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Truth or Taqqiya

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8:1  In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

This takes place in the region of the Decapolis and therefore probably had a few gentiles as well as Jewish folk in attendance.  It would be interesting to know how many were there as a direct result of the testimony of those who had been formerly demon possessed.

8:2  I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

8:3  And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

8:4  And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

This may indicate they were still slow learners or it may have been their way of saying, “It’s beyond our ability, you’ll have to do it, Lord.”  If the latter, then it means they are learning.

8:5  And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

8:6  And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

8:7  And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

8:8  So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

8:9  And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

8:10  And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

8:11  And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

He’s been openly doing miracles; it is hard to believe that they have not heard about the feeding of folk in the wilderness areas; Daniel’s Seventy weeks were expiring.  They didn’t believe because they didn’t want to believe.  It is not likely there can be a sign which unwilling hearts would not dismiss as insufficient.

8:12  And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

8:13  And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

8:14  Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

8:15  And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

The leaven, their teaching, was full of malice and wickedness towards God’s anointed.  Whenever a miracle produced a special impression on the people, the Pharisees strove to spoil its effect.  Today, there are a whole host of factions still attempting to corrupt God’s truth and His people.

8:16  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

8:17  And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

In other words, “Wait a second; guys, are you awake?  Are you paying any attention at all?”

8:18  Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

8:19  When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

8:20  And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

8:21  And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

He’s asking them how they could fail to understand that the warning that He gave them could not have been prompted by anything as petty as to whether or not they had brought provisions.

8:22  And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

8:23  And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

8:24  And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

8:25  After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

8:26  And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

8:27  And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

8:28  And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

8:29  And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

The Holy One Called Isa – Pastor Ward Clinton

Now is the Time to Trust Messiah

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7:1  Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

Another “fact finding” delegation from Jerusalem had been sent to investigate the activities of Jesus.  Like big centralized government people they had an agenda and facts only mattered if they supported that agenda.  They accused Jesus of failing to follow their tradition.  To be fair, they could have been doing their proper job for which they should be commended but Jesus’ response indicates otherwise.

Jesus informs them that it is far more important to obey the laws of God rather than the traditions, sayings, and rules of men especially when those things violate the spirit and intent of God’s commands.

7:2  And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

This does not necessarily mean that they did not wash their hands before eating; it means they did not perform the elaborate ritual the Scribes and Pharisees had created.

7:3  For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

7:4  And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

7:5  Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

In verses 6-13 below Jesus gets right in their faces and reprimands them severely for rewriting the commands of the God of Father Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who is the one and only true God.  Based on verse 14 it does not appear that He publicly reprimanded them at this moment.  They were expecting Jesus to tell His followers that they needed to change their ways in order to be acceptable before God, instead, Jesus tells this delegation from Jerusalem that they are the ones who need to change their ways, repent.  Likewise, some hadiths, if not most, are not acceptable in the eyes of the one true God because they are from corrupted men and not from Him.

7:6  He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

7:7  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

7:8  For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

7:9  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

7:10  For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

7:11  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

7:12  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

7:13  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

7:14  And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

All right now folks, gather around, and pay close attention to what I am telling you.  Clean out the corruption that is found in your hearts and minds.

7:15  There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. The Holy One Called Isa – Pastor Ward Clinton

Mighty Messiah Manifests Miraculous Power over Material World

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6:45  And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

6:46  And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

6:47  And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.

6:48  And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Fourth watch – 3:00-6:00 am.  Jesus could have calmed the wind from a distance but He chose to help them in the most caring manner possible and came to them.  But He would have walked right on by if they had not “invited” Him onboard.  The Scripture points out that He steered His course as though He would have simply walked right on by and left them to work things out on their own and we can be fairly sure that He would have because He does not remain where He is not wanted.

Some wonder where God is when they suddenly recognize they need Him without recognizing the fact that they had been for a long time telling Him that they did not need Him.  We reap as we have sown.

6:49  But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

Ghost – A popular superstition held that the appearance of apparitions of this sort spelled disaster.  They were totally terrified!

6:50  For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

6:51  And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

6:52  For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

Not that they were opposed to Him but they were slow learners.  After all, this was a lesser “miracle” than the feeding of the 5,000.  The feeding of the 5,000 had already demonstrated Jesus has power over the material world. The Holy One Called Isa – Pastor Ward Clinton

Allen B West on Peace

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The One True God is the God of Father Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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Peace is a dream….

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Messiah feeds a Multitude

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6:30  And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

6:31  And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

6:32  And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

They head out for some R&R (rest and relaxation) on the north east side of the lake near Bethsaida.  The wind may have been calm or they experienced a bit of a headwind which gave those who guessed or may have even overheard their intended destination a chance to go around the head of the lake and arrive shortly before or about the same time as Jesus and the disciples.  As they were going, the numbers have swelled.

6:33  And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

6:34  And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

When Jesus stepped ashore, He could have been annoyed, instead, He recognized their need and began to minister to them.

6:35  And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

6:36  Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

After Jesus has been teaching for a few hours, the disciples tell Jesus that He better let these people go so that perhaps they may be able to go find some food.  Jesus says, “You feed ‘em.”  Actually, He is reminding them that they need to perform the duty of hospitality.  The disciples probably all blanched and experienced something akin to a panic attack at this point.  The mission they had been on expected them to depend on the law of hospitality and Jesus has just told them that it applies now, with and for these people.  They know He has spoken accurately.  Therefore, it is a wide-eyed, nervous, response that is uttered when they tell Him it would take six month’s, or more, wages to be able to pay for the food to feed all these people.  Additionally the nearby villages most likely could not have accommodated this crowd.  As for the food, all they have been able to come up with is one person’s lunch consisting of 5 small buns and the equivalent of two sardines.

6:37  He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

6:38  He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

6:39  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

When Jesus told them to have the people sit down the disciples, probably hesitated, thought about some of the things they have already seen Jesus do as well as what He has enabled them to do, and then they followed His instructions.

6:40  And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

6:41  And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

Jesus did not distribute the food Himself.  He allowed His disciples to do this.  He allows and desires that we should do (Eph 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”).  He’s still got this habit of allowing us to be participants in the work He does on this earth and in our fellow man.  We are expected to do good works for the glory of God and the benefit of our fellow man.

6:42  And they did all eat, and were filled.

They had plenty to eat.  Attempts to explain away this miracle by those who harbor disbelief in their heart are completely inadequate.  If Jesus really was who He claimed to be then the miracle presents no difficulties whatsoever.  God had promised that when the true shepherd came the dessert would become a rich pasture where the sheep would be gathered and fed (Ezekiel 34:23-31), and here the Messiah feasts with followers in the desert (Isaiah 25:6-9).  Jesus is the Shepherd who provides for all our needs so that we lack nothing (Psalm 23:1).  The Holy One Called Isa

–Pastor Ward Clinton