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17 and he was given the scroll of the prophet Yesha‘yahu. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written source Luke 4
He found the place where it was written.
And how did He find the place?
No doubt for me, He was well familiar with the scroll of Isaiah.
He knew just where the passage was situated.
How was it He was so familiar do you think, other than He authored it? :)
Luke 24.
Perhaps you will read it today.
Particularly verses 44 through 49.
44 Yeshua said to them, “This is what I meant when I was still with you and told you that everything written about me in the Torah of Moshe, the Prophets and the Psalms had to be fulfilled.”
45 Then he opened their minds, so that they could understand the Tanakh,
46 telling them, “Here is what it says: the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day;
47 and in his name repentance leading to forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to people from all nations, starting with Yerushalayim.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 Now I am sending forth upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been equipped with power from above.” source
Then He opened their minds, so that they could understand the Tanakh.
Some Texts read so that they could understand the Scriptures.
The Tanakh is Scripture.
Of all the things to which we need our minds opened is Scripture, so we can understand.
Yeshua did this for His Disciples and The Comforter, The Teacher He sent – Holy Spirit – still does this today for us, who are His Disciples.
Aren’t you glad?
One more thing. Don’t miss this: repentance leading to forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to people from all nations.
People NEED repentance leading to forgiveness of sins – but how will they hear, if we do not tell them?
Shall we?
I read a portion of Luke 19 this morning; the place that says Yeshua entered Jericho and was passing through and I had some weird thoughts even for me.
I wondered if JESUS thought of Rahab, his great, great, great – ever how many greats it was Grandmother.
You know the story, right?
The spies came to check out the city prior to the marching around it and the ram horn blowing that GOD used to bring down the walls of that very strong city.
Do you also remember that Rahab and her family were spared because she had helped the spies?
Would you like to read the account? Check out Joshua Chapters 2 and 6.
So I wondered if JESUS thought of her and the account of the walls of Jericho falling as He was entering the City.
Strange.
Or is it?
Rahab the Harlot as she is often called, converted.
She believed the WORD she heard about GOD and it was counted to her as Righteousness.
And centuries later Yeshua went to Jericho and another Outcast believed. Luke 19:1-10
I also read an article entitled
by Rex Rouis
if you are interested.
And there you have it – a bit of my wonderings as I was reading Scripture this morning.
Do you wonder things as you read Scripture?
I hope you do. I hope as you read your Bible its pages open and you see and experience the people and the accounts provided for us so we may truly BELIEVE and no longer be Outcasts.
If you would like more information about Jericho, click HERE.
