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The hope of the coming Messiah lived in the soul of every faithful son of Abraham. Already in the Garden of Eden, God had promised, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Gen. 3:15). The Jews came to
Rev. Dick is pastor of Grace Protestant Reformed Church in Standale, Michigan. Jesus is in Jerusalem. The feast of "the dedication" is being cel-ebrated by the Jews. This feast, though not authorized by the Hebrew Scriptures, was nevertheless celebrated annually by the Jews. It is still celebrated
While Jesus is coming to him (not only being in the midst of the crowd) possibly to gather his disciples and to be testified of by John, John literally shows them who the Messiah is. Perhaps he even stretched out his hand to indicate the person he had in mind. Behold, the Lamb of God. Gods Lamb is
Can you imagine the excitement which must have gripped the people in that multitude? For centuries the Jews had eagerly awaited the coming of the Messiah. And here He was, before their very eyes! Here was the Christ, Who had it in His power to do all manner of good things for them. They would make H
Others – the well-dressed, the “correct,” the socially prominent – look at him with a sense of amused tolerance, laughing one to another deprecatingly, as if to say, “I’m only here to see the curiosity!” as indeed they are. There is yet a third class of people: “The poor in spirit,” some physically
Rev. Haak is pastor of Bethel Protestant Reformed Church in Itasca, Illinois. Rev. Haak is pastor of Bethel Protestant Reformed Church in Itasca, Illinois. After the rejection in Caper-naum, the Lord retired from the multitudes and went about Galilee in an almost secretive way, spending time instr