Everything was going so well. I understand that." That is a judgment of God. 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. He was a very bad ruler and Joseph was afraid. Later the family returned from Egypt after God told them that King Herod had died and directed them to return to Israel (Matthew 2:19-21). They enjoy controversy and conflict. Let me put it to you simply. . They responded by attempting to murder Him. 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. And He instructed the people to care for the widows and that was a very important part of living out godly righteous life. (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. 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. A new nation? The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. 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.". Religious education cannot guarantee that the heart is in love with God or that the person is growing spiritually. Oh boy, you're sitting in the synagogue, you're saying, "This is not going well. The excavated remains of a 6th century synagogue include well-preserved mosaics showing Abraham entertaining three visitors (Genesis 18:1-16), the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-18), the consecration of Aaron (Exodus 29:1-26) and the signs of the Zodiac. 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. I'm destitute. God has called us to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). Since Matthew 1:25 reveals that Mary had sexual relations with Joseph, it is difficult to argue that Mary never had children unless one chooses to discredit the apostle Matthew and the Holy Spirit who jointly wrote . 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. This was a proverb that was well known. Look at verse 22, "All were speaking well of Him." That's essentiallythat's essentially what he told him to do. It relates the return of Jesus to Galilee upon the imprisonment of John the Baptist. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. Answer Jesus was referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth" for several reasons. In 538 BC, King Cyrus of Persia decreed that the Jews exiled in Babylon should be allowed to return to Judea, a process that continued for the next 400-500 years. The day of salvation was present. 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. Well they were in awe of the gracious words which were falling from His lips. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me." (Matthew 28:8-10) Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus There is a raging war between good and evil in our homes, churches, and nations. Oh that doesn't mean they believed in Him as the Messiah. The rich tapestry of testimony from angels, from Gabriel, from the angels that gave testimony to the shepherds in the field, a rich testimony from godly men and women like Zacharias and Elizabeth and Joseph and Mary and Simeon and Anna and even the testimony of the prophet himself, John the Baptist, and it's all been positive up to now. You want to know whether Jesus can save you from hell? Jeremiah 9:23-24. Jesus did not return because the crowd was large. The rejection of Jesus Christ is not something that has started only during our lifetime. Elisha followed Elijah and that was a time, 850 to 790 B.C., disease was a major problem. The account of Jesus second visit to the city of Nazareth begins in Mark 6:1. There's a bit of a concession there. If He had only twelve, who is C. I. Scofield to be concerned about a big crowd?[1]. So God cared for widows. It is because they do not see themselves as the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. Jesus, our God, has set the example. So if you look at 1 Kings 17 you see the story. That is the testimony of history and the gospel accounts. They couldn't equivocate on the majesty of His oratory. 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. 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, 1. Let me tell you something as you study the New Testament. 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." 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. 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). If I don't trust the God of Israel who lives, if I don't trust the man of God, I'm dead anyway, what's half a day longer? 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. She says it, "The Lord God of Israel lives." No such confession is ever going to rise out of their hearts, their hard hearts are filled with pride and self-righteousness and religiosity. Nazareth sits on a hill, many hills on the hill but it's up a slope. He was there. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? J. Vernon McGee. He was a wretched, wicked king who worshiped Baal. They had come to the synagogue which, as Philo called it, was a house of instruction where the Scripture was read and explained. And the first thing that he does is he announces a drought. Many times the preacher had said, "The eyes who are honored to look at the sight of Messiah are of all eyes most blessed and the ears who are honored to hear His voice of all hears most blessed." That's the issue. The following words should ring in our ears and be memorized. Ahab became a Baal worshiper, a worshiper of Baal. Listen. Moody Press. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. Sometimes spiritual warfare is an indication that one is a good soldier who is engaged in a conflict for 1) righteousness and 2) for the souls of those who believe in Jesus Christ. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. There are some Christians, however, who are warriors. Now, you know, if she had been in the synagogue at Nazareth, she would have probably said, "Oh no, no, no. 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 . 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. 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. Paul's Letters to Ephesus, Colossae & Philippi, 17. "I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah." Mary and Joseph head home mistakenly leaving Jesus behind. 