Not that I believe my case has holes. Being teachable is a great avenue for learning! It's interesting isn't it Jesus crosses the river, the lake, and no sooner has He set His foot on the other side but this man shows up to meet Him. Gergesa is located, with relative certainty, midway along the E bank of the Sea of Galilee; Gadara is six m. SE from the S end of the Sea of Galilee; and Gerasa is some thirty-five m. SE. It was a region of 10 Greco-Roman cities, a Gentile region. Show us the only hope of deliverance from those sins and teach us these things from this passage. The best text in Matthew reads Gadarenes, in Mark and Luke it reads Gerasenes, whereas some MSS preserve Gergesenes and Gergustenes (cf. Thats why there was a herd of two thousand The thinking behind each chart is contrary to the unity and oneness of God. But Christianity early became important in the city; several churches were built during these centuries, so that by the 5th cent., Gerasa could send a bishop to the Council of Chalcedon. Theyre written as factual history. Such a contradiction in character! What's going on here? about a.d. 65. They were people who knew him. That was a very large farming operation, even by the modern European and North American standards of today which typically do not have such giant herds. And Jews are forbidden by God and His eternal commands to own pigs. I beg You, do not torment me. For He (that is, Jesus) had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Why are there two demon-possessed men in the Gerasene tombs in Here is a prophesy that Christians love to quote: You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek (Psalm 110.4) because it connects to Messiah Jesus. What do you love? How could they say Christians not need be concerned about the welfare of animals or that they have little value, or even laugh about the death of thousands, when such beliefs are set side-by-side with Gods Word? Lets use his recording to the event as our jumping off point: Every Bible passage is either a historical narrative piece (such as the one we just read), a legal and/or procedural document (the majority of the Five Books of Moses), or it is a poetic passage (like Psalms, Proverbs and much of the Prophets). So its a fair comparison to place Pauls actions in Ephesians side-by-side with Jesuss actions by the Lake of Galilee. I listen to a pyschiatrist that said he never believed in demon possession until a exorcist ask him to work with him. And you can ask yourself a lot of questions Why did Jesus do that? in which he transferred the demons afflicting a man to a number of swine, that thereupon rushed down a steep hill and perished. Well this is a taste of the profound arguments that you will find in that book. Only this interpretation explains the farmers restrained reaction over the slaughter of the swine, and their tremendous terror of the Messiah. But if one cared to examine all of Gods Word, the only possible reason for Jesus to destroy the pigs in the exorcism seems to be connected to Gods opinion about ham. This page from an Orthodox website partially shows how Judaism views their responsibility. B. vii. Interestingly, if you obey the latter, and take just the babies or the eggs but release the dame, God promises you a long and successful life. The Garasenes were not Jewish but the country was close to Galilee and Jesus had been to that side of the sea before. So he had to live according to the truth that had already revealed and to get everyone else in line with the program.
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