ask Him. God offers nothing to people who are content with their own condition, except judgment. "The Date of Herod's Death,". The local people of Nazareth later called Jesus the carpenters son (see Matthew 13:55). 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?' Well, that's what I told you last week. Wherefore the religious, under the old law, who separated themselves from wine and from the world, and consecrated themselves to God, were called Nazarites. And a three and a half year drought produces a famine, people start to die. Why did He leave the vengeance out? For them, everything is a crusade. There's all kinds of instruction in the Old Testament to take care of widows. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. Dr. Scofield replied, Young man, my Lord had only twelve men in His school and in His congregation most of the time. And it's a fair axiom. 2. 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. We also know in John 1 He was there to call some of His disciples. And they're the only ones who will be saved. Never does the Jewish population or the Jewish leaders question Jesus' miracles, never. 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. Their message was simple. Could you please fly up in the air and spin around, could you do a few healings? Let's see what He says, verse 25. But I can only save the poor, and the prisoners, and the blind, and the oppressed. God has called us to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). And so that's what they say. It is during their visit that a priest named Simeon prophesied about Jesus' mission in life and blessed his parents (Luke 2:22 - 35). It's available to those of you who confess your spiritual poverty, who confess your spiritual bondage, who confess your spiritual darkness, who confess your spiritual defeat. Crossway Books. 8:39-59, 10:22-42 and 12:36-43. No. If I give it to him and he is a man of God, then I'll have life. From Bethlehem to Egypt to Nazareth, Jesus's family accepted changes around them . And it's true of this rabbi, a very gracious man, very knowledgeable man. 1 Peter 2:19-20(NASB). This was a proverb that was well known. And so here God sends His prophet to a woman from the home region of Jezebel, a Gentile widow. Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. Ethbaal, he was so devoted to Baal He named himself after Baal. We pray in His name. She gives testimony. Not only was Jesus the carpenter, but they also knew His family: Mary, James, Joses, Judas, and Simon. All they want Him to do is to do in Nazareth what was done in Capernaum, twenty miles away. [11] Jesus returns to his home-town of Nazareth, and preaches in the synagogue (Lk 4:16). That is the last thing they were about to do. 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. We've had four chapters. They went to the synagogue. They had reliable eyewitness accounts of what Jesus had done when He was there during that first year of ministry, He spent some time there. Many times the preacher had said, "The people who are eyewitnesses of Messiah Himself will be greatly blessed." So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. 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. All you have to do is go over to the river and go down seven times." Around 100 BC, one clan from the line of David returned to Israel and established the town of Nazareth. There was not an honest issue of evidence. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. They were like local churches in towns today, there are many in a given town. It's always been that God will save Jew or Gentile when they come to a point of spiritual destitution and they know it. Many religious leaders rejected Him, but not all of them. This study describes this second return. And I think there's a bit ofthere's a bit of mercy in that in Jesus' case. Mary And Joseph Return To Nazareth From Alexandria. But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. 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). In the synagogue, a man with an evil spirit shouts out, Jesus of Nazareth! Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. And He wondered at their unbelief. The family continues their travels northward to their hometown of Nazareth (Matthew 2:22 - 23). 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. God in Psalm 68:5 is called "The God who is the defender of widows." I understand that, human nature. 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. I understand that humanly speaking that that's a factor. 4:31-37 Following this rejection in his home town, Jesus goes down to Capernaum, by the lakeside (see 5 on Map 5). In fact, John himself was greatly perplexed because John the Baptist, soon after the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, was taken prisoner. Jesus ordered two disciples: "In that village you'll . [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. All experts are from out of town, aren't they? We can just imagine their thoughts. So here's Elijah, he's in the midst of this. Now what's wrong with Naaman? Mark 6:1(NASB). Verse 27: "There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the prophet." He just drops out of nowhere. Jesus, our God, has set the example. They couldn't see themselves as spiritual lepers. He loved the people. For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 12:42 says many did believe, but they kept it private, for fear the Pharisees would exclude them from the . It's never different. The World of the Old Testament Journeys, 23.The Journeys of Adam, Enoch, Noah & Abraham, Cain is sent on a journey to the east of Eden, 24. She knew that she was the poor, the prisoner, blind, and the oppressed. Let me tell you something as you study the New Testament. Two prophets in Israel unwelcomed, hated, rejected, refused by the people. There were many synagogues and this was His boyhood synagogue with all the familiar faces there. All eyes in the synagogue are fixed on him as he says, While you heard these words just now, they were coming true! (Luke 4:21). You've got a lot of widows in the land. The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. "I know what you're thinking," He said. They could have proven that He was the Messiah in an instant. (See Numb. And then He proceeded to exposit the passage, recited there in verses 18 and 19. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. They were like that Luke 18 Pharisee. To take heed how we reject Jesus. Many times the preacher had said, "The eyes who are honored to look at the sight of Messiah are of all eyes most blessed and the ears who are honored to hear His voice of all hears most blessed." I was telling someone about my meeting with the rabbi and their comment was, "Why does he not believe in Jesus as Messiah and Savior?" How to get right with God: Sacrifice or Faith? It is not clear which Old Testament verse Matthew might have had in mind; many commentators suggest it is Isaiah 11:1, where it says "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit" (NIV): the Hebrew word for "branch" is nezer. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. You know how the Jews in the synagogue that day that they could have known that Jesus was Messiah? It isn't, it doesn't, it didn't. There have been some noted pastors down through history who had no formal theological education, but they have been terrific spiritual examples. Jesus would have been between two and five years old. We don't know how that happened. 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." My feeling is that our Lord set us an example here . This is intolerable. That He was going to be the reason for a sword to penetrate the heart of sweet Mary, His mother. 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 they were saying repeatedly, "Is this not Joseph's son?" This son had a slightly less violent disposition than Archelaus. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. Remember him? And Jesus wasn't finished. And that is the case of Jesus. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. 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. Scripture tells of Joseph returning to Nazareth, avoiding any further residence in Judea. Imagine that you had come this morning and Jesus was standing in the pulpit to tell you that the time was now for the fulfillment of all prophecies and it would begin with Him taking us to heaven in the glories of the rapture to the homes that He has prepared for us there. Huh. Since Jesus was the God-man who had divine power for healing, the passage should not be understood as an inability to perform miracles. And they may not know everything there is to know and their faith may not be full, but if they'll just come in their desperation and say, 'I don't have a choice, here's all I have and see what I can do with it.' The following words should ring in our ears and be memorized. 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. So there were a number of times when He referred to this. The area was the home of the father of Jezebel. Most of the Nazarenes were royalty. There are some Christians, however, who are warriors. Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. 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