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. Oh they said, "Do some things like You did down there. It just means that the buzz was positive, just rippling through that packed synagogue. Fire) an unquenchable fire of judgment." Verse 30, instant calm, "But passing through their midst He went His way." This study describes this second return. So we are worse than a Gentile widow from Jezebel's hometown. We have witnessed this fact in the pages of the gospels. It's never different. Mark 6:3(NASB). Salvation is available. The Bible never directly states how long Joseph and Mary stayed together, however evidence in the book of Luke suggests that they spent 12 years . They were very eager for the Messiah's coming. At the time of the return of Joseph, Mary and Jesus return home, Jesus was between two to five years old. All they want Him to do is to do in Nazareth what was done in Capernaum, twenty miles away. They did not reject Him because they lacked the truth but because they rejected the truth. He commanded a set of troops that were always raiding Israel. He was sent to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow there. 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). Lk. They understand exactly what He said and, believe me, they understand what He meant by what He said because He spoke so perfectly clear. 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 . We don't like that story at all. How could Jesus let it happen? After Herod dies in early 4 B.C., Joseph has a dream where an angel tells him it is safe to return to Israel. 21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of . Verses 14 and 15 tell himtell us about Him, "The news had spread throughout all the surrounding district," and verse 15 says, "He was being praised by all." 2. Accordingly, early in October, 4 B.C., they departed from Bethlehem for Nazareth, going by way of Lydda and Scythopolis. Are you kidding me? [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. Herod's cruel actions fulfill a prophecy regarding the slaughter of innocent children (Jeremiah 31:15). There's only one reason why people who know the gospel don't accept Christ. That was just how He started. Sometimes we think that trouble is a sign of Gods judgment or that we did something wrong. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. Spiritual conflict (Ephesians 6:12) is unavoidable in the Christian life. . Very simple, admit their sin, ask Him to save them and see if He did it, right? There were many synagogues and this was His boyhood synagogue with all the familiar faces there. He had been invited to speak in a church in North Carolina. It's always the problem. They hurried him unceremoniously out of the town. 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 4:1-3, 4:43-45. . The family then makes the short trip back to Bethlehem. In fact, John himself was greatly perplexed because John the Baptist, soon after the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, was taken prisoner. And you remember the story? It just kept getting filled and filled and filled. 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. And the answer to that question obviously is a very important answer. On the return, Joseph was further instructed in a dream to take the family to Nazareth. And a three and a half year drought produces a famine, people start to die. Nathanaels comment was negative. You can see all the miracles under the sun, false miracles or whatever, you can see the whole parade of stuff. There He grew up from a child into an adult and then started His ministry. Are you willing to suffer in your service for God? And so Jesus reads their minds. No rain in Israel for three and a half years. Paul's Letters to Ephesus, Colossae & Philippi, 17. The trip is only 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) long. 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. 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. But this was a different day because now He took the place of the Messiah and declared to them that He was the fulfillment of all messianic prophecy. He was the greatest preacher who ever opened His mouth. What is happening? 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Many religious leaders rejected Him, but not all of them. Since Jesus was the God-man who had divine power for healing, the passage should not be understood as an inability to perform miracles. 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. The answer is obviously, No! Only a few people came to Him because the hearts of the others were unbelieving. Jewish religious rituals Wise men visit Jerusalem The holy family flee to Egypt The holy family return to Nazareth Jesus grows up 4. If they wanted proof, all they needed to do was ask Him to save them from their sins, but they had to admit their sins and they wouldn't. How can we know the Messiah would be God incarnate? On the Sabbath, he begins to teach the people. Conflict is part of the Christian life. He cares about righteousness. 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. Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. They tried to kill Him but it wasn't His time. 4:31-37 Following this rejection in his home town, Jesus goes down to Capernaum, by the lakeside (see 5 on Map 5). And what was behind that well speaking? Do you see it? We are worse than a Syrian Gentile leper. They were so entrenched in their self-righteousness, so unwilling to see their sin that when Jesus, the Messiah they had waited for for so long, the Savior of the world came, they tried to kill Him because He threatened their self-righteousness. They never question them. Wherefore the religious, under the old law, who separated themselves from wine and from the world, and consecrated themselves to God, were called Nazarites. Jesus' childhood - left behind in Jerusalem. 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."' Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. 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. It's always been that God will save Jew or Gentile when they come to a point of spiritual destitution and they know it. That's an analogy of spiritual life and supply. Psalm 146:9, "God, the Lord who relieves widows." He was concerned that they were going to miss eternal life. 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. And it's a fair axiom. Aged 12, Jesus goes to Jerusalem with his parents for the Jewish festival of Passover. 