It's never a question of miracles ever because miracles don't prove anything about that. So, even John had talked about that. Where did He get His wisdom? On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. The problem is we don't have proof. What a day, what a day. Some miraculous way He just was gone. Now, you know, if she had been in the synagogue at Nazareth, she would have probably said, "Oh no, no, no. By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, This might well explain Jesuss familiarity with Roman customs and the Roman theatre (see, for example, Matthew 6:2 & 22:18 where Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites the Greek word ypokritae meaning stage-players who wear masks and act out a role, as Roman actors did in the theatre). In Matthew 2:23, the return to Nazareth is said to be a fulfilment of the prophetic word, "He shall be called a Nazarene". Its Hebrew name Zippori, meaning a bird reflected its lofty position looking out across Cana, Nazareth and the Bet Netofa Valley. And He wondered at their unbelief. His parents make an offering to the temple of two young birds. Everything was going so well. Jesus spends his childhood and young adult years living in Nazareth (which fulfills the prophecy stated in Matthew 2:23). He was put in prison by that pagan, wretched, wicked, vile man named Herod. His wife worshiped Baal. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors? 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. They hated their oppressors. Should Jesus have forced many people to be healed anyway? They gave their tithes. He's saying to them, "I can see that it's hard for you to get past the fact that I'm a local guy, that I grew up here and that I am Joseph's son and Mary's boy and that this is my synagogue and you saw me here all those years of my life. 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. After King Herod died, an angel of the Lord told Joseph to take Mary and Jesus back home to the land of Israel. 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. And so that's what they say. What did that sermon that He preached say? It is quite possible that Joseph first met Mary when he came to work in Sepphoris. That is absolutely unthinkable, unthinkable. As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect on 25th May 2018. 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). No rain in Israel for three and a half years. He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. 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. In John 11:47 the Pharisees, the chief priests said, "This man is doing miracles." This is one of those gripping and powerful portions of the Bible. 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. Donations to this ministry aretax-deductible. But it does nothing for those who don't because no miracles can prove that Jesus can save the sinner from hell. That's all I can save and it doesn't matter whether they are a Gentile woman or whether they are a Syrian leper, it doesn't matter who it is, it just matters that they see their bankruptcy, their destitution, and they come to Me like the man who said, 'Lord, I believe, but could You help my unbelief?' Why did Jesus return to a city that had previously attempted to murder Him? 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. And they are stirred, believe me, because they heard the truth presented as clearly as it could ever be presented. And Jesus knew that because Jesus knew their hearts. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. . The listeners could not believe what they heard. So the word is beginning to grow about Him. That is a judgment of God. It just means that the buzz was positive, just rippling through that packed synagogue. notwithstanding the many instances in old times of sons illustrious sprung from ignoble fathers; as David was the son of a husbandman, Jesse . 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. The result, the end of verse 25: "When a great famine came over all the land." Jesus would have been between two and five years old. Spiritual conflict (Ephesians 6:12) is unavoidable in the Christian life. Let's go back to verse 16 in Luke 4 and pick up the scene where it really begins. 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. 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). They responded by attempting to murder Him. The couple travels the roughly 80 miles (about 129 kilometers) to the city, where Christ will be ultimately born in a stable and laid in a manger (Luke 2:1 - 20). She gives testimony. It doesn't prove that. 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. And that is the case of Jesus. Courtyard of a typical 1st century house at Qasrin (Matthew 2:23). What went wrong? They may be passive Christians. She figured that out, by the way. That famine That area, by the way, was also affected by the famine. 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're saying, "Do them here." Well, that's what I told you last week. 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. It's never different. 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. The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. He says the same thing as recorded in Matthew 13:57 and Mark 6:4. Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well."' What is happening? The people in the synagogue responded as some might today. And that'sthat'sthat was not the real issue with these people because they don't even question that Jesus can do miracles. And we both take God very seriously and take His Word seriously. Do you see it? So S. Ambrose and Ruperti."[11]. 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 You know, there's a bit of a concession here. So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. In the synagogue, a man with an evil spirit shouts out, Jesus of Nazareth! Why is He bringing that ugly story up? "I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah." Very simple, admit their sin, ask Him to save them and see if He did it, right? I greatly enjoyed our time together and I believe we'll have more time in the future, and I look forward to that. It is very possible that the people had come because they had heard that Jesus would be speaking. 