They may be passive Christians. Her food supply was down to one little bit of flour and one little bit of oil, enough to make one cake, right? 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. 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. "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.' Jezebel was a Gentile Baal worshiper. 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. 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." They understand exactly what He said and, believe me, they understand what He meant by what He said because He spoke so perfectly clear. "Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your home town as well." 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 . Many times the preacher had said, "The people who are eyewitnesses of Messiah Himself will be greatly blessed." Why did Jesus return to Nazareth? Salvation is available. She figured that out, by the way. Remember him? They were like Paul, and I read it in Philippians 3, they were circumcised and they had their tribal pedigree and they were of the people of Israel and they were traditionalists and they were ceremonialists and they were zealous for the law and they kept the law as blamelessly as they could. He knew that. 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. And, of course, as I read in verse 15, He was at this point being praised by all and even in verse 22 all were speaking well of Him. Let's see what He says, verse 25. The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. It must have bothered some of them that Jesus stopped there and didn't say anything about the day of vengeance. On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. 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. 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." You know, words of salvation were offered to them, forgiveness, good news, release, light, sight, but they had to be willing to admit they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. I'm in poverty. He didn't, because that was future. Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt to their home at Nazareth in Galilee. He had never taught, Hed never preached and when He did, they were in awe. Traditionally, Sepphoris is said to be the home of Joachim and Anna (believed to be the parents of Jesuss mother Mary) and therefore Marys childhood home. They couldn't equivocate on the majesty of His oratory. We're in shock, aren't we? This is one of those gripping and powerful portions of the Bible. Aged 12, Jesus goes to Jerusalem with his parents for the Jewish festival of Passover. Jesus demonstrated an important truth for us God has not called us to avoid conflict in the ministry. So S. Ambrose and Ruperti."[11]. They never did. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? Be a good soldier! 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. It was a small, isolated city in the Galilean hills. 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. Please, we would like to believe in You, prove You're Messiah. If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He could, listen carefully, save sinners? From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. And maybe there were some in the synagogue who were wondering why He didn't read that and comment on it. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. I need to see something so that I can believe.". From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. His wife worshiped Baal. Huh. 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. 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. We must not avoid spiritual conflict when wrong has occurred just because our culture or others in the church say conflict is wrong. Her son got sick and died, remember? Note that Matthew 13:55 provides the same list of Marys children. They're not questioning that He did them, they know He did them. And there were other miracles that occurred in Judea that must have been well known to the Galileans who were often down there for Passover and other feasts. 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. They cast Him out of the city. It doesn't. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. Background Reading: The Return from Egypt. 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 . Now God cares about widows. They grabbed Him and in mob violence like a lynch mob, they roared out of the city, led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built. 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? Let me tell you something, there's nothing worse than spiritual pride, is there? Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. Registered User But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. Don't confuse it. It is very possible that the people had come because they had heard that Jesus would be speaking. 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. Kent Hughes responds to our peculiar attitude with this account, There are people who find it personally offensive if someone who was one of them yesterday should have become much more today. And in his day, his ministry around 850 B.C. Let me tell you about the days of Elijah for a minute. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors? The Divided Kingdom & Journey into Exile, Jezebel kills the prophets & Elijah escapes, Elijah organises the opposition to King Ahab, Jehu races to Jezreel to depose King Joram, King Joash repairs the Temple in Jerusalem, Jeroboam II restores the boundaries of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria invades Israel, Israel falls & the exiles are led to Assyria, King Hezekiah of Judah rebels against Assyria, Isaiah prophesies the destruction of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invades Judah, Jerusalem falls and the exile in Babylon begins, Biblical sources relating to Judah in exile, The later years of exile & the return to Judah, The completion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, A third group of exiles returns with Ezra, A fourth group of exiles returns with Nehemiah, Mordecai uncovers a plot to kill the king, The origin of the Jewish festival of Purim, 37. Event in the life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels, Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, Barnes, Timothy David. Jesus (c. 4 BC - AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader; he is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion.Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (the Christ) prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. That was them. Why did Jesus return to a city that had previously attempted to murder Him? Their message was simple. Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? The power of the Holy Spirit - for everyone? Acts 2:22 He just drops out of nowhere. 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. And so, in self-defense they begin to think. In brief: Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. Together, the two events provide an instructive microcosm of the Galilean ministry as a whole. Tyre and Sidon in that Gentile region, Zarephath was a town in between the two, Tyre and Sidon, a Phoenician city. And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. Did Jesus learn that from a tape, book, CD, or DVD? Copyright Like The Master Ministries. They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. They never question them. And it's true of this rabbi, a very gracious man, very knowledgeable man. You know, the Jews didn't like this story, I can tell you, and as Jesus starts to tell it, they start to get angry. He spoke in the synagogue, but the townspeople did not like what he said. in Nazareth, Mary and Joseph had to return to Judah for the Roman-mandated census. The problem is not us. At the time of the return of Joseph, Mary and Jesus return home, Jesus was between two to five years old. And You know, there's a bit of a concession here. 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. When Jesus had lived there, He was the carpenter. 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). Though still young, he has the favor of God and men. Are not His sisters here with us? And they took offense at Him. 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). My feeling is that our Lord set us an example here . (123:0.6) By the first of October Joseph had convinced Mary and all their friends that it was best for them to return to Nazareth. 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. He has asked us to be at peace with all men as much as possible (Romans 12:18). 1 Peter 2:20 tells us that we gain favor with God when we suffer for doing what is right. They were speaking well of Him. That's an analogy of spiritual life and supply. 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. 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?" 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." We've had months and months and months, well over a year in Luke already and everything has been so positive. This was the time for the age of salvation. We haven't seen anything like this in all these chapters all these months. John 18:7. Those who suffer for doing wrong deserve it. 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). We've had four chapters. 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.". And Jesus knew that because Jesus knew their hearts. Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. The trip is only 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) long. And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. In fact, John himself was greatly perplexed because John the Baptist, soon after the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, was taken prisoner. The greater the distance away, the greater he became. This can't be the Messiah." Before we're going to believe on You, before we're going to believe that You're the Messiah, You better do some miracles here like You did down there in Capernaum. 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). 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? We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. Fire) an unquenchable fire of judgment." 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. [5], Sometime after Herod had died, the holy family returns from Egypt. What is happening? These other people were wretched, destitute outcasts. How about you? . 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. Could you do some magic somewhere? God offers nothing to people who are content with their own condition, except judgment. As a result, they missed some tremendous blessings. p. 409. But He had done some miracles there as well as the miracle of the wedding at Cana when He made some wine out of nothing. He was there. We do know that following the death of King Herod the Great, the angel of the Lord appeared once again to Joseph instructing him to go into the land of Israel, for they are dead which sought the young child's life (Matthew 2:20b). Is this really His prophet? I have nowhere to turn. He loved the people. He goes on progressing in wisdom and in physical growth. She gives testimony. Yeah, and they tried to kill Him. However, as Mary and Joseph approach Judea, it is discovered that Herod Archelaus, the eldest surviving son of Herod the Great, is the new ruler of the area (Matthew 2:22). How will I ever know that? John 11:47(NASB). Mark 6:5-6(NASB). That is the last thing they were about to do. They didn't even take into consideration that the Father out of heaven had said, "This is My beloved Son.". The young preacher leaned over and apologized to Dr. Scofield for the small number who had come to hear his preaching and teaching. Matthew 8-15 . They found a place, a brow of a hill in which the city had been built in order to throw Him down the cliff. 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. He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . 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. Because it was a rainy night, about twenty-five people came to the meeting. 2. R. Kent Hughes. So God cared for widows. "All I've got is one meal left. This point, He begins to teach the people had come to hear His preaching and.! 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