Month: March 2023

1When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee,14:1 Greek Herod the tetrarch. Herod Antipas was a son of King Herod and was ruler over Galilee. heard about Jesus, 2he said to his advisers, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he can do such miracles.”

King Herod believed that Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead because at this time there was no one who could do theses miracle except for John the Baptist .

Now when John the Baptist was arrested it was because he had told king Herod it was against Gods law for him to marry Herodias because she was Herod’s brother Phillips wife this made Herodias hold a grudge on John so she made Herod arrest him she wanted him dead but with out king Herods approval she couldn’t touch a hair on his head. Now king Herod respected John it says here in Mark chapter 6 verse 20
“for Herod respected John; and knowing that he was a good and holy man, he protected him. Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him.”
‭‭so Herod did not want to kill John for 2 reasons 1 he knew it would start a riot because people believed John was a prophet and 2 because even though he didn’t believe what John was saying he like to listen to him and respected him.
So when Herodias’ daughter danced for king Herod he was pleased and in front of everyone he said he would give her anything she wanted , now at this time she didn’t know what she wanted so she asked her mother and her mother told her what to say again king Herod didn’t want to kill John but because he gave his word in front of all these people which included his officials, generals, and hundreds of people he had no choice at all so this is why He had no choice but to behead John

Now all of this happen because Herodias had anger and a grudge towards John her anger took over her mind and spirit and she caused her self her daughter and her husband to comment the sin of murder. She let her anger control her causing her to live in anger her anger made her do bad things she made her husband arrest John and then persuaded her daughter to want Johns head and then for king Herod to give the final word to behead John.

If we let our anger control us we will never be happy with the things we have we can never look at the blessings God gave us and I’m not trying to say that God blessed Herod and his wife so no one assume that’s what I’m saying I’m talking about is the world now if we hold a grudge and anger towards anyone it doesn’t harm that person as much as it harms us . It harms are spirit , our joy, our connection with God, and our vision to see the blessings God gives us . We let our worldly feuds get between our Holy gifts

This this part of the chapter Matthew is telling us how the people of Nazareth (the town which Jesus grew up in) were astonished and  shocked with the wisdom and power he had , they were confused about how and where he got this wisdom and power and knowledge because they knew his entire family they knew his father was a carpenter who had no special abilities so because of this they were confused and refused to believe in him and refuse to believe he is who he says he is (which is the son of God) 

For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.” Matthew‬ ‭12‬:‭40‬ ‭NLT‬‬

When Jesus says this he’s telling them about the future in which he is crucified and resurrected in 3 days 

““The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.”

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The people in Nineveh were very sinful and evil people yet when Jonah finally went there and preached and told them to repent they did and changed their ways . Jesus is telling the people that he is much greater than Jonah for he is the son of God and yet they will not repent and change their ways they sinned and refused to listen to Jesus because they refused to believe he was the one and only true Messiah. 

“The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen. Matthew‬ ‭12‬:‭42‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The Queen of Sheba traveled  to see if what she heard about king Solomon’s wisdom was true she went to him with gifts and asked every question he had on her mind and Solomon had no issue answering all of them and she listened to everything he said. Now again Jesus is much greater than Solomon and yet the Pharisees and Israelites refuse to listen to him when he preaches and tells them to repent 

““When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.”

When a demon leaves a person with out being sent to the pit of hell or the abyss it wanders the world trying to find rest and trying to find a new person to posses but because it’s a demon they will not find any rest 

“Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.”

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Once the demon realizes it can’t find rest it will try to return to its original host but they will see its house is empty, swept , and in order. This means the person is no longer possessed but saved and is mentally and physically better they repented and changed their ways so now the demon sees this person is no longer corrupt but healed and saved 

“Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”” Matthew‬ ‭12‬:‭45‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Now the demon sees the person is saved and brings in 7 more demons who are more wicked than himself to corrupt and condemn the person even worst than when it was just the 1 demon 

When Jesus says that will be the experience of this evil generation he is saying that because this generation is not accepting Jesus as the messiah and savior he is warning them in the result of the end times and due to them not listening to him it will result in their damnation and it will be 7 times as bad 

Jesus is comparing his generation to children playing in the public square and complaining to their friends   Saying 

“‘We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t mourn.’ 

For John didn’t spend his time eating and drinking, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results”

Jesus is saying here that no matter what anyone including the son of God does non believers will complain back then they was complaining saying because Jesus was a glutton and drunk just because he ate and drank and because he befriended sinners and tax collectors but at the same time they would complain on John the Baptist because he didn’t go to feast and drink and they called him possessed . So no matter who did what the non believers would complain and judge any body who was a prophet or follower of Christ because it wasn’t to their liking or because they would not “play” the part as a prophet or messiah should to their point of view but also everyone has a different perspective so no matter what someone wouldn’t be pleased would complain because no matter what they found Fault in Jesus 

This is a lot like today when something goes wrong people  complain and say we’ll why did God make this happen or God should have done this instead of this or guyshey even complain and fight because they believe God is black, or a woman, or something else  so no matter what back then and even now everyone has a different perspective and will always complain because it’s not how they imagine or want God to be.