Most of the Nazarenes were royalty. This one is at the beginning. They hated that message so violently because they would not be humiliated. 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. 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. What did that sermon that He preached say? Now listen to this very carefully. Pick it up where we left off. Verse 30, instant calm, "But passing through their midst He went His way." 83-184. 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). Ethbaal, he was so devoted to Baal He named himself after Baal. Sure death was frequent, men died in wars. A street in Sepphoris (Diocaesarea) (Carole Raddato). 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. "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.' Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: He will be called a Nazarene. Gray.) The first part of the passage seems to suggest that Jesus was unable to perform any miracles. I have to say as a footnote here. JESUS VISITS NAZARETH AND IS REJECTED. 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. That wouldn't have proved anything if he had spun up in the air and done some amazing things, if he had done some healings or whatever, it wouldn't have proven anything. It's bad enough to be a woman in Jewish tradition at this time, it's far worse to be a Gentile woman. And if you think that was bad, that Elijah was sent to none of those Jewish widows, this was worse. I need to see something so that I can believe.". Paul's Letters to Ephesus, Colossae & Philippi, 17. Well that's something like what the Jews in the Nazareth synagogue experienced that day. These other people were wretched, destitute outcasts. They were the people of God. All of a sudden bedlam broke loose in the crowded synagogue. They chose not to. How do I know you're a man of God? Mary ceased to be a virgin after Jesus was born. Speaking of prophets that were unwelcome, I remind you of Elijah and Elisha. And He instructed the people to care for the widows and that was a very important part of living out godly righteous life. How did it turn so badly? The initial response to His speaking in the synagogue was positive. The rejection of Jesus Christ is not something that has started only during our lifetime. 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.". Some Bible scholars had noted differences in the birth narrative story of the flight. They even say it. There were many synagogues and this was His boyhood synagogue with all the familiar faces there. 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. And with Him came salvation to the poor, and the prisoners, and the blind, and the outcasts, the distressed, the oppressed, the downtrodden. But I can only save the poor, and the prisoners, and the blind, and the oppressed. The following words should ring in our ears and be memorized. They persecuted the apostle Paul, and the Roman politicians persecuted Christians for many years after the apostles. So God cared for widows. Therefore, He was prevented from healing many. They all knew him. But at this point, He makes a brilliant transition, and, folks, I want you to listen carefully. He didn't, because that was future. The whole of Israel became idolatrous, started worshiping Baal. How could God ignore the Jews of Israel? The MacArthur New Testament Commentary. 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. 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). "And I say to you in truth," very much like the prior statement in verse 24, "Truly I say to you." ", 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. I'm going to die anyway, what have I got to lose?" They gave their tithes. 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. Lk. 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. They all knew Elijah, the great prophet of Israel. . Archelaus was known for his cruelty and in response to complaints from the populace, in 6 AD he was deposed by Augustus and banished to Vienne in Gaul. The people in Nazareth did not approve of His message. For this man is performing many signs. 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. Like his father, Archelaus rules with tyranny and cruelty. They were righteous. . Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. We can just imagine their thoughts. Spiritual conflict (Ephesians 6:12) is unavoidable in the Christian life. Let me tell you about the days of Elijah for a minute. They were like local churches in towns today, there are many in a given town. What do you want with us? Please, we would like to believe in You, prove You're Messiah. 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 then He proceeded to exposit the passage, recited there in verses 18 and 19. One who desires to serve God will suffer. Mark 6:3(NASB). 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?" And He said to them, 'No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, "Physician, heal yourself! Let me be very honest. 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. What a day, what a day. About 18,000 of these residents were clergy, priests and Levites. 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 Open your Bible to the fourth chapter of Luke. Oh that doesn't mean they believed in Him as the Messiah. Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. We will discover later in John 7:15 that it was common knowledge that Jesus did not have any formal rabbinical education. The religious leaders contributed to His rejection. Mary And Joseph Return To Nazareth From Alexandria. I'm in poverty. To them had come the Messiah of God, to them had come the Savior of the world with the message of salvation, a message of riches, a message of forgiveness, a message of eternal life, a message of release. Upon learning that Herod Archelaus had succeeded his father in Judea, they continued on to Galilee. Could you please fly up in the air and spin around, could you do a few healings? 