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Hi everyone, I used to be MoNiCa4316 and I posted here but have since lost my account. I haven't been on this forum for a very long time. I just made an account to say that I really miss Amy (Kisstheson) and these threads. She introduced me to some ideas that have stayed with me and grew. I was just reading another thread that used to be here too about the Bride of Christ.
I'm wondering how many of the people who posted originally are still here? if you're around - please say hi! would love to hear from you! I like how those threads were about things that I find I can't discuss with many people. Amy brought us something really unique with that. it would be nice if they continue!
The scene I think was just outside the eastern gate of Jerusalem. As you passed through the gate you would see a stream to the right that ran into the city then a hill that sloped upward toward the Mount of Olives and Bethany where he spent so much time while visiting Jerusalem. In the time of Ezra the area was described as accommodating 40,000, so the valley would have resembled a concert or mega church assembly. Walking up the side of the hill, perhaps finding a boulder, he sat down and taught the nation of Israel the grace and truth of God in a way the Law alone never could.I would have truly loved to have heard Jesus teach in person. Hearing the "Sermon on the Mount" in person. To have seen His compassion healing the sick. If I could pop back in any place in time it would have been then and there.
Well I'm hoping to hang out with him in the future, I would be interested in chatting with some of the people he interacted with during his ministry. That's guy Zacharias, the little tax collector guy who always reminded me so much of Danny Devito. The Samaritan woman at the well, the guy Jesus cast so many demons our of on that island. Just would like to hear the rest of their story, I'm sure it's very interesting. Maybe we can have testimony night during the Millennial kingdom. Just curious really, I don't want to sound to flippant here but I wouldn't mind casting a line in with Peter, I'll bet he was a pretty good guy to hang out with sitting on the bank and waiting for a bite.I think that would have been so awesome hanging out with Jesus back in the day.
I don't think it sounds flippant. Jesus is absolutely real. He lived in the flesh and people here did interact with Him. And the people were "normal" "everyday" people like the ones who live today. So I do agree that it will be as well as would have been amazing have lived then......but....we have the "advantage" have already lived post the debt He paid for us on the cross.....that was still future to them.....Well I'm hoping to hang out with him in the future, I would be interested in chatting with some of the people he interacted with during his ministry. That's guy Zacharias, the little tax collector guy who always reminded me so much of Danny Devito. The Samaritan woman at the well, the guy Jesus cast so many demons our of on that island. Just would like to hear the rest of their story, I'm sure it's very interesting. Maybe we can have testimony night during the Millennial kingdom. Just curious really, I don't want to sound to flippant here but I wouldn't mind casting a line in with Peter, I'll bet he was a pretty good guy to hang out with sitting on the bank and waiting for a bite.
Grace and peace,
Mark
Well I'm hoping to hang out with him in the future, I would be interested in chatting with some of the people he interacted with during his ministry. That's guy Zacharias, the little tax collector guy who always reminded me so much of Danny Devito. The Samaritan woman at the well, the guy Jesus cast so many demons our of on that island. Just would like to hear the rest of their story, I'm sure it's very interesting. Maybe we can have testimony night during the Millennial kingdom. Just curious really, I don't want to sound to flippant here but I wouldn't mind casting a line in with Peter, I'll bet he was a pretty good guy to hang out with sitting on the bank and waiting for a bite.
Grace and peace,
Mark
Yes but how, I can imagine it was far more common then we would imagine. Beside a well, at a dinner table, walking down the road. When he preached, he would stay in peoples houses in the area. I have often wondered, I mean seriously, what would it be like to have him stay at your house, perhaps sleeping on the floor over night. How many brief but personally life changing moments would there be?I so agree,It will be so fun to interact with Jesus and the disciples.