Jesus Christ (God, the Son) as A Highly Connected Famous Man: Read and what's your view
(1) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) was always on the move. He didn't stay in one place or area because of work of spreading the word of God. The work of God is without any special rest for the labourers. The harvest is plenty but the labourers are few. Jesus says follow me no matter what.
According to Matthew 8:18-22
WHEN JESUS NOTICED THE CROWD AROUND HIM, HE ORDERED HIS DISCIPLES TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE. A TEACHER OF THE LAW CAME TO HIM. "TEACHER," HE SAID, "I AM READY TO GO WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO." JESUS ANSWERED HIM, "FOXES HAVE HOLES , AND BIRDS HAVE NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NOWHERE TO LIE DOWN AND REST." ANOTHER MAN, WHO WAS A DISCIPLE, SAID, "SIR, FIRST LET ME GO BACK AND BURY MY FATHER." "FOLLOW ME," JESUS ANSWERED, "AND LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD."
(2) Mary Magdalene did not recognize Jesus Christ after He resurrected from the dead and mistook Him for a gardener and this was likely because he looked as simple as a gardener unlike what she was used to before Jesus' death on the Cross of Calvary.
According to Mary Magdalene's story in the Holy Bible
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(3) Jesus Christ had few secret high connections with people in respectable positions/high authorities who accepted Him and His teachings even if His earthly Father (the Husband of Virgin Mary) was a carpenter.
According to the short story of Joseph of Arimathea and, Nicodemus.
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(4) Jesus Christ is of an earthly royal descendant of King David alongside His Royalty as God, the Son and the King of Kings.
NOTE THAT: ON EARTH, AN ARMY IS MADE UP OF HUMAN SOLDIERS WHILE IN HEAVEN, AN ARMY IS MADE UP OF ANGELS.
(a) Jesus Christ as an earthly royal descendant of King David.
According to Matthew 1:1-17
'THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ANCESTORS OF JESUS CHRIST, A DESCENDANT OF DAVID, WHO WAS A DESCENDANT OF ABRAHAM. FROM ABRAHAM TO KING DAVID, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, JUDAH AND HIS BROTHERS; THEN PEREZ AND ZERAH (THEIR MOTHER WAS TAMAR), HEZRON, RAM, AMMINADAB, NAHSHON, SALMON, BOAZ (HIS MOTHER WAS RAHAB), OBED (HIS MOTHER WAS RUTH), JESSE, AND KING DAVID. FROM DAVID TO THE TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE TAKEN INTO EXILE IN BABYLON, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: DAVID, SOLOMON (HIS MOTHER WAS THE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN URIAH'S WIFE), REHOBOAM, ABIJAH, ASA, JEHOSHAPHAT, JEHORAM, UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AHAZ, HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH, AMON, JOSIAH, AND JEHOIACHIN AND HIS BROTHERS. FROM THE TIME AFTER THE EXILE IN BABYLON TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS, THE FOLLOWING ANCESTORS ARE LISTED: JEHOIACHIN, SHEALTIEL, ZERUBBABEL, ABIUD, ELIAKIM, AZOR, ZADOK, ACHIM, ELIUD, ELEAZAR, MATTHAN, JACOB, AND JOSEPH, WHO MARRIED MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS, WHO WAS CALLED THE MESSIAH. SO THEN, THERE WERE FOURTEEN GENERATIONS FROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID, AND FOURTEEN FROM DAVID TO THE EXILE IN BABYLON, AND FOURTEEN FROM THEN TO THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH.'
(b) His Royal Highness Jesus Christ (God, the Son and, the King of Kings).
According to Matthew 26: 53
"DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I COULD CALL ON MY FATHER FOR HELP, AND AT ONCE HE WOULD SEND ME MORE THAN TWELVE ARMIES OF ANGELS?"
(5) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Son of Joseph, the Carpenter) was very famous in Jerusalem and was once well loved by a lot of people in the same crowd of people that later asked for His crucifixion and consequently, asked for His death in this same world we live in.
Note that: Jesus Christ used nice and unused things too on earth. Two instance:
(a) Jesus Christ rode on an unused fresh colt into Jerusalem.
(b) Jesus Christ was buried in an unused tomb that was dug from solid Rock by the Respectable and Honourable man called Joseph of Arimathea.
