Jesus keeps on working on his mission. He keeps on spreading the word of God, and continues to make miracles. However, there are many who don't like Jesus at all. Jesus had previously cured a man at the pool of Bethesda. Many Jews grew angry because he had done so during sabbath. His breaking of the sabbath made them think he was a devil, or an evil person. They insisted on this when he kept curing people without really paying attention at the sabbath. He made a man who was blind since birth see, but he again did so during sabbath. This controversy created the following arguments:
"This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" (John 9:16). I really don't understand how they denied Jesus after all the miracles he was performing in the name of God. During that time, science and technology were in no way capable of disproving those miracles in the name of God. There was simply no way to scientifically deny that Jesus had cured the man's blindness with spittle clay. He even resurrected Lazarus after he'd been dead for four days. There's not enough science today to prove it can be scientifically done. There's no way to prove it wasn't a miracle which required the power of God to do so. So why did they keep denying him? What was the reason for the Pharisees to think an evil person could accomplish actions of good?
Several times they tried to stone Jesus, and poor Jesus insisted on his mission. I don't understand why Jesus would try to convince them anymore. He already knew that the Pharisees would try to kill him, so there was no real hope on making them see he was the real son of God. I think Jesus always knew what his fate was, because that was the real reason why he had been sent to this world. He even warned his disciples about it in the Last Supper. Like the Gospel said:
"Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end."(John 13:1).
It had been foreseen by Jesus a long time ago, and he was fully prepared for the horrors that were yet to come.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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