Matthew 1:25(NASB). R. Kent Hughes. His sisters remained in Nazareth, perhaps because they were already married (Mark 6:3). But to come from Sidon, that is unthinkable. 1 Peter 2:19-20(NASB). There is no hint in these passages that these men were not Marys sons. 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 . Ive actually been criticized by some ministers and Christian workers for going to certain small churches instead of going to larger ones. 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. However, the rest of the passage reveals that Jesus did perform healings when people came to 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. After another dream, Joseph returned to Nazareth in Galilee. And the first thing that he does is he announces a drought. And through His whole life He didn't express vengeance. The area was the home of the father of Jezebel. So the people at the end of the food chain get nothing, so widows are on the brink of death. Raymond E. Brown claimed that the narratives are "contrary to each other in a number of details."[12]. Obadiah foretells the punishment of Edom, Obadiah prophesies the resurgence of Israel, 46. He was there for salvation for anyone and everyone who recognized that they were poor, prisoners, blind and oppressed. They were the godly, the chosen, the true worshipers, the legalists, the ceremonialists, the covenantalists. Jesus said here in verse 25 that the sky was shut up for three andthree years and six months. And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. They wouldn't have proved anything. This woman in the land of Sidon, hang on, is a Gentile. And all in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things. Though still young, he has the favor of God and men. notwithstanding the many instances in old times of sons illustrious sprung from ignoble fathers; as David was the son of a husbandman, Jesse . He just drops out of nowhere. John 12:37(NASB). It's always the problem. And Ethbaal was such a wicked man he murdered his predecessor and he was a priest as well as being a king. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? Naaman was a commander-in-chief of a section known as Aram. The man who carried Jesus' cross when He was no longer able to, for example, was called Simon of Cyrene, noting his name and his place of residence ( Luke 23:26 ). And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. For example, C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), a British preacher, had no formal education beyond Newmarket Academy. I'm destitute. She knows the God of Israel lives. 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. Those are the only people He can save. 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.". So he goes back and his servant says, "Well, better a dirty river and a clean Naaman, huh?" One scone, if you will, one biscuit. 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. Nathanaels comment was negative. between 7AM and 14PM . Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. During Jesuss childhood, Herod Antipas (Herod the Greats son), the tetrarch (ruler) of Galilee, restored and redeveloped Sepphoris as a Romanised city (known as Diocaesarea), locating his palace there before building a new residence at Tiberias between 18 and 20AD. If you're going to trust somebody to be a physician, you want some proof that he canhe can heal. Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. Aha, not on your life. (See Numb. He was the Savior of the world. To guard against evil and ignorant prejudices. John 15:20(NASB), Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Each day's trip is between 13 and 19 kilometres (8 to 12 mi) in duration. As a result, they missed some tremendous blessings. They had plenty. There have been some noted pastors down through history who had no formal theological education, but they have been terrific spiritual examples. 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. We can just imagine their thoughts. Jesus returned knowing that the majority of the people in Nazareth did not welcome Him, but He returned anyway. 141 views, 2 likes, 2 loves, 5 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from First Methodist Church Ardmore: Traditional Service February 12, 2023 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. He was a Gentile and worse than that, he was a leper, he had leprosy, he was unclean, he was despicable on every count. They didn't question that. Chapter 4 verse 14, He returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. Just give your life to Him, He'll prove He can. It's always been that God will save Jew or Gentile when they come to a point of spiritual destitution and they know it. Are you kidding me? 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?" There He grew up from a child into an adult and then started His ministry. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. 1. They didn't even want these stories to be rehearsed again, they didn't like these stories. 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. John 11:47(NASB). He was a wretched, wicked king who worshiped Baal. We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. As we have already stated, sometime later in Jesus' ministry, He returned to Nazareth to tell the people that He was the Messiah. He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. And then He proceeded to exposit the passage, recited there in verses 18 and 19. 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. And He wondered at their unbelief. If Jesus were alive today, the questions might be something like this, What commentaries does Jesus own? 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)! Most of the Nazarenes were royalty. His words captured the moment in a way that was shocking and they still grip us with their power and their force. How to get right with God: Sacrifice or Faith? I understand that, human nature. The Letter to the Jewish believers in Antioch, The General Letters: James, Jude, Peter & John, The Letter of James to the Jewish believers, The Letter of Jude to the Jewish believers, The 1st Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, The 2nd Letter of Peter to the Jewish believers, 19. And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. The following comparison is primarily based on the New International Version (NIV): [1] Jesus, the disciples and the crowd went to Bethphage from Jericho (20:29). 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. Imagine coming to church today expecting to hear me preaching and having the Lord Jesus Christ appear in person to tell you that He had come to fulfill all the prophecies of His Second Coming, all the prophecies of the glory of His Kingdom of salvation on earth. It's actually shocking. 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 Nazareth is located. Scripture tells of Joseph returning to Nazareth, avoiding any further residence in Judea. For them, everything is a crusade. Never does the Jewish population or the Jewish leaders question Jesus' miracles, never. Nelson Publishing Co.. pp. Answer Jesus was referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth" for several reasons. He was put in prison by that pagan, wretched, wicked, vile man named Herod. [2], Those who heard and saw Jesus did not reject Him for lack of evidence but in spite of overwhelming evidence. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. It just kept getting filled and filled and filled. What is happening? It doesn't. God has called us to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). 19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead.". And you know what happened? If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He can transfer people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light? Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. Its Hebrew name Zippori, meaning a bird reflected its lofty position looking out across Cana, Nazareth and the Bet Netofa Valley. The religious leaders contributed to His rejection. And what they're saying is, you know, it's not our fault that we don't believe, Jesus, it's Your fault, it's all in Your control, it's Your fault if we don't believe, You just haven't done enough here to prove this, we just need more evidence. Later Jesus decided to return again. He says the same thing as recorded in Matthew 13:57 and Mark 6:4. Now, you know, if she had been in the synagogue at Nazareth, she would have probably said, "Oh no, no, no. About 18,000 of these residents were clergy, priests and Levites. There are some Christians, however, who are warriors. Jesus, just before his public ministry began, left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in the city. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus, who ruled from 4BC to AD6, was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. We also know in John 1 He was there to call some of His disciples. Now it says, verse 26, "And Elijah was sent to none of them." a MATT. This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (see Isaiah 9:1 - 2 and Matthew 4:13 - 16). The author of the book of Hebrew (7:14) informs that "it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah." They responded by attempting to murder Him. It all began so assuringly. 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. There's all kinds of instruction in the Old Testament to take care of widows. Map ReferencesHoly Bible, a Faithful VersionJohn Gills' Exposition of the Bible. They're not questioning that He did them, they know He did them. Should Jesus have forced many people to be healed anyway? All of this supposed miracle-working stuff that these modern-day, supposed healers do has absolutely no bearing on the gospel. This was a proverb that was well known. The Greek word tekton usually translated carpenter really means a craftsman or artisan, denoting a skilled worker in the building trade, who would have worked in wood and also in stone. They were unsympathetic to His message, which was that if you want to have salvation, you've got to see your spiritual bankruptcy, and your spiritual destitution and the true condition of your heart. But that begins to come true in the text before us. These are statements indicating great importance. She knew her condition. They never did. We will suffer for living a godly life. Jesus teachings and the rumors about His miracles should have encouraged them to respond, but they did not. 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. Wherefore the religious, under the old law, who separated themselves from wine and from the world, and consecrated themselves to God, were called Nazarites. Not only was Jesus the carpenter, but they also knew His family: Mary, James, Joses, Judas, and Simon. It's always the same reason. We must not avoid spiritual conflict when wrong has occurred just because our culture or others in the church say conflict is wrong. He goes on progressing in wisdom and in physical growth. It could include a proverb or an axiom. 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. This study describes this second return. She made the little cake, the prophet ate it and the next thing that happened was her barrel was never empty. After all, had John the Baptist himself in his ministry about which they all knew, John the Baptist had said, "When the Messiah comes He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with (what? It doesn't say that in 1 Kings, it does say that here and it says it in James 5:17, it refers to the same occasion, so we know it was a three and a half year drought. But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. You can't get saved unless you're willing to be humiliated and realize your sinful condition. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, the blind, the prisoners, and the oppressed. In brief: Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. 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." We will suffer just because we serve Jesus. 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. He was saying the Messiah was there in their midst and they were hearing Him speak. When people know about Jesus Christ and they know the facts of Jesus Christ and they don't believe, there's only one reason why they don't believe. They were righteous. Most scholarship places the date of Herod's death around 4 BCE.[6][7][8]. And he says to her, first of all, "Could you get me some water?" And thenand the Lord did another amazing thing. 13:7.) But more than wondering about that, that might have been a minor thing, they were really struck it says in verse 22 by the gracious words which were falling from His lips. There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. Now God cares about widows. But it does nothing for those who don't because no miracles can prove that Jesus can save the sinner from hell. On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. Forty days after Jesus is born, fulfilling the purification requirement of Leviticus 12, Mary and Joseph travel to Jerusalem's temple to present him before God. Messiah? 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. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. Let's go back to verse 16 in Luke 4 and pick up the scene where it really begins. The text of 1 Kings 17 indicates that. Familiarity breeds its normal contempt. Just as some today show disrespect for those without formal seminary training, the people in this small Nazareth synagogue showed disrespect for Jesus lack of formal education. 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. This is a widow who believes in the true God. All rights reserved. He had been invited to speak in a church in North Carolina. How did it turn so badly? But all of a sudden on this Sabbath in the year 28, He was there. 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. Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? It was so important to God for the warnings of horror to be believed that the Bible says if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life (Revelation 22:19). . I don't know what they think they're accomplishing by falsifying miracles as if falsifying miracles somehow is going to cause people to believe in Jesus Christ. Nazareth sits on a hill, many hills on the hill but it's up a slope. This is not an honest question. It is possible that He also returned to visit His sisters. Matthew. 