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. Mary was well along in her pregnancy; the Bible describes her at this time with the expressive phrase "heavy wi. It's never a question of miracles ever because miracles don't prove anything about that. 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. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors. 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. Dr. Scofield replied, Young man, my Lord had only twelve men in His school and in His congregation most of the time. Haggai & Zechariah encourage re-building, Haggai urges the exiles to re-build the Temple, Prophesies about the coming of the Messiah, 47. They worshiped the true and living God. So the accumulated information about the miracles was growing and growing and nobody ever questioned that. There is a similar event in the synagogue at Nazareth that happened at the end of Jesus' life. Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. Is the man of God really the man of God? The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. It isn't, it doesn't, it didn't. 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. Registered User This study describes this second return. Guest. They were righteous. 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. Is this really His prophet? They refused to admit it. 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. Why did Jesus return to Nazareth? They don't even like the fact that He's telling these stories. 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. God sends Elijah in this midst of all this famine over to Zarephath, to this widow. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. So, it was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, Jesus will be called a Nazarene, even though He was born in Bethlehem. He was a Gentile and worse than that, he was a leper, he had leprosy, he was unclean, he was despicable on every count. But if he is the man of God, and if God did send him, then I have life." The answer is that people who don't believe when they know the facts don't believe for one reason. This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). In our next study we will discover that conflict and ministry go together. 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. Pick it up where we left off. 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. 6:2, seq.) Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. And He wondered at their unbelief. If I do what the man tells me to do, then I'll know whether he's the man of God, right? Light has dawned.[6]. She is a pagan Gentile widow in the midst of a pagan godless area but believes in the true and living God. Speaking of unwelcome prophets, speaking of a prophet not welcome, let me talk to you, verse 25, about Elijah, verse 27, let me talk to you about Elisha. 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. They were unsympathetic to that, they were too proud, too self-righteous, they were too skeptical because they were in a self-defense mode. It doesn't. By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, The local people of Nazareth later called Jesus the carpenters son (see Matthew 13:55). 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. Most of the Nazarenes were royalty. We don't know that He's the Messiah. Widows are dying, the special care of God are these widows, not enough food to feed your own children let alone to give it away to some widow. You're saying, "Well, why should we believe Him, after all, we don't have any proof that He's the Messiah." Paul's Journey to Ephesus, Philippi & Corinth, The Ephesians are filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul meets violent opposition in Jerusalem, 13. Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). Why did He leave the vengeance out? He told him to take Mary and Jesus back to Israel. This website uses cookies to monitor usage (see Privacy Statement in drop-down box under 'Contact Us'). That He was going to be the reason for a sword to penetrate the heart of sweet Mary, His mother. To beseech Him to return and save us, if we have thoughtlessly or wilfully slighted Him. The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. Few people were interested and so few people came. Return to Nazareth; Finding in the Temple; Ministry. And that'sthat'sthat was not the real issue with these people because they don't even question that Jesus can do miracles. Because it was a rainy night, about twenty-five people came to the meeting. They were stunned by His ability to speak, and amazingly they hadn't heard Him speak and He had grown up in their midst. All they could think about was that they were below Gentiles. She gives testimony. Let me tell you something, there's nothing worse than spiritual pride, is there? In John 4:22, Jesus identifies himself as a Jew when speaking to the Samaritan woman. Those who suffer for doing wrong deserve it. 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. The only way she would ever know was not if he went up in the air and spun around a few times, not if he went out and healed some people, the only way she would ever know that the God of Israel would give her all she would ever need was if she took what she had in her poverty and trusted him with it. The family continues their travels northward to their hometown of Nazareth (Matthew 2:22 - 23). In brief: Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. Now listen to this very carefully. They would never accept the fact that they were the poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed. He was a Gentile. There are many widows. I have nowhere to turn. So the word is beginning to grow about Him. And you could have paraded before me an infinite number of miracles. 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). We are told that Jesus was surprised by their unbelief. Lk. As a result, very few people came to Jesus for healing, and very few miracles were performed. And she would only know if that was the man of God if she trusted him. Go over there in this dirty river and just duck yourself seven times. 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