Looking for Jesus according to Luke

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 6:

The scribes and the Pharisees are now watching Jesus closely to see whether he will cure on the sabbath, in order to find some way to accuse him.

- Jesus has no time to lose but apparently the religious leaders have nothing to do and plenty of time to lose: once again the choice is clear, according to whom you choose, you show what you are looking for! So the religious leaders are not the only ones to be guilty but also those who decide to follow them! It’s up to us to make the right decision!

- Jesus does everything he can to help!

- The scribes and the Pharisees don’t care!

- On the contrary!

- They speak a lot but they don’t act!

- There is no difference when people try to understand the Bible!

- The way you act shows if you really want to understand or if you don’t care!

- Yah.weh’s message is nothing new!

- He has been repeating it to mankind during the whole history of mankind!

- And mankind doesn’t want to understand!

- The Hebrews didn’t want to understand and Jerusalem was destroyed twice!

- And mankind will be destroyed again and again!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 6:

A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly instructed will be like his teacher.

- Jesus taught his disciples and the apostles and when he died they replaced him which shows they were perfectly instructed.

- We can’t say the same with religious leaders, on the contrary!

- When you teach someone, on time he must be able to teach others!

- If it stops, it means something is wrong!

- When you look inside the Bible, you can see a small fire which keeps on burning whatever may happen!

- It doesn’t matter if darkness is everywhere!

- Jesus will come back to throw darkness in the trash!

- And he will do it a second time!

- We live only a few years!

- Thus we may not understand!

- In fact, people even believe that living forever would be boring!

- It shows how primitive and limited the world is!

- When you realize to which extent you can increase your abilities when you get older and that there are no limits, it is just crazy!

- It is just crazy to think how many people lose their mental abilities as they get older!

 

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Someone said:

Just thought you might like my post today as I begin studying Luke. One interesting fact is Luke was a Gentile. That would make Luke the only Gentile to pen any books of Scripture.

 

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- What does the internet say?

The traditional view is that the Gospel of Luke and Acts were written by the physician Luke, a companion of Paul. Many scholars believe him to be a Gentile Christian, though some scholars think Luke was a Hellenic Jew. Let's have a look!

The gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles make up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts. Together they account for 27.5% of the New Testament, the largest contribution by a single author, providing the framework for both the Church's liturgical calendar and the historical outline into which later generations have fitted their idea of the story of Jesus.

The author is not named in either volume, but he was educated, a man of means, probably urban, and someone who respected manual work, although not a worker himself; this is significant, because more high-brow writers of the time looked down on the artisans and small business-people who made up the early church of Paul and who were presumably Luke's audience. According to a Church tradition beginning with Irenaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD) he was the Luke named as a companion of Paul in three of the Pauline letters, but "a critical consensus emphasizes the countless contradictions between the account in Acts and the authentic Pauline letters": an example can be seen by comparing Acts' accounts of Paul's conversion (Acts 9:1–31, Acts 22:6–21, and Acts 26:9–23) with Paul's own statement that he remained unknown to Christians in Judea after that event in Galatians 1:17–24,), and while the author of the Gospel of Luke clearly admired Paul, his theology differs significantly from Paul's on key points and he does not represent Paul's views accurately. Many modern scholars have therefore expressed doubt that the author of Luke-Acts was the physician Luke, and critical opinion on the subject was assessed to be roughly evenly divided near the end of the 20th century. Most scholars maintain that the author of Luke-Acts, whether named Luke or not, met Paul.

 

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Who wrote the book of Luke? Who was the author of Luke?​

Luke, the third book in the New Testament canon, was written by Luke, a physician and companion of Paul on some of his journeys. Often referred to as the “Gospel of mercy,” the book portrays Jesus as showing compassion toward the marginalized, poor, and outcast. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is presented as the Savior of all people, not exclusively the Jews, suggesting that the author is a Gentile. The Gospel of Luke distinguishes itself by providing many historical and chronological details. Notably, Luke also includes much information on the women who followed Jesus, mentioning them about 45 times. A large section of Luke contains material unique to that book, including 14 parables not found in the other Gospels.

The author of the third Gospel does not explicitly identify himself. The recipient is indicated as “most excellent Theophilus,” the same person who received the book of Acts (Luke 1:1–4; Acts 1:1). As Acts is obviously a sequel to Luke, the same author likely wrote both books. Christian tradition attributes them to Luke, a physician and close companion of Paul. In his letter to Timothy, Paul mentions Luke as someone who stuck with him through hard times (2 Timothy 4:11). The use of the first-person we in Acts (e.g., Acts 27:1) confirms that the author witnessed the events firsthand. It is probable that Luke was a Gentile, making him the only non-Jewish author in Scripture. His purpose for writing the book of Luke was both theological and apologetic, aiming to reinforce Theophilus’ faith (Luke 1:4).

