😂 Reminds me of the awesome name God gave to His archangel Michael. In translation it means "Who is like God?" (Answer: NO ONE!) Can you imagine all the encounters Satan has with Michael. Satan tries not to say the name, but I bet he can't help thinking it. Each time it's a new condemnation. "Who is like God, Satan? NO ONE! Especially not you!"
Luke 5 shows Peter’s reaction to Jesus empowering the miraculous catch of fish. Instead of celebrating and capitalizing on this, perhaps thinking “Let’s do this every day and get wildly rich,” Peter falls before the Son of God and says, “Leave me, I’m such a sinful man.” Peter experiences the majesty and awe of God, which is fearsome. And yet it draws him to Jesus, because he follows Him. I pray that I too will fall before Him in full recognition of His amazing power, turning a disaster (no fish) into abundance, due to His presence.
I was 😅🤣😂 whenever TLC was describing the 13-16 year old disciples. Mostly because in was thinking about my 14.5 year old boy and how he would be acting out and getting so angry at things if he were a disciple following Jesus around the desert and dealing with people. Lol I think I will give him a little more grace and mercy after today's recap.
He knew and yet He came! Thank you Father God for coming to save lost and broken people including me. What greater love is there than the love of our Father God.
Thank You Jesus🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 I was a captive, a slave to sin and a prisoner of this world and to my flesh..thank You for breaking the chains of death, hell and the grave and giving me new life in You! You became sin and took the wrath of God upon Yourself, for me..I’m so undeserving..but You keep on drawing me and transforming my heart. Help us to keep our eyes fixed on You and Your ways. Help us to be obedient when it’s not convenient or popular. Help us dear God to endure til the end. Keep shaping and molding us to make us an acceptable vessel in Your sight. Keep opening my eyes Lord God. In the mighty and matchless name of Jesus🙏🏾🙏🏾
My God shot today was seeing how Jesus resisted temptation against the devil in the wilderness. This part sticks out to me because we saw how the devil was trying to purposely misinterpret scripture in order to trick Jesus into following him, however, Jesus knew the real scripture was able to resist the temptation through biblical knowledge. This stands out to me in two ways, number one I think it highlights the value of what the Bible recap is doing by providing us with the rise and non-biased version of scripture, seeing how Tara Dives into the real history behind the words and events that happened in scripture help us better understand it. Another reason this sticks out to me is because it reminds me of the armor of God. When we were told to put on the armor of God, the only offensive weapon that is mentioned is the word of God. This is because the word of God can be used , defensively to protect yourself from evil and temptation, but also be used to scare away the enemy. God Bless y’all today!🤝✝️
God calls whom He chooses to call. I love what happens in Luke 5: 27-32. Jesus calls the tax collector to follow Him. It doesn't matter your station in life or what you've done. No one is ever too far gone for Jesus Christ to save!
I love when you bring modern day happenings into Jesus' world...Jesus being like Tech support. "Hey, have you guys thought about unplugging it and plugging it back in?" That speaks to me.
My two takeaways from today's reading were: 1. The enemy came to Jesus to try to derail him by making him question who God says he is. That's exactly what he does to us. 2. I love that Tara reminded me that whenever the enemy came to Jesus with a twisted lie, Jesus gave him back the word. No fussing, no arguing, simply yet with authority he spoke the word of God EVERY TIME and satan had to back up and flee. But to add a cherry on top, when Jesus did that the angels came to minister to him. I had never really paid attention to that before. They came to minister to him and God does the very same thing for us. I am so very grateful that he chose me AND called me and as long as stay connected to him and keep depositing the word of God on the inside of me... there's NOTHING the enemy can do about it. Hallelujahhhhhhhh!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
That is a super interesting point about the disciples being so young. I have never heard that before but it makes a lot of sense. Art and media have definitely formed my mental images of them as older weathered men. I definitely plan to dig deeper on this issue. Thank you for yet another great Recap Tara, I appreciate you!
