Bible study!

More of a small rant I suppose.

I’m in the book of Luke now and so I’ve got a good bit of reading under my belt.

What’s interesting and a little sad (might not be the right word I’m looking for) is that the Israelites for a time literally had God living among them. Moses himself talked to God.

A lot!

Throughout their entire history the Hebrews/Israelites/Jews had a direct line to God.

And they still took it for granted.

Jesus literally grew up with them. Talked to them. Attended weddings (the wine at the end was delicious I hear 😉).

And they didn’t believe.

He made blind people see. Paralyzed people healthy. Made the lame walk.

IN FRONT OF WITNESSES!!

And they still didn’t believe He was the Messiah.

I think the sad part is that even if Jesus came down today and did the same thing, there would still be Christians that didn’t believe.

They’d argue scripture with Him. They’d try to trick Him with questions. And, ultimately, they’d try to get Him killed.

I’m sure you’re thinking (especially since this is the US of A) that they’d just try to get Him put in jail instead.

I disagree based solely on the fact that people in this day have no problem wishing a complete stranger would die. It’s not just on social media either, you know you’ve seen videos of people walking past someone with a sign they don’t like and yelling that they wish they’d just die and stop bothering other people.

The words and situation may be different, but I’m not wrong.

Hindsight is 20/20 and Christians today no doubt have trouble understanding how God’s chosen people could not only ignore, but crucify Jesus.

Wouldn’t we have acted differently? If only Jesus came in physical form again, we would certainly believe Him and never let anything bad happen to Him like the Jews did right?

Nope.

Jesus would still die for us though.

Reading the Bible as an adult is fascinating and I am thoroughly enjoying myself! Not sure how studying the Bible actually works cause it seems pretty straightforward so far (with a few exceptions), but I am certainly learning!

Until next week!