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Re: Gleanings from the "Gospels" [message #11917 is a reply to message #11915]

Sat, 12 December 2015 17:40

Gary
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Gods in sovereign control, even though the Pharisees thought they had the upper hand when Jesus walked on the earth, and they crucified Him with no remorse. The Pharisees turned a blind eye to the truth and in their minds they thought they were serving God.

Josephus even records the calamities that came upon the Pharisees after the crucifixion. Remember them crying out we have no king but Caesar. Shortly after this Josephus tells us that Pilate erected a statue in Jerusalem that was an abomination to the Jews. Then many rebelled at what the government was doing and tried to take matters in their own hands. This stirred up Rome who was swift to retaliate.

We read in the book of Acts that there was also a famine in the land.

According to Josephus many of the Jews starved to death during this time and there is one account of a woman who ate her new born child.

Josephus wrote:

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"For the Wealthy," he says, it was equally dangerous to remain in Jerusalem. For under pretense they were going to desert, men were put to death for their wealth. The madness of the seditions increased with the famine and both the miseries were inflamed more and more day by day. No were was food to be seen; but, bursting into the houses men searched them thoroughly, and whenever they found anything to eat they tormented the owners on the ground that they had denied anything; but if they found nothing, they tortured them on the ground that they had more carefully concealed it.

Of all evils, indeed, famine is the worst, and it destroys nothing so effectively as shame.

Josephus goes on to say: Such was the reward which the Jews received for their wickedness and impiety, against the Christ of God.

It was only a matter of time before the world went into what is called the "dark ages".

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Eusebius tells us that Jesus predicted this time when He states: "Woe unto them that are with suck in those days! But pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day. For there shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world, no, nor ever shall be."

There is only one true God and not many paths into heaven. Jesus said, "strait is the gate, narrow is the way, and few there be that find it."

Its interesting to see the viewpoint of someone who lived back in that time, 2000 years ago and get a perspective on what they saw taking place before their very eyes.

In reality with all out modern day inventions, we find were not too different from the people who walked on the earth back then. Violence, rebellion towards the authorities, distrust of the government, seems like a modern day scenario.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Gary

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