Looking for Jesus according to Luke

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- My answer (3)

- If we look at Revelation chapter 7, guess what? We are told about the 12 tribes of Israel!

- What is that? Hebrew or Jewish?

- Do you remember what Yah.weh said in Genesis about a man and a woman?

- No divorce!

- Now Hebrews could repudiate their wives and marry different women!

- Yah.weh tolerated it!

- He tolerated many things and at the same time he warned Hebrews!

- Where did it lead? To destruction again and again!

- For Yah.weh there was only one people, the descendants of Abraham!

- Hebrews wanted a human king instead of Yah.weh!

- They wanted to do like other nations!

- They rejected Yah.weh!

- In fact, they rejected him all the time!

- They never were his people!

- He tolerated them because of His friend Abraham and because he had made the promise to Abraham to bless all the nations through him!

 

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- My answer (4)

- I can also speak about the New Jerusalem to remember what the book of Revelation is!

- Thus I must copy a text I wrote about Revelation Chapter 21:

• Revelation chapter 21: we are told about the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven out of God!
• It has nothing to do with the Jerusalem on earth!
• it shines with the glory of God!
• Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal!
• The dimensions of this celestial Jerusalem are equal in length and width and height!
• Hence, 12,000 stadia = @ 1,500 miles. “A city this size would occupy the entire Mediterranean world from Jerusalem to Spain” (Phillips, 644). You may recall that the Holy of Holies inside the tabernacle was a perfect cube as well (1 Kings 6:20).
• The city's wall is 144 cubits thick, which is about 216 feet or almost 66 meters. Generally, a wall is constructed to provide security and/or privacy. But most walls are only a foot (30 cm) or less thick. The massive size of these walls not only implies strength, it suggests the enormous scale of the rest of the city.
• The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone:

The first foundation was jasper,

the second sapphire,

the third chalcedony,

the fourth emerald,

20the fifth sardonyx,

the sixth carnelian,

the seventh chrysolite,

the eighth beryl,

the ninth topaz,

the tenth chrysoprase,

the eleventh jacinth,

and the twelfth amethyst.

21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

• 22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.f 25Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
• How is it possible to misunderstand?
• It is impossible!

 

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- My answer (5)

- Maybe we have to look at the History of Israel (according to Biblical times)!

https://embassies.gov.il/UnGeneva/AboutIsrael/history/Pages/History-Israel-Timeline.aspx

- 17th century BCE

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob - patriarchs of the Jewish people and bearers of a belief in one God - settle in the Land of Israel.

Famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt.

- 13th century BCE

Exodus from Egypt: Moses leads Israelites from Egypt, followed by 40 years of wandering in the desert.

Torah, including the Ten Commandments, received at Mount Sinai.

- 13th-12th centuries BCE Israelites settle in the Land of Israel

- 1020 BCE Jewish monarchy established; Saul, first king. (Here we get an official timeline, they say Jewish monarchy but they were Hebrews at this time!)

- 1000 BCE Jerusalem made capital of David's kingdom. ( so Hebrew or Jewish?)

- 960 BCE Israel crushed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (ten lost tribes)

- 930 BCE Divided kingdom: Judah and Israel!

- 586 BCE Judah conquered by Babilonia; Jerusalem and First temple destroyed; most Jews exiled.

- Conclusion:

- I am not a Hebrew, I am not A Jew!

- If you look at Hebrew history, you can see that it represents many centuries (17th century BCE- 960 BCE)!

- If you look at Jewish history, you can see that it is only from 930 BCE to 586 BCE!

- Do you see the difference?