Luke’s awareness of other disciples’ accounts indicates that Mark and Matthew were likely already written when he compiled his account, alongside other reports and sermons the Twelve probably left. This places the Gospel of Luke sometime after the writing of both Matthew and Mark. Since Acts concludes before Paul’s death in AD 68, Luke-Acts and the first two Gospels were likely written before then.

In alignment with his goal of reinforcing Theophilus’ faith, Luke diligently conducted his research. Although not an eyewitness to the life of Jesus, he had access to eyewitness testimony and various sources, including songs, letters, speeches, and trial transcripts. Leveraging his physician’s eye for detail, he crafted an extensive and orderly account.

The early church unanimously attributed the third Gospel to Luke, and all the ancient manuscripts we have of the Gospel bear his name. Early church fathers like Irenaeus, Ignatius, Clement, and Tertullian affirmed Luke’s authorship, considering his account of the life of Christ authoritative and inspired Scripture.

We have no reason to doubt the traditional attribution of the book to Luke, and Luke is properly acknowledged as the author of the Gospel bearing his name.

 

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Someone said:

Jesus came to seek out and gather the TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAELITES - todays ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIANS.

Most of the Jews had rejected him.

- My answer:

- Have a look at Revelation chapters 7, 14, 20,21 and 22!

 

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Someone said:

Rev 7:6 Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Manasseh also included Ephrain - the ancestors of the English and American Christians.

Jesus came to seek out and gather the TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAELITES - todays ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIANS.

Most of the Jews had rejected him.

 

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- My answer:

- Revelation 7:4-8: We are told about a limited number!

- Revelation 7:9: We are told about an unlimited number!

- Revelation 14:1-5: We are told about a limited number, they are virgins, they are blameless, they are called firstfruits!

- In the rest of the chapter, we are told about the crop of the earth!

- Revelation 20:3, we are told about the nations

- Revelation 20:4, “the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

- Revelation 20:5, “The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete.”
- Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.”

- Revelation 20:8, “the nations”

- Revelation 20:12,13 “And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.”

- Revelation 21:3, “His people”

- Revelation 21:26, “the nations”

- Revelation 22:3, “His servants”

 

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Someone said:

Revelation 21:3, “His people”

Yes. GOD's People are the 12 Tribes and two of them are Ephraim and Manasseh who are today's Anglo-Saxons Christians.

Get a Bible and start learning the difference between Jews and Israelites if you can.

 

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- My answer (1)

- Very funny!

- I always say Hebrews and never Jews when I use my own words!

- I use Yah.weh’s word instead of man’s word!

- Man’s word only leads to destruction!

 

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- My answer (2)

- It’s like Abraham and Abram or Abram and Abraham!

- He was first called Abram and then Abraham!

- But people always say Abraham!

According to the biblical account, Abram (“The Father [or God] Is Exalted”), who is later named Abraham (“The Father of Many Nations”), a native of Ur in Mesopotamia, is called by God (Yahweh) to leave his own country and people and journey to an undesignated land, where he will become the founder of a new nation.

- Of course, Abraham has more meaning!

- Abraham would become the father of many nations (Genesis chapter 17)!

- Maybe you have forgotten that!

- When people read you they may guess so!

- Or maybe you have taken it away!

- But the Bible is based on this promise and it concerns all mankind!

 

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- My answer (3)

- If we look at Revelation chapter 7, guess what? We are told about the 12 tribes of Israel!

- What is that? Hebrew or Jewish?

- Do you remember what Yah.weh said in Genesis about a man and a woman?

- No divorce!

- Now Hebrews could repudiate their wives and marry different women!

- Yah.weh tolerated it!

- He tolerated many things and at the same time he warned Hebrews!

- Where did it lead? To destruction again and again!

- For Yah.weh there was only one people, the descendants of Abraham!

- Hebrews wanted a human king instead of Yah.weh!

- They wanted to do like other nations!

- They rejected Yah.weh!

- In fact, they rejected him all the time!

- They never were his people!

- He tolerated them because of His friend Abraham and because he had made the promise to Abraham to bless all the nations through him!

 

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- My answer (4)

- I can also speak about the New Jerusalem to remember what the book of Revelation is!