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. The result, the end of verse 25: "When a great famine came over all the land." We're in shock, aren't we? 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). God sends a judgment on Ahab, a judgment on Israel and it's a three and a half year drought. And you know what happened? But passing through their midst, He went His way.". But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. Well they were in awe of the gracious words which were falling from His lips. These are statements indicating great importance. Mark 6:1(NASB). But to come from Sidon, that is unthinkable. I understand that." Jesus, just before his public ministry began, left his boyhood home in Nazareth and took up residence in the city. fulfills the prophecy found in Micah 5:2. It rivets you to the page to understand how could this have happened. There are many widows. She figured that out, by the way. And so that's what they say. The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. They were all the familiar faces of His life there. Mark 6:5-6(NASB). They made the victim unclean, cut off from all fellowship, all social activity, cut off from the families and isolated because of the contagion that was believed to be a part of these diseases, and Israel had many, many such people with these diseases, many of them. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. It's never a question of miracles ever because miracles don't prove anything about that. It was positive. 2. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. Jesus's Journeys around Galilee Jesus starts his ministry Jesus is tempted Jesus returns to Galilee Jesus goes back to Nazareth Jesus travels to Jerusalem Jesus passes through Samaria Jesus performs healing miracles For example, C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), a British preacher, had no formal education beyond Newmarket Academy. 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. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. And it's a fair axiom. We also know in John 1 He was there to call some of His disciples. Warfare comes with serving God because the Evil One is waging spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:12). But all of a sudden on this Sabbath in the year 28, He was there. 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). This study describes this second return. At this point they are in awe of His communication ability. Formal education can be very helpful, but it is not essential. Do you see it? For one thing, in Bible times people were often identified by their native area or place of residence. And Elisha says to him, "The God of Israel is willing to heal you. In our next study we will discover that conflict and ministry go together. She knows the God of Israel lives. . Very simple, admit their sin, ask Him to save them and see if He did it, right? And Jesus wasn't finished. 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. Yet, God encourages us to seek peace and avoid conflict. It could include a proverb or an axiom. 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. Because it was a rainy night, about twenty-five people came to the meeting. Let's pray. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. Around 100 BC, one clan from the line of David returned to Israel and established the town of Nazareth. 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. 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 have witnessed this fact in the pages of the gospels. You know, the Lord had said, "You know, I come to save, this is it. All of this supposed miracle-working stuff that these modern-day, supposed healers do has absolutely no bearing on the gospel. If Jesus did a miracle, does that prove that He can transfer people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light? I mean, there may have been some things that they were wondering about in His message. Herod's cruel actions fulfill a prophecy regarding the slaughter of innocent children (Jeremiah 31:15). Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. Today is the day of salvation as the apostle Paul put it in writing to the Corinthians. It relates the return of Jesus to Galilee upon the imprisonment of John the Baptist. The reason for rejecting the Lord has always been that men prefer their own way to His.[3]. They denied the light because they preferred darkness. 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 chose to throw up a smoke screen in their minds and Jesus read their minds. (Judg. That is the testimony of history and the gospel accounts. He knew that. From a human perspective, I am personally amazed that Jesus returned to a group of people who had wanted to murder Him. Leprosy is a sort of a categorical word. Heal some people, do some, you know" No that wasn't You know how they could have known if Jesus was the Messiah? 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. That's the issue. How do I know that I can trust you? This move was a fulfillment of prophecy (see Isaiah 9:1 - 2 and Matthew 4:13 - 16). So Jesus is the fulfillment of this prophecy, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He anointed Me." Then they'll know that I'm the Messiah, right?". It's always the same. Omniscience, He read their minds. 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. It all began so assuringly. Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. 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. The family's return journey from Egypt has frequently been a subject of artistic representation. It is during their visit that a priest named Simeon prophesied about Jesus' mission in life and blessed his parents (Luke 2:22 - 35). 6:2, seq.) He was a wretched, wicked king who worshiped Baal. Ahab was so bad, 1 Kings 16 says, "He did more to anger God than all the kings of Israel before him." So he goes back and his servant says, "Well, better a dirty river and a clean Naaman, huh?" The religious leaders of Jesus day repeatedly rejected Him. 