| Jn 7:40~52 On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet." |
| Others said, "He is the Christ." Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?" Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him in?" |
| "No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards declared. "You mean he has deceived you also?" the Pharisees retorted. "Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law--there is a curse on them." Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, |
| "Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?" They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee It was mostly poor and humble people such as fishermen, tax collectors and prostitutes who believed in Jesus. The influential and powerful people did not believe in Him. This fact also became an excuse for the opponents to slander Jesus. When Jesus was with tax collectors and sinners, they een treated him as less that a prophet saying. "If this man were a prophet, how would have known that they are sinner" There were also some people who misunderstood Jesus with wrong information about Him, saying, "How can the Christ come from Galilee?" They did not know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. In Isaiah 9 there was a prophecy showing that a great light would shine on Galilee of the Gentiles, but they eve despised the prophecy, and they did not pay any attention to what was contrary to their views. When people listened to the worlds of Christ they excommunicated them, saying, "you means he has deceived you also?" It is the same now, Even today, there are the religious leaders with vested rights who blaspheme God the Father and God the Mother and slander the Church of God, as they did 2,000 years ago. Even though we give them clear evidence that Heavenly Mother exists from the Bible, they just insist that it does not mean that but has a differenct, hidden meaning. Is there any hidden meaning in it except God's will hidden from them? Some of us may think that Jesus was adored and respected by many people who believed in God and gained a great deal of popularity among them in those days. However, nowhere in the Bible does it say that there were many who believed in Jesus completely and followed Him fully; He was surrounded by those who doubted and persecuted Him. Yet, our Christ Ahnsahnghong did not care about the reproaches and insults of the people, but He only put forth His energy to save His children. "Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me." These words of Jesus leave a deep and lingering impression on our hearts today. God is a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes the fall even in this age, as he was at His first coming. I am truly blessed to be able to know the secrets of the kingdom of God and to recognize Christ, the mystery of God. |
When you study the bible with humble mind you will surely realize 2nd coming Christ.
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