Thanks TLC and TBR team beautiful and informative recap Hi bible Family and new bible friends ❤❤❤ Have a blessed day in His Presence ❤ He's where the Joy is 😊
Aloha, praise the Lord and good morning BR family. Jesus was tempted by Satan when he was in the wilderness after 40 days and night of fasting. He didn't let Satan win. He knew that he was led by the Spirt not by man. He said back off Satan; and in 4:4, Jesus said: "It is written Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that preseedeth out of the mouth of God". All faith and hope in God; He is where the JOY is!!!
I really wish I had read through the Bible with the Bible Recap prior to my trip to Israel in 2017/2018. This knowledge would have enriched my trip. We went to the synagogue and house of Simon Peter on our trip. Thank you for the justification for Jesus living there. Awesome!
Luke 4:18-19, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
God doesn't temp us. The devil does. We are given God's Word as a handbook, as an instruction manual on how to live and how to combat temptation. God is good. He wants what is best for us. He gives us free will to make choices, but God wants us to follow Him. The devil wants to derail us and mislead us. Matthew 4:1, 3 NIV "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”'
The timeline is moving along super fast. This is my first time reading it, so need a bit more time to absorb it. I am glad she is pointing out where items we have been told do not line up in scripture.
I am really enjoying reading the Bible with TBR TLC you really explaining things in a great way and your humor makes it fun. Blessings to you. My God shot is how Jesus is seeking out the the unwanted and those that are in bondage. He is where the joy is. 🙌🏽
Imagining the 12 Apostles as teenagers is so enlightening. Why and how has the idea of them being grown old men become such a widespread belief in our subconscious. I guess it reflects how detached from and ignorant we are about that historical and cultural context. I believe THIS is why God instructs us to STUDY to show ourselves approved....
Today’s readings cause us to consider how people live “by every word from the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4). The Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted (Matt 4:1), and while God never tempts us (James 1:13), He does allow our faith to be tested so that we’ll be better equipped to advance His kingdom. Thus, when Jesus is hungry after 40 days of fasting to prepare Him for His ministry, He is tempted to provide for Himself. “No,” He says, “God’s word will provide for Me.” And at Jesus’ word, Peter and Andrew’s nets were provided with an enormous catch of fish. At His word, many were healed. It’s His word that causes people to repent (Lk 5:32). And it’s His word that makes things so new that they can’t even fit the old ways of doing things-“new wine for new wine skins” (Lk 5:38). God’s word provides for us by making us new, strengthening us, and giving us all we need.
When Jesus quoted Isaiah 61 in the temple at Nazareth, he stopped right in the middle of a sentence. He didn't say, "and the day of vengeance of our God." He had not come at that time to proclaim vengeance. But he WILL inflict vengeance at his second coming (2 Thessalonians 1:5-10).
“And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”” Luke 5:39 is foreshadowing of how he will be treated by the ruling Jews and explains His rejection in Nazareth. It is also something we should be careful of. Sometimes we lament ‘the good old days’ when we should be focusing on making today better.
Yes! I agree with your last statement and needed to read/ hear it as I tend to want to go back and remember but God says press forward to run this "race if life" with patience.
I've been highlighting everything that I see that was written about Jesus in the Old testament and then furtherly going on in to the Old testament and highlighting those verses that speak of him
Have you ever noticed the similarity of the 3 temptations of Jesus, what satan says, & how these 3 questions compare closely with what satan said to Eve in the garden of Eden?
I don't believe the devil knew that the cross was his eternal defeat. If he had known, he would not have entered into Judas in order to betray Jesus to the chief priests and officers (Luke 22:3-6). Also, 1 Corinthians 2:8 says, "None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." I believe this applies not only to the human rulers of the age, but also to the spiritual rulers of the age (Ephesians 6:12). So, to the contrary, I believe Satan thought that by killing Jesus, he could prevent Jesus from doing whatever it was he was sent to do that would destroy him. As Michael Heiser wrote, "Satan and demons knew very well who Jesus was. They could reason that the 'Son of the Most High' had come to restore Eden. But they were unaware of the path - that the indispensable element to the plan of God was the death and resurrection of His Son. This was something that could only be discerned after the fact." So, in other words, you could say Satan was tricked! In fact, it was the ultimate trick!
