The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. Please, we would like to believe in You, prove You're Messiah. 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. Mary and Joseph head home mistakenly leaving Jesus behind. She knows the God of Israel lives. That's the issue. 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. They were astonished by it. And she would only know if that was the man of God if she trusted him. Formal education can be very helpful, but it is not essential. Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. 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. 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. But then how could He possibly send His prophet to go minister to a Gentile widow in, of all places, Sidon? 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. 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. The author of the book of Hebrew (7:14) informs that "it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah." Register. Jesus did not return because the crowd was large. There are many widows. We will discover later in John 7:15 that it was common knowledge that Jesus did not have any formal rabbinical education. 1989. vol. Others just refused to believe because they preferred their own way darkness. At this point they are in awe of His communication ability. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. Nazareth sits on a hill, many hills on the hill but it's up a slope. 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. And the first thing that he does is he announces a drought. Ask Him. The people who are at the bottom of the food chain are the widows because they're charity cases. They would never accept the fact that they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. They enjoy controversy and conflict. He had never taught, Hed never preached and when He did, they were in awe. And we both take God very seriously and take His Word seriously. 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. He was sent to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow there. That, by the way, is a phrase He repeated a year and a half later when He came back again to that synagogue. Never does the Jewish population or the Jewish leaders question Jesus' miracles, never. 21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of . Why did Jesus return to a city that had previously attempted to murder Him? How do I know that I can trust you? but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. 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. Some time after Jesus arrived in Nazareth, the Sabbath arrived; and so Jesus went to the synagogue. 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. What did that sermon that He preached say? ", In verse 28, "All in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things." To guard against evil and ignorant prejudices. Return to Nazareth; Finding in the Temple; Ministry. 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. c 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. notwithstanding the many instances in old times of sons illustrious sprung from ignoble fathers; as David was the son of a husbandman, Jesse . Joseph, on the eighth day after Mary gives birth, takes the family to Jerusalem so that the Lord can be circumcised according to the law of God (Luke 2:21). And so here God sends His prophet to a woman from the home region of Jezebel, a Gentile widow. 4:31-37 Following this rejection in his home town, Jesus goes down to Capernaum, by the lakeside (see 5 on Map 5). I have to take my desperation, my destitution, my disease, I have to go over there. It's bad enough to be a woman in Jewish tradition at this time, it's far worse to be a Gentile woman. As we have already discovered, Jesus was rejected early in His ministry. God has called us to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). I think Jesus is making a bit of a concession. What went wrong? Impeccable understanding of truth He possessed, pure and holy passion for that truth, flawless reasoning, accurate interpretation, unmatched dexterity with the language. We don't know how many visits He made, we know of one in particular that is indicated in the second chapter of John. That is the message of verses 5-6. 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. Jesus returned knowing that the majority of the people in Nazareth did not welcome Him, but He returned anyway. 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." Because you can't be saved if you don't. How am I going to know that that's true unless I do what He says? They would come across the border and they would fight and they would terrorize and raid Israel and they would take prisoners and haul the prisoners back to Syria. He also used it as recorded in John 4:44. . God sends Elijah in this midst of all this famine over to Zarephath, to this widow. They aren't the poor, the prisoners, the blind, and the oppressed. 141 views, 2 likes, 2 loves, 5 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from First Methodist Church Ardmore: Traditional Service February 12, 2023 From a human perspective, I am personally amazed that Jesus returned to a group of people who had wanted to murder Him. Paul's Journey to Phrygia, Macedonia & Archaia, 11. His reputation was gathering by the time He came to this synagogue in Nazareth where He launches His year and a half Galilean ministry. And so Jesus says, "I know exactly what you're saying, in your mind you'reyoure saying, Physician, heal yourself?" 2 Timothy 3:12(NASB). 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. R. Kent Hughes. So he goes over there and he does his seven ducks in the dirty river and guess what? Is God really truly God? How could God ignore the Jews of Israel? He goes on progressing in wisdom and in physical growth. They never question them. 1. p. 133. He has asked us to be at peace with all men as much as possible (Romans 12:18). God has not called us to peace at all costs. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. Go over there in this dirty river and just duck yourself seven times. When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?Mark 6:2(NASB), Many people were present, when Jesus started teaching. What it does do is affirm the faith of those who believe. It's always the same. 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. Messiah? It doesn't. Joseph found that one of King Herods sons, Archelaus, was ruling in his place in Judea. They didn't even take into consideration that the Father out of heaven had said, "This is My beloved Son.". They were stunned by His ability to speak, and amazingly they hadn't heard Him speak and He had grown up in their midst. It's a broad term. Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. Capernaum was only twenty miles away. 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. He began to believe in the power of the God of Israel and so eventually through some situations, I won't go into all of it, he wound up meeting Elisha. Returning home Nazareth would have looked something like thisNazareth is famous for one thing, and one thing only: it was the home town of Jesus. There is a story about Dr. C. I. Scofield, the man who was responsible for The Scofield Reference Bible. Her food supply was down to one little bit of flour and one little bit of oil, enough to make one cake, right? 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 were all the familiar faces of His life there. 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). It just kept getting filled and filled and filled. Don't You come tell us You're the doctor if weif we don't have some proof.". And I think there's a bit ofthere's a bit of mercy in that in Jesus' case. 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. [1] Contents 1 Gospel of John 2 Gospel of Mark 3 Gospel of Matthew 4 Galilean ministry 5 References Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. 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. You've got a lot of widows in the land. I mean, there may have been some things that they were wondering about in His message. [5], Sometime after Herod had died, the holy family returns from Egypt. 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. After another dream, Joseph returned to Nazareth in Galilee. Joseph, on the eighth day after Mary gives birth, takes the family to Jerusalem so that the Lord can be circumcised according to the law of God (Luke 2:21). Some discredit those whom they know in favor of those they do not know. 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. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. There are many widows. It's actually the Greek word parabol, which means parable, but parabol has a broad meaning. And what they couldn't understand was that they knew Him and this was just Joseph's son, or so they thought. But passing through their midst, He went His way.". And he realizes his desperation and he realizes there's no relief and there's no cure and there's no healing and there's nothing except the God of Israel. This is the father of the aposof the apostasy, in a sense, in Israel because he's the father of Jezebel who came and polluted Israel worship when she married Ahab, and so forth. Now this is worse. The Israelites face continuing opposition, The Israelites fight the remaining Canaanites, Israel under the 'judges': Othniel and Ehud, Gibeah is destroyed & the Benjamites punished, The Ark of the Covenant is captured at Aphek, 30. The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. We have witnessed this fact in the pages of the gospels. As a result, very few people came to Jesus for healing, and very few miracles were performed. Lk. His words captured the moment in a way that was shocking and they still grip us with their power and their force. 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. Jesus did not return to Nazareth because the city was important. It's always the same reason. It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. 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. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. Chapter 4 verse 14, He returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit. This was the time for the age of salvation. Therefore, they rejected Him. Capernaum was the backdrop of many of Christ's mighty miracles. I met this week with a very famous rabbi, a very gracious man, very intelligent, a historian, very serious-minded man who asked to meet with me because we shared something in common, and that is a belief in the inerrancy of the Bible. Honestly, they were as eager for the Messiah to come and wreak vengeance on their Gentile enemies as they were for Him to come and bring salvation to Israel. Jesus' birth, which occurs on or around the Feast of Trumpets (September 2 in 5 B.C.) Why did He stop reading in the middle of Isaiah 61:2, "The favorable year of the Lord," and He stopped when the rest of the verse said, "And the day of vengeance of our God?" The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. And they just put up a wall. 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. 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. They're saying, "Do them here." 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 . For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. 