BLOG COMMENTS POWERED BY DISQUS“Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;”
Do you remember the criticism the British Queen received when she appeared not to be affected by the death of Princess Diana? The people thought it was callous and cruel. But, no direct reason was given for the Queen’s silence. Oddly, this is sometimes the thinking by some Christians today – that Jesus was neither concerned nor affected by His cousin John’s arrest by the king. What other reason was there for His seeming nonchalance? That is really the point: we are not told the reason why Jesus left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum. But, we can make a very good guess… and the guess itself is probably open to criticism!
The Queen was just a woman. Yes, she had many years’ experience dealing with all kinds of stress and situations. Did she show coldness? Not necessarily; that is just surmise, for we do not know. She may well have got it wrong, but, on the other hand, no-one apart from herself knew why she was silent for many days.
When it comes to why Jesus moved to the coast after He heard of John’s imprisonment, we have to guess the reason… an educated guess as to why. The guess will not be accepted by Christians who wear their heart on their sleeve…
I suggest to the reader that what happened was that John knew his time was short, for the king’s adulterous wife wanted him dead. Jesus was fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy, and hard though it seemed, He knew that John’s time was finished and so He now had to swiftly ‘take up the reins’ in the next stage of God’s plan of salvation. “From that time Jesus began to preach”.
John’s time was come, and he had to pass on the godly baton to Jesus. Both knew this was true and that each must do what He was born for. Do we?
© 19 July 2024
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