Therefore the return . Capernaum was only twenty miles away. Jesus did not send an angel to testify of myths, but of facts, prophecies that will soon take place. This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (see Isaiah 9:1 - 2 and Matthew 4:13 - 16). Well, that's what I told you last week. You can see all the miracles under the sun, false miracles or whatever, you can see the whole parade of stuff. Mary legally remained with Joseph until Jesus was 12 years old. It isn't, it doesn't, it didn't. If He does a miracle, does that prove that He can give you eternal life and take you to heaven? And He said, 'Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown, but I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was shut up for three years and six months when a great famine came over all the land, and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow; and there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman, the Syrian.' A non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation. He cares about righteousness. I understand that no prophet is welcome in his hometown. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. We pray in His name. We sent you an email. We don't know how many visits He made, we know of one in particular that is indicated in the second chapter of John. Salvation has always been that way, folks. That's an analogy of spiritual life and supply. He was a soldier. They didn't even want these stories to be rehearsed again, they didn't like these stories. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? 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. We will suffer for living a godly life. 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. And so that's what they say. I mean, they must havesome of them must have wondered why He stopped reading there in verse 19. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary. They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Warfare comes with serving God because the Evil One is waging spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:12). This study describes this second return. She did. 1. If I do what the man tells me to do, then I'll know whether he's the man of God, right? There's only one way to know that Jesus can save your soul from hell and change your life and send you to eternal heaven with all your sins forgiven and that is to take your meager, little, wicked life and hand it over to Him and see what He does with it. 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. 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?" They refused to admit it. But in order to accomplish that goal, He had to be willing to suffer rejection! between 7AM and 14PM . They were speaking well of Him. So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. In Mark's Gospel, Jesus returns to Galilee from the desert after John's arrest, following a period of solitude and temptation. At the end of His year and a half ministry in Galilee, Jesus came back again to the synagogue in Nazareth and again they said, "This is Joseph's son and we know His mother and we know His sisters and we know His brothers. Jesus teachings and the rumors about His miracles should have encouraged them to respond, but they did not. a MATT. 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. 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. 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. Sometimes we think that trouble is a sign of Gods judgment or that we did something wrong. They knew He did miracles. Early in Jesus ministry He relocated His family (apparently after His father had died), from Nazareth to Capernaum (John 2:12-13). 13:7.) They couldn't equivocate on the masterful way in which He had communicated the message unlike anything they had ever, ever heard, not even close to anything they had ever heard. And He told them He had come to fulfill messianic prophecy, He had come to bring the favorable year of the Lord, which means the era of salvation. They would never accept the fact that they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. He wasn't there for vengeance on anyone, He was there for salvation. I believe that Jesus returned because He loved them, desired to see them believe in Him, and gain eternal life. And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. They went to the synagogue. 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. 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. John MacArthur. It is very possible that the people had come because they had heard that Jesus would be speaking. Be a good soldier! We don't know what brow of it. This son had a slightly less violent disposition than Archelaus. "Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your home town as well." And Elisha says to him, "The God of Israel is willing to heal you. This is not an honest question. Herod's cruel actions fulfill a prophecy regarding the slaughter of innocent children (Jeremiah 31:15). "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.' They were very eager for the Messiah's coming. That was just how He started. 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. So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. 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. The trip is only 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) long. 2 Timothy 3:12(NASB). Speaking of prophets that were unwelcome, I remind you of Elijah and Elisha. And they're the only ones who will be saved. Listen. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. 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. They responded by attempting to murder Him. He makes a transition. 13:54-58; b MARK 6:1-6; c LUKE 4:16-31. b 1 And he went out from thence [from Capernaum]; and he cometh {a And coming} b into his own country; and his disciples follow him. For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. Mary And Joseph Return To Nazareth From Alexandria. Oh that doesn't mean they believed in Him as the Messiah. They cast Him out of the city. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. He was saying the Messiah was there in their midst and they were hearing Him speak. He left never to return. . We've had four chapters. Could you please fly up in the air and spin around, could you do a few healings? This was the time for the age of salvation. It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. He was the long-awaited Anointed One. [1][2][3] The Gospel of Luke, on the other hand, does not record anything about the flight to Egypt, but says that Joseph had been previously living in Nazareth,[4] and returned there after the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. . 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. She is a pagan Gentile widow in the midst of a pagan godless area but believes in the true and living God. He was the greatest preacher who ever opened His mouth. 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. 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. And he starts to think about it and he had second thoughts. Now listen to this very carefully. On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. And you remember the story? Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. We will discover later in our study that the religious leaders would join together and devise a plot to get rid of Him. Pick it up where we left off. The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. Ethbaal, he was so devoted to Baal He named himself after Baal. Could you do some magic somewhere? 4:14-30 One Sabbath day, according to his usual custom, Jesus goes to the local synagogue in Nazareth where he was brought up (see 4 on Map 5). And He closed the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. Matt. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. 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. Did Jesus learn that from a tape, book, CD, or DVD? Paul's Journey to Phrygia, Macedonia & Archaia, 11. He spoke in the synagogue, but the townspeople did not like what he said. 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. 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. 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. And if he's not, I'll just have one less meal and die half a day sooner. However, the rest of the passage reveals that Jesus did perform healings when people came to Him. Gray.) Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. It is possible that He also returned to visit His sisters. They chose not to. They wouldn't have proved anything. 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. So God cared for widows. If you're going to trust somebody to be a physician, you want some proof that he canhe can heal. Why? "I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah." What it does do is affirm the faith of those who believe. 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 4:13, 4:4345. John 18:7. The Gospel of Matthew describes how Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt to escape from Herod the Great's slaughter of the baby boys in Bethlehem. How can we know the Messiah would be God incarnate? Jezebel was a Gentile. Let me tell you something as you study the New Testament. But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. Why is He bringing that ugly story up? Sidon was Gentile territory on the north coast of Israel, Tyre and Sidon, the two familiar cities. Israel becomes a kingdom under Saul and David, Jonathan demolishes the Philistine pillar at Geba, Saul is killed by the Philistines at Mt Gilboa, The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem, David's victories over Israel's neighbours, Absalom's flight & his rebellion against David, 31. Spiritual conflict (Ephesians 6:12) is unavoidable in the Christian life. Do you see it? Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). And He said to them, 'No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, "Physician, heal yourself! In their minds they were the respectable. 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. How did it turn so badly? 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. She says, "The Lord God of Israel lives." And so Jesus reads their minds. 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 . 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. 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. The people dependent on charity suffer the worst because the people who give to charity only have enough to survive. There was not an honest issue of evidence. It doesn't. 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." This is one of those gripping and powerful portions of the Bible. They were stunned by His ability to speak, and amazingly they hadn't heard Him speak and He had grown up in their midst. 11 And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." 12 At once the Spirit sent him out into 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. 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