Jesus, Rabbi with Authority

God came into the world in the form of a Jewish, Galilean rabbi. God did not “just” come into the world in the form of a man. That would be much too random and simplistic when we consider the very detailed, strategic God that is YHWH.

The Messiah entered the world in first-century Israel; he was born in Bethlehem, grew up in Nazareth, and lived his adult life in Capernaum, near the Sea of Galilee. The largest religious school ever built in ancient times has been discovered in Capernaum. Those who grew up and lived in Capernaum were exposed to the Harvard of their day.

In ancient Israel, there were two kinds of teachers; Torah teachers also referred to as teachers of the Law, and there were Shmikahed rabbis also called teachers with authority.

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In His dust,
Johnny