 

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- My answer (6)

- Now let’s have a look at the Bible timeline!

https://biblehub.com/timeline/old.htm

- 2091 BCE God Sends Abram to Egypt (Genesis)

- 1800 BCE Jacob's Family Stays in Egypt (Exodus)

- 1446 BCE The Exodus Begins (Exodus). Then the Hebrews stay in the desert (Leviticus, Numbers)

- 1407 BCE Conquest of Midian (Numbers) - Moses' Summary of Israel's History (Deuteronomy)

- Then in the book of Joshua, Joshua leads the conquest of the land of Canaan (Joshua)

- 1375 BCE time of judges (Judges)

- 1140 BCE Naomi, Ruth and Boaz (Ruth)

- 1070 BCE Battle of Shiloh (Samuel)

- 1003 BCE Genealogies of the Israelites - Saul's Overthrow and Defeat - David Reigns over All Israel (Chronicles)

- 950 BCE The Proverbs of Solomon (Proverbs) Solomon's Song of Songs

- 913 BCE Civil War against Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13)

- 853 BCE Israel and Judah against Syria (Kings)

- 1 Kings deals with Solomon, the revolt of the ten tribes and the kings of Judah and Israel!

- 2 Kings deals with kings of Judah and Israel!

- 1 Chronicles deals with David!

- 2 Chronicles deals with Solomon and kings of Judah!

- Ezra deals with the reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem!

- Nehemiah deals with the reconstruction of the walls of Jerusalem!

- Isaiah is about Israel’s rebellion!

- Jeremiah deals about Yah.weh’s judgment on Israel!

- Ezekiel deals Yah.weh’s judgment on Jerusalem!

- Daniel deals with the reconstruction and the destruction of Jerusalem!

- Hosea deals with Israel!

- Joel deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Judah!

- Amos deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on different peoples including Judah and Israel!

- Obadiah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Edom!

- Jonah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Niniveh!

- Micah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Israel and Judah!

- Nahum deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Assyria!

- Zephaniah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Judah and Jerusalem!

- Haggai deals with the reconstruction of Yah.weh’s temple!

- Zechariah deals with Yah.weh’s kingdom to come!

- Malachi deals with Yah.weh’s word to Israel!

- Are we reading the same Bible?

- The message seems to be clear but not for everybody!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 6:

- Jesus compares the one who hears and does nothing to a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river dashed against it, and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.

- Too many examples in the Bible show us that religious leaders built their house without foundation and their teachings lead nowhere, only in the wrong way!

- When we really listen to Jesus, we want to build our house with foundation and follow his way not their way!

- Once again, it’s up to us, we must make the right choice and know why we do it !

- When our house is in ruin, it’s too late!

- It is important to make the right choice on time!

- We must never put our confidence in man but in Yah.weh and Jesus!

- Never believe those who think they know better than others but only those who encourage you to think by yourselves!

- Of course, it is hard work!

- But we must always check by ourselves!

- We must always do our part of the job!

- Otherwise we are good to nothing!

- And the next promised land is not for us!

- The Hebrews didn’t do their part of the job and they didn’t get into the promised land!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 7:

- John the baptist sends two of his disciples to ask Jesus if he is the Messiah!

- They can see Jesus curing people and doing many miracles and teaching about God’s Kingdom!

- And Jesus tells them to tell what they have just seen!

- Actions are better than words!

- When what we say corresponds with what we do, it is more powerful than anything!

- Jesus doesn’t answer directly to John but he tells him about his miracles and his teaching! Isn’t that the best answer?

- John the Baptist understands perfectly well and he rejoices!

- But not religious leaders: where is the mistake?

- They understand but they don’t care because it is against their own interests!

- Jesus looks for his Father’s interests, they don’t!

- So we must be careful not to serve religious leaders’ interests instead of God’s interests!

- Yes, real actions!

- Same when we speak about the Bible!

- People usually use empty words or other people's words!

- We must learn to express ourselves with our own words!

- It is much more powerful!

- I should say extremely powerful!

- Personally, I always look for other people’s words!

- When you use your own words, you show how you understand what you want to express!

- And the more you do it, the clearer it can become!

- And also more and more powerful!

- when you always repeat other people’s words, it is powerless!

- Think about Yah.weh and Jesus!

- Think about the prophets and the apostles!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 7:

- People declare God to be righteous, for they have been baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and those versed in the Law disregard the counsel of God to them, since they have not been baptized by him!

- There is a big difference between ordinary people and religious leaders!

- Humility vs Pride!

- In fact, religious leaders don’t care about Yah.weh!

- They prefer looking for their own interests!

- How can they really help ordinary people?

- Jesus not only washed his disciples’ feet, he shared everything with them!

- They didn’t only receive his teachings but they could also watch him in his ordinary life!

