As a result, they had no idea what was happening in their day. Their interpretation of the Scriptures that referred to the Messiah was hopelessly wrong. Obsessed with their own man-made traditions and their own elevated self-importance, the Jewish leaders could not believe that the true Word of God, Jesus, was very different from what they believed. "Headquarters" means that only a quarter of their heads work.īut, by the resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus was going to fire a warning at them, which said, “I have power over death”.īut the Jewish leaders never recognized the warning. Religious headquarters make up their own rules and reject the Word. By killing Him, they thought to end His influence. The Jewish leaders in their headquarters at Jerusalem hated and rejected Jesus. Then the time came for Jesus to be heading back to Jerusalem from Bethabara. So John the Baptist baptized here because He knew that the Law of the Old Testament would " cross over" into the Grace of the New Testament when Messiah arrived. At the cross the Gospel was going to be crossing over from the Jews to the Gentiles.īethabara is the “ place of the crossing” of the river Jordan where Joshua originally crossed over the Jordan river near Jericho when conquering the Promised Land. First published on the 1st of December 2018 - Last updated on the 29th of September 2020Ĭhapter 11 describes events as Jesus was approaching the end of His Life. The resurrection of the saints will also split the modern church world. The resurrection divided the Jews into 2 camps.
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