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: 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. Omniscience, He read their minds. Copyright Like The Master Ministries. He was concerned that they were going to miss eternal life. How will I ever know that? And so far the story has been positive. They were righteous. So there were a number of times when He referred to this. a MATT. There were many synagogues and this was His boyhood synagogue with all the familiar faces there. And Elisha says to him, "The God of Israel is willing to heal you. They responded by attempting to murder Him. 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). IV. Elisha followed Elijah and that was a time, 850 to 790 B.C., disease was a major problem. So here's Elijah, he's in the midst of this. That's not a problem for Him. Huh. Jesus would have been between two and five years old. "The Date of Herod's Death,". 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. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. Acts 2:22 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. His sisters remained in Nazareth, perhaps because they were already married (Mark 6:3). (Judg. Joseph's fears about living within Judea are confirmed when God sends him a warning in a dream. There He grew up from a child into an adult and then started His ministry. And you know what the message to them was? So, too, was Joseph. Scripture tells of Joseph returning to Nazareth, avoiding any further residence in Judea. But I can only save the poor, and the prisoners, and the blind, and the oppressed. And they're so angry with Him because He's insistent on the fact that unless they humble themselves like a Syrian leper, unless they see themselves as no better than a Syrian leper, no better than a pagan Gentile woman, unless they see themselves as no better than outcasts, they aren't going to get saved. She had a great attitude, she knew about his leprosy and she said to him, "You need to go find the man of God, Elisha, because God can heal you." What do you want with us? While a seminary education can be helpful, it is not essential. It's a way of saying, prove your claims. Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. If He does a miracle, does that prove that He can save your soul from hell? Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. That He was going to cause people to fall as well as to rise? Those who claim that these children were not the offspring of Mary do so without proof. We will suffer because there is a spiritual battle. Many people did reject Jesus. 2023 Grace to You. That is the testimony of history and the gospel accounts. And thenand the Lord did another amazing thing. Mary and the family's trip to and from Egypt is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy (Hosea 11:1). Where did He learn how to do these miracles?. And so, it says in verse 29, "They rose up." 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. Mary was well along in her pregnancy; the Bible describes her at this time with the expressive phrase "heavy wi. 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. Remember that? Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt to their home at Nazareth in Galilee. 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. They were very eager for the Messiah's coming. 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 ). If I give it to him and he is a man of God, then I'll have life. They got the message. Those who never suffer are probably not in the battle. 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. 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. There's a bit of a concession there. In our next study we will discover that conflict and ministry go together. There was never an orator like Him. 6:2, seq.) Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. 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. 1. They may be passive Christians. At the time of the return of Joseph, Mary and Jesus return home, Jesus was between two to five years old. And through His whole life He didn't express vengeance. They don't even like the fact that He's telling these stories. Naaman was a commander-in-chief of a section known as Aram. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors. Jezebel was a Gentile. Psalm 146:9, "God, the Lord who relieves widows." Some of them probably were wondering about that. 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. Learn: I. 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. 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. 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. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. Oh, man, did they hate this story. . He knew, He read their minds. Based on the biblical accounts, there is evidence to suggest that Joseph provided a home to Mary and Jesus for as long as he was alive. He is rejected for the first time (Lk 4:28) TRAVELS and ACTS OF JESUS, YEAR TWO - c AD28-29 Key: 1 - Approximate sequence of events, used in the list following [1] Jesus moves to Capernaum (Mt 4:13; Mk 1:21; Lk 4:31). 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). My feeling is that our Lord set us an example here . That is a judgment of God. It was never a question of miracles. To do good to those who despitefully use us and persecute us. And the answer to that question obviously is a very important answer. There have been some noted pastors down through history who had no formal theological education, but they have been terrific spiritual examples. No such confession is ever going to rise out of their hearts, their hard hearts are filled with pride and self-righteousness and religiosity. 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. "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.' Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. "And I say to you in truth," very much like the prior statement in verse 24, "Truly I say to you." John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. 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