- He also showed them how to pray!

- But above all, he told them to pray with their hearts!

- And he showed them how to pray all the time!

- And how to develop a special relationship with Yah.weh!

- Do we keep building our personal relationship to Yah.weh?

- Do we do it every day, whenever possible?

- Do we constantly see it growing?

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 7:

Now one of the Pharisees keeps asking him to dine with him. So he enters the house of the Pharisee and reclines at the table.

- When people keep asking Jesus, he listens and answers them, whoever they are!

- It reminds us of Yah.weh!

- Like father like son!

- Do we show the same attitude?

- And look! A woman who is known in the city to be a sinner learns he is dining in the house of the Pharisee, and she brings an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

- Jesus does everything in the light and people can find him!

- Taking a position behind him at his feet, she weeps and begins to wet his feet with her tears, and she wipes them off with the hair of her head.

- She is known as a sinner but look at what she does!

- Religious leaders are far away from her because she is humble and they are arrogant!

- Also she tenderly kisses his feet and pours the perfumed oil on them.

- Ordinary people vs religious leaders who have dried hearts!

- How is it possible to be so far away from Yah.weh’s truth!

- You can’t look for power and Yah.weh’s truth at the same time!

- It is incompatible!

- Then they think that Jesus can’t be a prophet otherwise he would know the woman is a sinner!

- That’s really a good summary of religious leaders: mentally short-sighted, mentally limited, spiritually limited, spiritually dead and leading people to nowhere!

- They are completely blind!

- How is it possible to be so limited!

- But in reply Jesus says to him: “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

- Then he tells him about an analogy to make him understand and give him a lesson!

- There is only one teacher!

- Then he tells Simon about the woman and everything she does for him and because of that her sins are forgiven!

- What a lesson!

- But they don’t understand anything!

- So they prove themselves good for nothing, useless!

- And they start thinking how it is possible for a man to forgive sins!

- Authority vs meaninglessness!

- Wow: what a powerful action! It seems like a vision!

- How is it possible not to see the difference: it is so evident!

- The problem is when we get accustomed to something, we don’t see it anymore!

- What a pity!

- The woman is far better than them!

- But it is impossible for them to understand it!

- And Jerusalem was destroyed and they were destroyed with it!

- It showed who was right and who was wrong!

- Why is it necessary to study in such a way to be completely wrong!

- And the situation will keep repeating again and again!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 9:

- The apostles have a discussion about who is the greatest!

- Jesus tells them about a child!

- He tries to show them how to behave!

- They must show humility!

- It is usual among those who think they are important in this world to be the greatest or want to be the greatest but the one who belongs to Yah.weh must be humble and get away from this attitude which has nothing to do with Yah.weh!

- Jesus showed how humble he was which is not the case of religious leaders!

- Moreover, once again we see that Jesus knows what people think!

- It shows the difference between Jesus and men!

- It shows that we must keep working hard to develop humility if we want to look like Yah.weh and Jesus!

- In fact, we have to work hard in many fields or areas to look like them!

- If we think we don’t need to do it anymore, we are in trouble!

- And we are going in the wrong direction!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 10:

Jesus explains that the harvest is great but there are few workers!

- He adds to beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest!

- And he is sending his disciples out as lambs among wolves!

- Yes, workers are needed and religious leaders are certainly not workers!

- The harvest needs workers who are ready to work hard!

- Workers who are 100% active, not passive!

- Think about all the faithful servants of Yah.weh: they were active men not passive ones!

- If we don’t participate, nobody will do it!

- Religious leaders are certainly not lambs but wolves!

- The harvest needs hardworking lambs!

- Who are we?

- We can look for good examples in the Bible!

- Good examples we can follow!

- Good examples we can regularly think about when we feel good or bad!

- Good examples to find encouragement!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 10:

Jesus praises his father because he has hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones and has revealed them to young children.

- Wise and intellectual ones vs young children!

- When we look at the world situation it is going worse and worse every day with more and more unsolvable problems!

- And there are many researchers!

- We may ask what they are doing!

- We can say the same of political leaders!

- Yes, Yah.weh’s word is not for such men!