2:19-23 Some time after the death of Herod the Great in March 4BC, Mary and Joseph journey north to Nazareth in Galilee, as they are afraid to return to Bethlehem in Judaea where Herod's son Archelaus is now ruling over Judaea (see 4 on Map 4). 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. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon Him and He began to say to them, 'Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.'". . He returned because He was concerned about the people. [5], Sometime after Herod had died, the holy family returns from Egypt. Warfare comes with serving God because the Evil One is waging spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:12). A new nation? God offers nothing to people who are content with their own condition, except judgment. And that is absolutely intolerable to them, to go to someone who is a life-long Jew, a life-long attender of the synagogue, a serious devout Jew and say, "You're no better off than a pagan, you're no better off than an outcast Gentile leper," is unthinkable because they're so committed to the self-righteousness that's a part of a works system. Do you see it? They refused to admit it. Jesus banished disease from the whole land of Palestine and they put Him on a cross. Is the man of God really the man of God? You know, the Lord had said, "You know, I come to save, this is it. She figured that out, by the way. He had never taught, Hed never preached and when He did, they were in awe. The city is part of Galilee, which is ruled by a another son of Herod the Great named Herod Antipas. They would never accept the fact that they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. Few believed in Him! Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. 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). 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. 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). Learn: I. That's why they were so excited that He was going to speak in their synagogue. 2. Mary was well along in her pregnancy; the Bible describes her at this time with the expressive phrase "heavy wi. 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. And with Him came salvation to the poor, and the prisoners, and the blind, and the outcasts, the distressed, the oppressed, the downtrodden. Jezebel was a Gentile. They were very eager for the Messiah's coming. They denied the light because they preferred darkness. And You know, there's a bit of a concession here. Remember him? And he raised her son from the dead just because she trusted the tiny bit that she had. Yet, God encourages us to seek peace and avoid conflict. Salvation is available for the poor, the prisoners, the blind and the oppressed. The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, how many times did jesus celebrate passover. And in the days of Elijah there were not only many widows, but there was Baal worship everywhere because the king was a man named Ahab. We tend to highly value someone we do not know, only later to be often disappointed with them. If they wanted salvation, they had to confess their spiritual destitution, their spiritual poverty, their spiritual blindness, their spiritual bondage, their spiritual oppression. You're saying, "We don't have any proof. 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). But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He? John 7:31 (NASB), But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. 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. Light has dawned.[6]. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. You didn't know either and neither did I until I gave Him my life. Clean! Exodus 22, Deuteronomy 10, through the Psalms, Isaiah 1, many, many places and God has a special heart for widows. Lk. Jesus' birth, which occurs on or around the Feast of Trumpets (September 2 in 5 B.C.) And what they couldn't understand was that they knew Him and this was just Joseph's son, or so they thought. They were unsympathetic to that, they were too proud, too self-righteous, they were too skeptical because they were in a self-defense mode. You know what his name was? As a result, very few people came to Jesus for healing, and very few miracles were performed. 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. She wasn't in the synagogue in Nazareth and it was probably a good thing or she might have been influenced by the crowd attitude. 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. 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. Moody Press. Therefore the return . 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 . There are many widows. I need to see something so that I can believe.". Don't You come tell us You're the doctor if weif we don't have some proof.". John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. They were all the familiar faces of His life there. She says it, "The Lord God of Israel lives." 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). All they want Him to do is to do in Nazareth what was done in Capernaum, twenty miles away. John 18:7. It is during their visit that a priest named Simeon prophesied about Jesus' mission in life and blessed his parents (Luke 2:22 - 35). This one is at the beginning. But in order to accomplish that goal, He had to be willing to suffer rejection! 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." They continued to reject the apostles even after Jesus left. They did not realize that schools can educate only the mind. They just heard the greatest speaker that ever lived. Matt. Could you do some magic somewhere? He was the greatest preacher who ever opened His mouth. 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. That was just how He started. 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 . They aren't the poor, the prisoners, the blind, and the oppressed. 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. There are many widows. No rain in Israel for three and a half years. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. So Jesus returned to the city of conflict! 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. Obadiah foretells the punishment of Edom, Obadiah prophesies the resurgence of Israel, 46. If He does a miracle, does that prove that He can give you eternal life and take you to heaven? Salvation has always been that way, folks. She knew that she was the poor, the prisoner, blind, and the oppressed. fulfills the prophecy found in Micah 5:2. 1. p. 133. It may also include what is today called leprosy, but really by that most people mean Hansen's disease, but it included all kinds of diseases of the skin described in Leviticus 13. And they are stirred, believe me, because they heard the truth presented as clearly as it could ever be presented. They weren't about to do that. Well, that's what I told you last week. It rivets you to the page to understand how could this have happened. 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