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. And He grew up and He didn't do any miracles and He didn't make any such claims and He didn't do any speaking and how can He now be the Messiah? Therefore, they rejected Him. (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. 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). "I know what you're thinking," He said. how many times did jesus celebrate passover. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It is very possible that the people had come because they had heard that Jesus would be speaking. He spoke in the synagogue, but the townspeople did not like what he said. 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. They don't want the salvation He offers if the terms are to admit that you are the poor and you're the prisoners and you're the blind and you're the oppressed. We must not shrink from telling others about Christ. 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?" Now what's wrong with Naaman? And if he's not, I'll just have one less meal and die half a day sooner. 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 familiar, believe me, with 1 Kings 17, very familiar with it. They were speaking well of Him. That is the message of verses 5-6. Malachi & Joel await the Day of the LORD, 48. The problem is we don't have proof. Very importantly the Messiah is to have the full power of the Spirit of God upon Him. . 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. 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. Where did He get His wisdom? Familiarity breeds its normal contempt. Her food supply was down to one little bit of flour and one little bit of oil, enough to make one cake, right? He loved the people. God in Psalm 68:5 is called "The God who is the defender of widows." 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. Even in the New Testament, the New Testament enjoins upon Christians to take care of widows because they are of particular care in the mind of God. They were His relatives and His friends and His neighbors? Another example is Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), an American evangelist, who also lacked formal education. Text, maps & photos (unless otherwise stated) by Chris & Jenifer Taylor 2023. What it does do is affirm the faith of those who believe. 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. 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 . One preacher titled a sermon on this, "Seven ducks in a dirty pond." 13:7.) Let's see what He says, verse 25. He was concerned that they were sinners who needed their sins forgiven. The whole nation is worshiping Baal. No Sabbath ever began so wondrously and no Sabbath ever ended so tragically. The people who are at the bottom of the food chain are the widows because they're charity cases. He had married a woman named Jezebel. 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. Some time after Jesus arrived in Nazareth, the Sabbath arrived; and so Jesus went to the synagogue. Just give your life to Him, He'll prove He can. Jesus did not send an angel to testify of myths, but of facts, prophecies that will soon take place. He has asked us to be at peace with all men as much as possible (Romans 12:18). 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Huh. There are many widows. 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. It was never a question of miracles. 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 . Jeremiah 9:23-24. Nazareth was nothing special. They had run Him out of town. Somebody had witnessed to her about the true God of Israel and she trusted in the true God of Israel. The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. During Jesuss childhood, the most important town in Galilee was Sepphoris, located 4 miles / 6 km to the north of Nazareth (see Map 4). He says the same thing as recorded in Matthew 13:57 and Mark 6:4. In John 1:46, Nathanael reveals that the city was unimportant when he said, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? It's not going to convince you. They were astonished by it. 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. And I think there's a bit ofthere's a bit of mercy in that in Jesus' case. And Ethbaal was such a wicked man he murdered his predecessor and he was a priest as well as being a king. But it does nothing for those who don't because no miracles can prove that Jesus can save the sinner from hell. Jezebel was a Gentile. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? May He, in grace, save many sinners even today. This is not an honest question. They had never heard anything like it. Let me tell you something, there's nothing worse than spiritual pride, is there? One scone, if you will, one biscuit. He was the long-awaited Anointed One. a MATT. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you . Isaiah 9:1 says, "but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan." Galilee can be translated to mean wheel or revolution.Though much effort was made by the Roman Empire to keep it a peaceful territory, word of Jesus and His followers . And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. The Jesus Trail (Hebrew: , Sh'vl Yesh) is a 65 km (40 mi) hiking and pilgrimage route in the Galilee region of Israel that traces the route Jesus may have walked, connecting many sites from his life and ministry. 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. And so He says to them in verse 23, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! There's only one reason why people who know the gospel don't accept Christ. This can't be the Messiah." 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. 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 . 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. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. Many times the preacher had stood up in the synagogue and said, "The blessed hour of the Messiah is to come." 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