- Thus I must copy a text I wrote about Revelation Chapter 21:

• Revelation chapter 21: we are told about the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven out of God!
• It has nothing to do with the Jerusalem on earth!
• it shines with the glory of God!
• Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal!
• The dimensions of this celestial Jerusalem are equal in length and width and height!
• Hence, 12,000 stadia = @ 1,500 miles. “A city this size would occupy the entire Mediterranean world from Jerusalem to Spain” (Phillips, 644). You may recall that the Holy of Holies inside the tabernacle was a perfect cube as well (1 Kings 6:20).
• The city's wall is 144 cubits thick, which is about 216 feet or almost 66 meters. Generally, a wall is constructed to provide security and/or privacy. But most walls are only a foot (30 cm) or less thick. The massive size of these walls not only implies strength, it suggests the enormous scale of the rest of the city.
• The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone:

The first foundation was jasper,

the second sapphire,

the third chalcedony,

the fourth emerald,

20the fifth sardonyx,

the sixth carnelian,

the seventh chrysolite,

the eighth beryl,

the ninth topaz,

the tenth chrysoprase,

the eleventh jacinth,

and the twelfth amethyst.

21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

• 22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.f 25Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
• How is it possible to misunderstand?
• It is impossible!

 

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- My answer (5)

- Maybe we have to look at the History of Israel (according to Biblical times)!

https://embassies.gov.il/UnGeneva/AboutIsrael/history/Pages/History-Israel-Timeline.aspx

- 17th century BCE

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob - patriarchs of the Jewish people and bearers of a belief in one God - settle in the Land of Israel.

Famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt.

- 13th century BCE

Exodus from Egypt: Moses leads Israelites from Egypt, followed by 40 years of wandering in the desert.

Torah, including the Ten Commandments, received at Mount Sinai.

- 13th-12th centuries BCE Israelites settle in the Land of Israel

- 1020 BCE Jewish monarchy established; Saul, first king. (Here we get an official timeline, they say Jewish monarchy but they were Hebrews at this time!)

- 1000 BCE Jerusalem made capital of David's kingdom. ( so Hebrew or Jewish?)

- 960 BCE Israel crushed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (ten lost tribes)

- 930 BCE Divided kingdom: Judah and Israel!

- 586 BCE Judah conquered by Babilonia; Jerusalem and First temple destroyed; most Jews exiled.

- Conclusion:

- I am not a Hebrew, I am not A Jew!

- If you look at Hebrew history, you can see that it represents many centuries (17th century BCE- 960 BCE)!

- If you look at Jewish history, you can see that it is only from 930 BCE to 586 BCE!

- Do you see the difference?

 

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- Now let’s have a look at the Bible timeline!

https://biblehub.com/timeline/old.htm

- 2091 BCE God Sends Abram to Egypt (Genesis)

- 1800 BCE Jacob's Family Stays in Egypt (Exodus)

- 1446 BCE The Exodus Begins (Exodus). Then the Hebrews stay in the desert (Leviticus, Numbers)

- 1407 BCE Conquest of Midian (Numbers) - Moses' Summary of Israel's History (Deuteronomy)

- Then in the book of Joshua, Joshua leads the conquest of the land of Canaan (Joshua)

- 1375 BCE time of judges (Judges)

- 1140 BCE Naomi, Ruth and Boaz (Ruth)

- 1070 BCE Battle of Shiloh (Samuel)

- 1003 BCE Genealogies of the Israelites - Saul's Overthrow and Defeat - David Reigns over All Israel (Chronicles)

- 950 BCE The Proverbs of Solomon (Proverbs) Solomon's Song of Songs

- 913 BCE Civil War against Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13)

- 853 BCE Israel and Judah against Syria (Kings)

- 1 Kings deals with Solomon, the revolt of the ten tribes and the kings of Judah and Israel!

- 2 Kings deals with kings of Judah and Israel!

- 1 Chronicles deals with David!

- 2 Chronicles deals with Solomon and kings of Judah!

- Ezra deals with the reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem!

- Nehemiah deals with the reconstruction of the walls of Jerusalem!

- Isaiah is about Israel’s rebellion!

- Jeremiah deals about Yah.weh’s judgment on Israel!

- Ezekiel deals Yah.weh’s judgment on Jerusalem!

- Daniel deals with the reconstruction and the destruction of Jerusalem!

- Hosea deals with Israel!

- Joel deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Judah!

- Amos deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on different peoples including Judah and Israel!

- Obadiah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Edom!

- Jonah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Niniveh!

- Micah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Israel and Judah!

- Nahum deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Assyria!

- Zephaniah deals with Yah.weh’s judgment on Judah and Jerusalem!

- Haggai deals with the reconstruction of Yah.weh’s temple!

- Zechariah deals with Yah.weh’s kingdom to come!

- Malachi deals with Yah.weh’s word to Israel!

- Are we reading the same Bible?

- The message seems to be clear but not for everybody!