The family continues their travels northward to their hometown of Nazareth (Matthew 2:22 - 23). 3. 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 was telling someone about my meeting with the rabbi and their comment was, "Why does he not believe in Jesus as Messiah and Savior?" He had been invited to speak in a church in North Carolina. 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. This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. 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. Those who suffer for doing wrong deserve it. 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. When King Herod fell sick and died, an angel appeared to Joseph with instructions. This is the most wretched thing imaginable. How will I ever know that? Spiritual conflict (Ephesians 6:12) is unavoidable in the Christian life. The whole of Israel became idolatrous, started worshiping Baal. There is a story about Dr. C. I. Scofield, the man who was responsible for The Scofield Reference Bible. ", Jesus: apocalyptic prophet of the new millennium, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Return_of_the_family_of_Jesus_to_Nazareth&oldid=1097473319, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 10 July 2022, at 22:59. They all knew him. And they rose up and cast Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. 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. So the accumulated information about the miracles was growing and growing and nobody ever questioned that. Sepphoris had impressive colonnaded streets, a large forum (market place), several synagogues and a huge four thousand seater amphitheatre built into the eastern side of the hill on which the city was perched like a bird. How long did it take Jesus to walk from Nazareth to Jerusalem? No. Exodus 22, Deuteronomy 10, through the Psalms, Isaiah 1, many, many places and God has a special heart for widows. Verses 14 and 15 tell himtell us about Him, "The news had spread throughout all the surrounding district," and verse 15 says, "He was being praised by all." Go over there in this dirty river and just duck yourself seven times. 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). It's actually the Greek word parabol, which means parable, but parabol has a broad meaning. And so Jesus says, "I know exactly what you're saying, in your mind you'reyoure saying, Physician, heal yourself?" 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. how many times did jesus celebrate passover. 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.". It is during their visit that a priest named Simeon prophesied about Jesus' mission in life and blessed his parents (Luke 2:22 - 35). They were the godly, the chosen, the true worshipers, the legalists, the ceremonialists, the covenantalists. No prophet is welcome in his hometown, no prophet is dektos, accepted in his hometown. The travels of Mary and Joseph from Egyptian territory all the way north to Nazareth is a journey of at least 106 miles (170 kilometers, see Luke 2:39 - 40)! Jeremiah warns of the destruction of Jerusalem, Jeremiah says idolatry will bring Judah's fall, Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, Miscellaneous flashbacks to earlier times, Gedeliah is murdered & Jeremiah goes to Egypt, 43. "All I've got is one meal left. 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. Many people did reject Jesus. But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. 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. Now listen to this very carefully. 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. Very importantly the Messiah is to have the full power of the Spirit of God upon Him. They continued to reject the apostles even after Jesus left. If You want us to believe in You, then, physician, heal yourself. Why will some churches select a man who has recently graduated from seminary, whom they do not know, and ask him to become their pastor even if they have a man who is highly gifted and capable of being their pastor sitting among them? John Gills' Exposition of the Bible states that one time he sent his entire army into Jerusalem's temple, at Passover, in order to kill 3,000 men suspected of sedition. They were so entrenched in their self-righteousness, so unwilling to see their sin that when Jesus, the Messiah they had waited for for so long, the Savior of the world came, they tried to kill Him because He threatened their self-righteousness. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. I believe that Jesus returned because He loved them, desired to see them believe in Him, and gain eternal life. Today is the day of salvation as the apostle Paul put it in writing to the Corinthians. This is even more amazing. Mark 6:5-6(NASB). 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. So he goes over there and he does his seven ducks in the dirty river and guess what? That's the issue. That's why they were so excited that He was going to speak in their synagogue. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. Nathanaels comment was negative. Background Reading: The Return from Egypt. And maybe there were some in the synagogue who were wondering why He didn't read that and comment on it. She figured that out, by the way. This woman in the land of Sidon, hang on, is a Gentile. First Kings 17, that judgment comes through Elijah, he drops on the scene out of nowhere and he announces this judgment. We've had months and months and months, well over a year in Luke already and everything has been so positive. 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. They were the blessed, the blessed of all nations, the blessed of all generations. About 18,000 of these residents were clergy, priests and Levites. Yeah, and they tried to kill Him. Their message was simple. It could include a proverb or an axiom. ( J. C. Elisha followed Elijah and that was a time, 850 to 790 B.C., disease was a major problem. We pray in His name. Then they'll know that I'm the Messiah, right?". 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. It's bad enough to be a woman in Jewish tradition at this time, it's far worse to be a Gentile woman. This is a widow who believes in the true God. All of a sudden bedlam broke loose in the crowded synagogue. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. For example, C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), a British preacher, had no formal education beyond Newmarket Academy. In Mark's Gospel, Jesus returns to Galilee from the desert after John's arrest, following a period of solitude and temptation. The initial response to His speaking in the synagogue was positive. And what they couldn't understand was that they knew Him and this was just Joseph's son, or so they thought. Jesus demonstrated an important truth for us God has not called us to avoid conflict in the ministry. It isn't, it doesn't, it didn't. You're saying, "Well, why should we believe Him, after all, we don't have any proof that He's the Messiah." So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: He will be called a Nazarene. Therefore, He was prevented from healing many. A later Roman mansion dating from c.400AD has a beautiful mosaic floor depicting the luxuriant landscape of the Nile Valley. The answer is obviously, No! Only a few people came to Him because the hearts of the others were unbelieving. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. God in Psalm 68:5 is called "The God who is the defender of widows." As we have already stated, sometime later in Jesus ministry, He returned to Nazareth to tell the people that He was the Messiah. For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. Oh, man, did they hate this story. Heal some people, do some, you know" No that wasn't You know how they could have known if Jesus was the Messiah? Jesus spends his childhood and young adult years living in Nazareth (which fulfills the prophecy stated in Matthew 2:23). Moody Press. They just heard the greatest speaker that ever lived. Matthew 13:53 to 58 and Mark 6:1 to 6 give the account of Jesus' visit to the Nazareth synagogue at the end of His ministry in Galilee. 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ", In verse 28, "All in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things." While a seminary education can be helpful, it is not essential. His reputation was gathering by the time He came to this synagogue in Nazareth where He launches His year and a half Galilean ministry. 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. And You know, there's a bit of a concession here. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. 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). This son had a slightly less violent disposition than Archelaus. Surely, He got His wisdom from some other place or some tutor. Conflict is part of the Christian life. He had no intention of kicking open the prison doors, of wreaking havoc and divine vengeance on the ungodly. I understand that." They just couldn't get it. He was concerned that they were going to miss eternal life. Give Him your life, that's the only way you'll ever know. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. They did not reject Him because they lacked the truth but because they rejected the truth. . Here is an enemy, a Gentile, somebody who has sacked and attacked and killed and plundered Israel and he's a leper. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. Why is He bringing that ugly story up? 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. Just give your life to Him, He'll prove He can. The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. 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. 1 Peter 2:20 tells us that we gain favor with God when we suffer for doing what is right. We're in shock, aren't we? 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. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. This study describes this second return. I'm destitute. Are you kidding me? And that is the case of Jesus. We will suffer for living a godly life. 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?' Many are impressed by Jesuss teaching, but others, realising he is a local boy Josephs son dismiss his words as arrogant nonsense, and they threaten to throw him down the steep cliff below the brow of the hill on which, 1. We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. They started asking one another, Where did He get these things? From Acts of the Apostles to John's Revelation, 12 Aug. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17,11:20-34, 2 Feb. Genesis 29:31-35,30:1-12,17-24. 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. As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect on 25th May 2018. Sure death was frequent, men died in wars. Jesus did not return because it was a large wonderful city. They even say it. We know that He did that because in verse 21 it says, "He only began by saying, 'Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 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. Pick it up where we left off. Now God cares about widows. You know, the Lord had said, "You know, I come to save, this is it. 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. Please respond to confirm your registration. Register. By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, 2023 Grace to You. Oh boy, you're sitting in the synagogue, you're saying, "This is not going well. And in his day, his ministry around 850 B.C. Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. Religious education cannot guarantee that the heart is in love with God or that the person is growing spiritually. I mean, it's a normal thing. Let me tell you about the days of Elijah for a minute. 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. Like his father, Archelaus rules with tyranny and cruelty. They were all the familiar faces of His life there. And thenand the Lord did another amazing thing. They were like local churches in towns today, there are many in a given town. All the way through these four chapters of Luke's gospel, everything has been very positive. The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. The rejection of Jesus Christ is not something that has started only during our lifetime. Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. And He grew up and He didn't do any miracles and He didn't make any such claims and He didn't do any speaking and how can He now be the Messiah? How about you? As a result, it was a very cosmopolitan city that grew rapidly after Herod the Greats death in 4BC, around the time of Jesuss birth. 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. There's a bit of a concession there. Don't confuse it. 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. It's more of that "familiarity breeds contempt." It identifies various ancient skin diseases, everything from superficial diseases to serious diseases. [2], Those who heard and saw Jesus did not reject Him for lack of evidence but in spite of overwhelming evidence. Later the family returned from Egypt after God told them that King Herod had died and directed them to return to Israel (Matthew 2:19-21). And it's true of this rabbi, a very gracious man, very knowledgeable man. His parents make an offering to the temple of two young birds. Salvation is available for the poor, the prisoners, the blind and the oppressed. On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. John 18:7. She probably thought like this, "Well, I only have one little cup left, one little bit of oil, that's all I've got. It's always the problem. And so that's what they say. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. a MATT. But to come from Sidon, that is unthinkable. 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