Okay, I have a quite of bits of my business concluded…now I can write of this weeks events with this man, Jesus…
As I mentioned before, he came right into town on a donkey(I still can’t get over that, the children, the adults praising him).
From that procession, he went to the temple…
This gets interesting…he entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and. selling there…the merchants had set up their booths inside and were selling animals that others were using for sacrifices, there were money changers as well exchanging currencies for people who were not local…apparently these people were overcharging and deceptively using this opportunity to gain wealth from the foreigners…( it seems that there is that problem here just like in our country, people taking advantage of others, I guess wrong does exist everywhere)…
He even said, “ my house will be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.”
After all the merchants left, Jesus proceeded to heal the blind and the lame….can you imagine, right there he healed them and they walked away new people, healed …I have never seen anything like it…and, of all things the leaders instead of rejoicing over the healing, they were indignant….I wish I could have had our dear sister here . What a wonderful thing to see her healed by this man…maybe I could bring her back here someday…
Following that, he left, some said he went to the city of Bethany , not too far away…I retired to my lodgings as well…
The following day, he came back and taught in the temple…he taught about things I have ever heard, he taught with authority…all kinds of people were there listening intently, as did I…
The leaders challenged him again and he stood up to them…
He taught in stories, parables…talked about the kingdom of God…things like I have never heard, my heart was so overwhelmed by him, his demeanor, his words…
I didn’t know it then but the leaders were trying to find ways to trap him and arrest him….
One of the things he said, “But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.”
Then he addressed them with “woe to you several times”…it is a wonder the leaders could stand before his wrath…
From there he walked with his friends to the place they call the Mount of Olives. Where he proceeded to tell them about the “end times”…I didn’t even know there was going to be end times…doesn’t the world just keep on going forever…not from what he said…it didn’t sound pleasant I can tell you…and then his “return”…hummmm…he called himself the Christ, the Son of Man…talking about “Salvation , the gospel…
These things are words I have never heard before…I need to investigate….
Closing for now….