- They are too busy looking for nothing and doing nothing!

- We need to be humble if we want to understand Yah.weh’s word and will!

- Thinking about Bible translations can help us think positively!

- Bible translations are done by men!

- There aren’t perfect translations!

- Of course, we can check the original!

- We can look at interlinear versions and dictionaries!

- Personally, I like Biblehub because there is an interlinear version and a dictionary at the same time!

- There will always be mistakes!

- You can also look at different versions!

- And always look at the context!

- And always have in mind the difference between Ancient Hebrew and Ancient Greek!

- The first one was very limited with words used for different meanings!

- The second one which was extremely rich with extreme precision!

- Thus we must always keep in mind that there are big differences between Ancient Greek and modern languages which are extremely limited in comparison!

- Many people are used to making the same mistakes again and again!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 10:

The man wants to prove himself righteous so he asks Jesus who his neighbor is!

- Being righteous is a condition of the heart!

- If you want to prove yourself righteous, you look for appearances!

- But appearances are not real!

- It is only superficial!

- So are religious and political and commercial leaders because of power and so is human society!

- The world is burning but they do as if everything was normal!

- And people listen to them!

- It has always been so and it is not going to change!

- In a primitive and limited society!

- Remember: we don’t need to prove righteous!

- Our acts show if we are righteous or not!

- Today it is the reference: you must be a liar!

- No, it is not correct, you must be the biggest liar!

- And this modern world shows what it is really: a world of liars who spend their time lying!

- And to be a good politician, you must be the king of liars!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 11:

Jesus tells to keep asking to receive and to keep on seeking to find and to keep on knocking to be opened!

- Keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking!

- Jesus’ message is alive, it’s not a tomb!

- And to keep it alive, we need to ask and seek and knock!

- We need to do our job!

- We must speak about Yah.weh and Jesus and what they will bring in the near future!

- But to do that we need to keep studying the Bible and searching and explaining and teaching!

- We can’t let others do the job!

- We must take a share!

- Otherwise why Yah.weh should remember us?

- Remember the workers are few and are required!

- And active ones, not lazy ones!

- There is no excuse!

- What are we doing?

- Are we busy?

- Or are we good to nothing?

- Remember: the Hebrews died in the desert!

- Yah.weh’s message has always been the same from the beginning!

- And man keeps doing as if he didn’t understand!

- There won’t be any surprises!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 11:

One of those versed in the Law tells Jesus that he is insulting them!

- And Jesus answers him telling woe to them because they put hard loads on men but they don’t touch them with their fingers!

- Man, do you see the balance: on the one side A MOUNTAIN and on the other side A PEA!

- How is it possible not to see the difference?

- Is that a habit?

- Like doing something without thinking?

- Is that what we must do when dealing with God’s and Jesus’ affairs?

- Are we ZOMBIES?

- Do Yah.weh and Jesus need ZOMBIES?

- Is Yah.weh’s word a LIVING SPRING or a DEAD ONE?

- Once again, when Yah.weh decided to use the flood to destroy mankind, he regretted having created it!

- What about today?

- Do you think it is better?

- With men, it can only be worse!

- We just have to see how they are destroying everything!

- And they are putting their children in danger!

- Hopefully, through history, there were always faithful servants of Yah.weh!

- That’s why man still exists!

- That’s why we should act according to such faithful servants of Yah.weh!

- But men are so limited!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 11:

Jesus tells them woe to them because they took away the key of knowledge!

- They didn’t go in and they hinder those who go in!

- It is as if religious leaders let the door of knowledge closed or they shut it!

- How selfish they are!

- How criminal they are!

- In any case it is a personal choice!

- They do it on purpose!

- They mislead people!

- By doing this, they oppose Yah.weh!

- That’s why we can’t let people think for ourselves!

- It is too easy to let others do everything!

- We need to do our parts!

- We need to study the Bible daily and check everything!

- But this world keeps doing everything for us to be lazy!

- Thus it will prevent people from getting into the next promised land just like the Hebrews!

- it is like cancer!

- It gets everywhere, in the whole body, in the brain!

- There is no part left which is sane!

- To fight such a pandemy requires superhuman efforts!

- But who is ready to do them?