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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ February 16

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

In the story of THE PRODIGAL SON, the older brother had every right to not forgive his younger and lazy brother who finally came home, but only after spending all their father’s money.

Luke 15:11-14 – Luke 15:22-25 – Luke 30-32

Fact of the Day

No!   It was much more than that.  It was jealousy, greed, and a desire for all vs nothing. 

  1. As the oldest son, he was going to inherit their father’s entire estate.  Remember when his father told him, “All I have is yours”? And the younger son did not ask for his half of the inheritance; he just said his part.  All younger children got only token gifts. 
  2. Yet the older son resented one little party given to his brother. 
  3. Their father thought his youngest son was dead; the older son acted as though he wished his brother was dead.
  4. And, by the way, the story teller did not say the younger son sinned with prostitutes.  That is what the older brother said.

 

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ February 16

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Zebedee, the father of James and John, was betrayed by Jesus when he recruited his sons along with his fishing partners, Peter and Andrew, so that his fishing business would fail.

Luke 5:4-11  –  Matthew 27:56  –  Matthew 20:20-21  –  Mark 15:40  –  Mark 16:1-8  –  Matthew 8:20  –  Luke 9:58

Fact of the Day

No!  Just before recruiting them, Jesus performed a miracle of catching so many fish at the wrong time of day that Zebedee’s nets were about to break.  It was a message to Zebedee that his fishing business would do fine. 

In fact, Zebedee’s wife, Salome, traveled with Jesus and his mother sometimes, probably donating funds (since he did not have any) and helping with the women and children.

She certainly had enough money to partner with the other women in paying for expensive spices for his “embalming”.  Rabbis Joseph and Nicodemus had already bought 76 pounds of spices (at that time valued at some $200,000) and the five women brought even more.

 

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ February 15

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Joseph, Jesus’ step-father, died while Jesus was still a child.

Matthew 13:2  –   Matthew 13:55-56  –  Luke 4:14-22  –  John 6:42 – John 19:25-27

Fact of the Day

No!  After Jesus was grown, began his ministry, and moved to Capernaum, he visited his hometown in Nazareth and preached there. The people said, “IS (present tense) this not Joseph’s son?”  IS (present tense) not his mother’s name Mary?  ARE (present tense) not his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?  ARE (present tense) not all his sisters with us?” 

His step-father apparently died between his visit to Nazareth during his ministry and the crucifixion.

 

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ February 13

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Surprise of the Day

THIS IS A CORRECTION OF MY POST ON JANUARY 9:

Jesus first went to the temple when he was 12 and had celebrated his bar-mitzva

Luke 2:31-42  –  Matthew 2:19-23

Fact of the Day

No!  Bar-Mitzva was first recorded in history in the 13th century in France.  Jesus’ parents went to the temple every year.  The likely reason they did not take Jesus until he was age twelve was that cruel King Archaelaeus was so mean.

 “After Herod [the Great] died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”

21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went from Egypt to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in the province of Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the province of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.”

Based on Jesus probably being 2 when Herod sent the soldiers to kill all boy babies 2 and under, Jesus was actually born BC 6.  Herod died in BC 4. So, when Joseph took Jesus back to Palestine, he was about age 4.  One of the first thinks Herod’s successor, Arhaelaus, did was  order 3000 worshipers to be killed right in the temple. So, Joseph took Jesus up to the province of Galilee and to Nazareth where he would be safe.

But young king Archelaus kept getting worse, So, the same year Jesus turned 11, Caesar banished Archelaus to Vienna, Gaul.

FINALLY, it was safe to take Jesus to Jerusalem the following year when he was 12.

 

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