Jesus

Mt 1 / Lk 2. Mt 19:16-30 / Mk 10:17-31. Mt 14:13-21 / Mt 15:29-39 / Mk 6:30-44 / Mk 8:1-13 / Lk 9:10-17 / Jn 6:1-15. Mt 27:32-44 / Mk 15:21-32 / Lk 23:26-43 / Jn 19:16-37.

So the Old Testament comes to a sputtering stop with a group of people crying out for a messiah to come. But God didn't respond right away. He was silent. But that silence was filled with expectancy that God would send a messiah who would lead a New Exodus. That was what the Jewish people were expecting and hoping for during the time of Jesus. The New Testament then picks up with stories about the birth of Jesus. Then Jesus began his public ministry as a Jewish rabbi. And at the ouset of his ministry, Jesus' main message was that "the kingdom of God is here." This statement was obviously loaded for the Jewish people, and they heard him saying that he would liberate them from foreign rule, that he would lead a New Exodus. He promised that a New Jerusalem would someday come when God will wipe away every tear from our eyes and restore all of creation. There will be no more crying out from oppression.

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