time and space and they always have an educational purpose and a moral and
spiritual recovery. God’s revelation of “Self”, His revelation to the being that He
created, is gradual and progressive, and its essence and ultimate goal is represented
by Jesus Christ, “His beloved Son”, the hope of our salvation and eternal life.
This process had been revealed in perspective by God centuries before these
events occurred, by the prophecies of the Scriptures.
20 The exact “dynamism” of
their fulfilment is impressive: all the facts, all the details, all the prophecies made
centuries before Jesus’s arest and trial by the Sanhedrin and Pilate, His condemnation, crucifixion and resurrection from the dead, even the preparation of His tomb.
Who could have intervened in these circumstances? The disciples forsook Him;
Peter denied Him; Judas Iscariot betrayed Him; the Pharisees and the crowds that
went before the cross of Calvary mocked Him (The Bible, The Old Testament, The
“Book of Prophet Isaiah”).
21 Moreover, the Sanhedrin (the Jewish Supreme Court
at the time) asked Pilate to strengthen the measures to guard Jesus’s tomb. Obviously, the one who watched the progress of the mankind rescue plan could be only
one PERSON, i.e. GOD! What a miraculous and delivering medicine for our faith,
whether weak or sick!
By studying the four “Gospels” in “The New Testament” of The Bible, we may
notice again the role that God had reserved to His great and fascinating creation,
i.e. the sea. Its mysteries (some still murky), its rich flora and fauna, its phenomena
and whims that are unmanageable by the human being reveal a generous Creator,
Whose kindness is infinite. One of the most glorious roles played by the sea is
represented by the one where it revealed the Deity of Saviour Jesus Christ – Who
incarnated as a man, in order to get to know us fully, with our joys, victories,
sorrows and temptations and Who always interceded as our defender.
We will stop to only three of these miracles.
(A) Our Savior Jesus Chist often withdrew, alone, to the mountain, and, in fellowship with the Father, He would establish the course of His work on Earth. One
of the most important was the choice of the Twelve Disciples, who would
disseminate the Word of the “Gospel” and His teachings worldwide (The Bible,
The New Testament, “The Gospel of Mark”).
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20 In order to fully understand the prophecies of “The Old Testament”, it is necessary to preserve
their Hebrew nature also for the other people that came into contact with the Hebrew people
throughout history.
21 Isaiah was chosen in order to give the world the brightest book of prophecy. Isaiah is to prophecy
what Shakespeare is to literature, Michelangelo to sculpture, Bach to music, the quality of his
writing rising above the other prophets (See The Bible, The Old Testament, “The Book of Prophet
Isaiah”, ch. 53, verse 1–2, p. 725, written about 700 years BC).
22 “Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He
appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach” (What
obedience to the Father! Among them, He also chose Judah, whom He knew that would betray
Him, in order to fulfill the Scriptures) (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Mark”,
ch. 3, verse 13–14).
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spiritual recovery. God’s revelation of “Self”, His revelation to the being that He
created, is gradual and progressive, and its essence and ultimate goal is represented
by Jesus Christ, “His beloved Son”, the hope of our salvation and eternal life.
This process had been revealed in perspective by God centuries before these
events occurred, by the prophecies of the Scriptures.
20 The exact “dynamism” of
their fulfilment is impressive: all the facts, all the details, all the prophecies made
centuries before Jesus’s arest and trial by the Sanhedrin and Pilate, His condemnation, crucifixion and resurrection from the dead, even the preparation of His tomb.
Who could have intervened in these circumstances? The disciples forsook Him;
Peter denied Him; Judas Iscariot betrayed Him; the Pharisees and the crowds that
went before the cross of Calvary mocked Him (The Bible, The Old Testament, The
“Book of Prophet Isaiah”).
21 Moreover, the Sanhedrin (the Jewish Supreme Court
at the time) asked Pilate to strengthen the measures to guard Jesus’s tomb. Obviously, the one who watched the progress of the mankind rescue plan could be only
one PERSON, i.e. GOD! What a miraculous and delivering medicine for our faith,
whether weak or sick!
By studying the four “Gospels” in “The New Testament” of The Bible, we may
notice again the role that God had reserved to His great and fascinating creation,
i.e. the sea. Its mysteries (some still murky), its rich flora and fauna, its phenomena
and whims that are unmanageable by the human being reveal a generous Creator,
Whose kindness is infinite. One of the most glorious roles played by the sea is
represented by the one where it revealed the Deity of Saviour Jesus Christ – Who
incarnated as a man, in order to get to know us fully, with our joys, victories,
sorrows and temptations and Who always interceded as our defender.
We will stop to only three of these miracles.
(A) Our Savior Jesus Chist often withdrew, alone, to the mountain, and, in fellowship with the Father, He would establish the course of His work on Earth. One
of the most important was the choice of the Twelve Disciples, who would
disseminate the Word of the “Gospel” and His teachings worldwide (The Bible,
The New Testament, “The Gospel of Mark”).
22
20 In order to fully understand the prophecies of “The Old Testament”, it is necessary to preserve
their Hebrew nature also for the other people that came into contact with the Hebrew people
throughout history.
21 Isaiah was chosen in order to give the world the brightest book of prophecy. Isaiah is to prophecy
what Shakespeare is to literature, Michelangelo to sculpture, Bach to music, the quality of his
writing rising above the other prophets (See The Bible, The Old Testament, “The Book of Prophet
Isaiah”, ch. 53, verse 1–2, p. 725, written about 700 years BC).
22 “Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He
appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach” (What
obedience to the Father! Among them, He also chose Judah, whom He knew that would betray
Him, in order to fulfill the Scriptures) (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Mark”,
ch. 3, verse 13–14).
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