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). They even say it. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. It rivets you to the page to understand how could this have happened. All you have to do is go over to the river and go down seven times." The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, The account of Jesus second visit to the city of Nazareth begins in Mark 6:1. It's actually the Greek word parabol, which means parable, but parabol has a broad meaning. He left never to return. John 19:19. All we have here is just a summation. 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. At the time of the return of Joseph, Mary and Jesus return home, Jesus was between two to five years old. Today, visitors to Sepphoris can see extensive 1st century remains including a colonnaded street, the ruins of a large Roman amphitheatre, and a huge water cistern nearby that supplied the city. He had no intention of kicking open the prison doors, of wreaking havoc and divine vengeance on the ungodly. Remember him? Many times the preacher had stood up in the synagogue and said, "The blessed hour of the Messiah is to come." Nazareth is the hometown of Mary and Joseph. Don't confuse it. He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, What are we doing? 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. 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. Leprosy is a sort of a categorical word. He cares about the honor and glory of God and he's given his life to serve God. There's only one reason why people who know the truth of Jesus don't believe. Consequently, Nazareth became Jesus hometown. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . 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 . I understand that." Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? Could you please fly up in the air and spin around, could you do a few healings? Jesus' birth, which occurs on or around the Feast of Trumpets (September 2 in 5 B.C.) The whole nation is worshiping Baal. There is a raging war between good and evil in our homes, churches, and nations. 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). To beseech Him to return and save us, if we have thoughtlessly or wilfully slighted Him. But then how could He possibly send His prophet to go minister to a Gentile widow in, of all places, Sidon? In brief: Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. And all in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things. Jesus is our example! Aged 12, Jesus goes to Jerusalem with his parents for the Jewish festival of Passover. . There have been some noted pastors down through history who had no formal theological education, but they have been terrific spiritual examples. In Bethlehem, Jesus' family is living in a home and not a stable (Matthew 2:11). She knew that she was the poor, the prisoner, blind, and the oppressed. That doesn't prove anything. This is the outcast of all outcasts. When the family returned, they settled in Nazareth, a city in the northern part of Israel in a region known as Galilee. This was a proverb that was well known. They were the blessed, the blessed of all nations, the blessed of all generations. Let me tell you about the days of Elijah for a minute. Don't You come tell us You're the doctor if weif we don't have some proof.". 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. 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? Not only was Jesus the carpenter, but they also knew His family: Mary, James, Joses, Judas, and Simon. They knew He did miracles. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? Paul's Journey to Phrygia, Macedonia & Archaia, 11. We are worse than a Syrian Gentile leper. 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. 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 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. 21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of . 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. The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. 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). We've had four chapters. He was the long-awaited Anointed One. Ethbaal, he was so devoted to Baal He named himself after Baal. Elijah comes on the scene in 1 Kings 17. Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Return_of_Jesus_to_Galilee&oldid=1088534225, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 May 2022, at 16:11. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. 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. They fasted. He led all of Israel to worship Baal. Because it was a rainy night, about twenty-five people came to the meeting. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. She did. The author of the book of Hebrew (7:14) informs that "it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah." (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. ", 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. His words captured the moment in a way that was shocking and they still grip us with their power and their force. However, the rest of the passage reveals that Jesus did perform healings when people came to Him. All rights reserved. One who desires to serve God will suffer. John 9:16(NASB). Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. 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. She says, "The Lord God of Israel lives." 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. This is even more amazing. There He grew up from a child into an adult and then started His ministry. And so He says to them in verse 23, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Sometimes we think that trouble is a sign of Gods judgment or that we did something wrong. So God cared for widows. Haggai & Zechariah encourage re-building, Haggai urges the exiles to re-build the Temple, Prophesies about the coming of the Messiah, 47. They all knew him. 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