{"id":4806,"date":"2013-12-07T00:06:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T08:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2013-12-07T00:06:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T08:06:45","slug":"we-dont-have-all-the-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2013\/12\/07\/we-dont-have-all-the-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"We Don’t Have All the Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, \u201cIsn\u2019t this the man they are trying to kill? But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah? But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear; no one will know where he comes from.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tWhile Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he called out, \u201cYes, you know me, and you know where I come from. But I\u2019m not here on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don\u2019t know him. But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you.\u201d Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.<\/p>\n

\tMany among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. \u201cAfter all,\u201d they said, \u201cwould you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWhen the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus. (John 7:25-32)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tShakespeare\u2019s Hamlet told his friend, \u201cThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.\u201d The Pharisees thought they knew precisely how the Messiah would act and just what he would do, despite the fact that they hadn\u2019t even worked out how to reconcile all the prophesies about him.<\/p>\n

\tOne of the unsolved questions about the Messiah related to his origins. Some taught that the Messiah\u2019s origins were \u201cof old,\u201d like those of Melchizedek, the king of Salem who had met Abraham and accepted his tithe: unknown and unknowable. Others believed, like those who had advised Herod at the birth of Jesus, that the Messiah\u2019s point of origin was clear. He would come from Bethlehem. Jesus responded that he had come from God. That was how he could be both \u201cof old\u201d and be born in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n

\tMeanwhile, the people continued to wonder if perhaps Jesus actually was the Messiah, despite the problems their leadership had with him. Even with the questions of his origins, there were still his miracles to contend with. Certainly Jesus was different from any other human being they\u2019d ever known. Jesus remains the same today as he was then: different from anyone else you\u2019ve ever known. It\u2019s okay not to have all the answers. And never assume you\u2019ve gotten him all figured out.<\/p>\n

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