Master, such as healing the sick, the blind, the lame, the lepers and, just before
Easter, before many Jews, He had ressurected His friend, Lazarus from Bethany.
After His resurrection, as revealed by “The Gospel of Mark” (ch. 16, verse
9–14), Jesus appeared first to the women who, early in the morning, went to His
tomb with embalming spices, and He told them tell the disciples (“My brothers”) to
go to Galilee, where they would meet. Then, He showed Himself, in a special
manner, to two of his disciples, i.e. Simon and Cleophas, who, pressed by what had
happened, and puzzled, were heading to the village Emmaus. Finally, He appeared
to the eleven disciples whom He convinced that He was alive in the flesh, and
scolded them for their disbelief and petrified hearts, for not giving credence to those
who had seen Him ressurrected. Finally, He revealed Himself to Thomas, who
would always want arguments and who believed in Jesus’s ressurrection only when
he saw Him in person.
Again, the sea blessed by God comes “to write”, together with the disciples, a
new page in human history, i.e. the beginnings of Christianity. As the Lord had
commanded, the disciples returned to Galilee and resumed their former occupations, i.e. fishing, so necessary to their livelihood. Therefore, seven of the eleven
disciples (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of John)”
34 headed towards
the sea again (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of John”, ch. 21, verse
1–20). It was a quiet evening. The Sea of Tiberias, with its calm waters, was waiting
for them. So they prepared their fishing gear, climbed up the ship and went to the
sea. They struggled all night, and with all their experience, they caught nothing. The
dawn was approaching. Upset, they were sailing towards the shore when they
noticed a lone stranger (Ellen White 2004: 757), who was watching them.
“Children” He asked them, “do you have something to eat?” At their response
that they had nothing, He told them to cast the net on the right. Peter, remembering
the beginnings of his apprenticeship, with the other disciples, threw the net and they
could not drag it because of the multitude of fish. Then, John, who was younger and
who could see better, told Peter, who was next to him: “It is the Lord!” Peter, whose
conscience was three times burdened since he had denied the Lord three times at the
hardest test of his faith – The Saviour’s Trial (The Bible, The New Testament, “The
Gospel of Mark”)
35 – had been expecting this moment for a long time, and now
was able to discharge this burden before God. Thus, with his hands trembling
with emotion, Peter hastily put his clothes on, as he was naked, and plunged into
the sea. When he reached the shore, he saw coal ember, fish laid thereon, and
bread.
36
34 The seven were Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, John and James, sons of Zebedee and two
other disciples (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of John”, ch. 21, verse 2).
35 “Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had
spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times.” And he broke
down and wept.” (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Mark”, ch. 14, verse 72).
36 It is still a definite proof that Jesus rose from the dead, in flesh. His miraculous appearance to the
meeting with the disciples prove Jesus’s Divinity.
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Easter, before many Jews, He had ressurected His friend, Lazarus from Bethany.
After His resurrection, as revealed by “The Gospel of Mark” (ch. 16, verse
9–14), Jesus appeared first to the women who, early in the morning, went to His
tomb with embalming spices, and He told them tell the disciples (“My brothers”) to
go to Galilee, where they would meet. Then, He showed Himself, in a special
manner, to two of his disciples, i.e. Simon and Cleophas, who, pressed by what had
happened, and puzzled, were heading to the village Emmaus. Finally, He appeared
to the eleven disciples whom He convinced that He was alive in the flesh, and
scolded them for their disbelief and petrified hearts, for not giving credence to those
who had seen Him ressurrected. Finally, He revealed Himself to Thomas, who
would always want arguments and who believed in Jesus’s ressurrection only when
he saw Him in person.
Again, the sea blessed by God comes “to write”, together with the disciples, a
new page in human history, i.e. the beginnings of Christianity. As the Lord had
commanded, the disciples returned to Galilee and resumed their former occupations, i.e. fishing, so necessary to their livelihood. Therefore, seven of the eleven
disciples (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of John)”
34 headed towards
the sea again (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of John”, ch. 21, verse
1–20). It was a quiet evening. The Sea of Tiberias, with its calm waters, was waiting
for them. So they prepared their fishing gear, climbed up the ship and went to the
sea. They struggled all night, and with all their experience, they caught nothing. The
dawn was approaching. Upset, they were sailing towards the shore when they
noticed a lone stranger (Ellen White 2004: 757), who was watching them.
“Children” He asked them, “do you have something to eat?” At their response
that they had nothing, He told them to cast the net on the right. Peter, remembering
the beginnings of his apprenticeship, with the other disciples, threw the net and they
could not drag it because of the multitude of fish. Then, John, who was younger and
who could see better, told Peter, who was next to him: “It is the Lord!” Peter, whose
conscience was three times burdened since he had denied the Lord three times at the
hardest test of his faith – The Saviour’s Trial (The Bible, The New Testament, “The
Gospel of Mark”)
35 – had been expecting this moment for a long time, and now
was able to discharge this burden before God. Thus, with his hands trembling
with emotion, Peter hastily put his clothes on, as he was naked, and plunged into
the sea. When he reached the shore, he saw coal ember, fish laid thereon, and
bread.
36
34 The seven were Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, John and James, sons of Zebedee and two
other disciples (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of John”, ch. 21, verse 2).
35 “Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had
spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times.” And he broke
down and wept.” (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Mark”, ch. 14, verse 72).
36 It is still a definite proof that Jesus rose from the dead, in flesh. His miraculous appearance to the
meeting with the disciples prove Jesus’s Divinity.
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