According to Mark 11:1-11
'AS THEY APPROACHED JERUSALEM, NEAR THE TOWNS OF BETHPHAGE AND BETHANY, THEY CAME TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. JESUS SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES ON AHEAD WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS: "GO TO THE VILLAGE THERE AHEAD OF YOU. AS SOON AS YOU GET THERE, YOU WILL FIND A COLT TIED UP THAT HAS NEVER BEEN RIDDEN. UNTIE IT AND BRING IT HERE. AND IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHY YOU ARE DOING THAT, TELL HIM THAT THE MASTER NEEDS IT AND WILL SEND IT BACK AT ONCE." SO THEY WENT AND FOUND A COLT OUT IN THE STREET, TIED TO THE DOOR OF A HOUSE. AS THEY WERE UNTYING IT, SOME OF THE BYSTANDERS ASKED THEM, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, UNTYING THAT COLT?" THEY ANSWERED JUST AS JESUS HAD TOLD THEM, AND THE BYSTANDERS LET THEM GO. THEY BROUGHT THE COLT TO JESUS, THREW THE CLOAKS OVER THE ANIMAL, AND JESUS GOT ON. MANY PEOPLE SPREAD THEIR CLOAKS ON THE ROAD, WHILE OTHERS CUT BRANCHES IN THE FIELDS AND SPREAD THEM ON THE ROAD. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN FRONT AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED BEHIND BEGAN TO SHOUT, "PRAISE GOD! GOD BLESS HIM WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! GOD BLESS THE COMING KINGDOM OF KING DAVID, OUR FATHER! PRAISE GOD!" JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM, WENT INTO THE TEMPLE, AND LOOKED ROUND AT EVERYTHING. BUT SINCE IT WAS ALREADY LATE IN THE DAY, HE WENT OUT TO BETHANY WITH THE TWELVE DISCIPLES.'
(6) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) has both physical and spiritual connections for us to accomplish all we need. All you need do is believe as Jesus Christ asks you to, Just make sure to do your part. Follow God's instructions/commandments and we have already discussed the two main commandments and it is all about love for God and people.
According to Luke 22: 7-13
'THE DAY CAME DURING THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD WHEN THE LAMBS FOR THE PASSOVER MEAL WERE TO BE KILLED. JESUS SENT OFF PETER AND JOHN WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS: "GO AND GET THE PASSOVER MEAL READY FOR US TO EAT." "WHERE DO YOU WANT US TO GET IT READY?" THEY ASKED HIM. HE ANSWERED, "AS YOU GO INTO THE CITY, A MAN CARRYING A JAR OF WATER WILL MEET YOU. FOLLOW HIM INTO THE HOUSE THAT HE ENTERS, AND SAY TO THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE: "THE TEACHER SAYS TO YOU, WHERE IS THE ROOM WHERE MY DISCIPLES AND I WILL EAT THE PASSOVER MEAL?" HE WILL SHOW YOU A LARGE FURNISHED ROOM UPSTAIRS, WHERE YOU WILL GET EVERYTHING READY." THEY WENT OFF AND FOUND EVERYTHING JUST AS JESUS HAD TOLD THEM, AND THEY PREPARED THE PASSOVER MEAL.'
(7) Jesus Christ of Nazareth, was not considered a poor man in his days even if they knew he was the son of Joseph, the carpenter. When the woman poured the expensive Alabaster on Him, some of the people around said amongst themselves that it should have been sold Instead and given to the poor. They were so angry that they even scolded the woman harshly in front of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) for giving so extravagantly in form of an expensive Alabaster to Jesus Christ (who already had money) instead of giving to poor people. What height of hatred and envy? But Jesus did not lose his cool. He told them calmly to leave her alone for the significance of the expensive alabaster poured on Him by the woman was actually in preparation of His own burial.
Note that:
(a) The poor referred to here wasn't our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ were to be poor man, the most likely statement to make at first as spectators who envied Jesus Christ was that the alabaster should have been sold and the money given to Jesus Christ instead since he was poor. But Jesus Christ wasn't poor at that point in time in His life, he even had a money bag and a money manager (Judas Iscariot). If Jesus Christ's money was not much, what do you think he needed a personal money manager who follows him around for? How much is a poor person counting that he will need a money manager? A poor person has almost nothing or absolutely nothing to count. Jesus Christ is a rich person both in the spirit and the physical...My Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) is in Heaven sitted at the right hand of God the Father since He rose up from the dead and later, ascended into Heaven.
(b) Jesus Christ of Nazareth (God, the Son) is everywhere.
(c) Everything in this life happens for a reason as what is written is already written.
According to Mark 14: 3-9
'JESUS WAS IN BETHANY AT THE HOUSE OF SIMON, A MAN WHO SUFFERED FROM A DREADED SKIN DISEASE. WHILE JESUS WAS EATING, A WOMAN CAME IN WITH AN ALABASTER JAR FULL OF A VERY EXPENSIVE PERFUME MADE OF PURE NARD. SHE BROKE THE JAR AND POURED THE PERFUME ON JESUS' HEAD. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE BECAME ANGRY AND SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, "WHAT WAS THE USE OF WASTING THE PERFUME? IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED SILVER COINS AND THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR!" AND THEY CRITICIZED HER HARSHLY. BUT JESUS SAID, "LEAVE HER ALONE! WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING HER? SHE HAS DONE A FINE AND BEAUTIFUL THING FOR ME. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE POOR PEOPLE WITH YOU, AND ANY TIME YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN HELP THEM. BUT YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME. SHE DID WHAT SHE COULD; SHE POURED PERFUME ON MY BODY TO PREPARE IT AHEAD OF TIME FOR BURIAL. NOW, I ASSURE YOU THAT WHEREVER THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHAT SHE HAS DONE WILL BE TOLD IN MEMORY OF HER."
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