God is the only “all knowing”. The devil is just a fallen angel and nothing else. Adam gave up his dominion over this earth to him in the garden BUT Jesus gave it back to us thru His ultimate and only true sacrifice crucifixion and resurrection.
Thanks, Tara-Leigh! I got your Bible Recap book from my niece for Christmas! I enjoy reading it. Ganeserette is the same as the Sea of Gallee. This is new information to me. "The Chosen." Agrees about Jesus staying at Peter's house and how old were the Apostles at the time. There is a scene in "Jesus of Nazareth" movie where when Jesus was 12 years old, The Roman Soldiers come in and themselves to food and water from the Jews. And the "Zealots" come and confront the Roman Soldiers. It is a powerful scene from Jesus's Childhood according to the movie. You brought out many good points. God bless you! Happy Easter! Take care.
[7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: [8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. [9] But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthians 2:7-9
I don't believe the devil fully knew what the death of Jesus on the world would mean for him. He definitely wanted to cause Jesus to sin, turn His back on Father God, just like the devil did
Beautiful Word today. Thank you . I've heard from a Bible teacher that the disciples fished for tilapia, which only came up at night. Therefore. They fished at night. When Jesus tells them to throw out their nets, it is daylight. So this would compound His power, which has no end. Thoughts? I really would like to know . Some things we may never know here on earth ❤❤ 🙏
I HAVE to look up things like you asked! 😂 Well, Google said...Best time to fish for tilapia is sunset hours or early morning. So, maybe that helps a bit for your curiosity. 😊 I did learn that tilapia is one of the most common fish worldwide. There are 100 varieties. So, thank you for the question. One more little fact is stored in my overstuffed old brain, so I can't tell you what I did yesterday! 😊😂
Interesting 🤔 I’ve never heard the thought of the disciples being teenagers before. I also didn’t realize that the tax collectors took money to fund the armies to destroy the but it makes sense. Especially the way way Tara explains it with our families. WOW
I have to disagree with the the point about "Satan being afraid of the cross." Satan didn't know about the cross -- we are given no indication He did. 1 Cor 2:7-8 certainly applies to Satan. Satan wanted to kill Jesus at the cross but was blind to the cross being the means by which Christ would crush Satan's head.
Jesus spends 40 days in the desert in preparation for his public ministry. As His fast is almost over the devil shows up for temptation. The devil is a false accuser. When Jesus was baptized, God pronounced him as His beloved son. Directly after that, the enemy attacks His identity. The enemy still does the same with us, God’s creation. He attacks who we are. He knows that we are God’s child and tries to take our identity from us. Jesus fights lies with scripture. But look scripture is also the enemies weapon of choice. He pulls it out of context and he twists it. Making it mean what he wants it to mean. You need to know the whole counsel of God so you can understand it and apply it the right way. Jesus faced greater temptations than we ever will. His Spiritual temptations are at a far greater level than we understand. God’s kingdom is an upside down kingdom. He seeks out the unwanted and unloved, oppressed and imprisoned. That is why it’s called the good news. But it is not good news for the jailers or the oppressors. He’s freeing the captives, physically and spiritually. Jesus knew from the beginning that most would reject Him, but He still came. He would be rejected by the people He loved, and feel their pain. But all who are willing, He would bring them out of bondage and into joy. He would lead them to His self. “But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’” the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.” Matthew 4:4, 10, 16-17, 24 “And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’” And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. Demons know who Jesus is: Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-the Holy One of God.” And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.” Luke 4:8, 12-13, 30, 34, 36, 41
After all the horrible things the Jews went through at the hands of all the other nations around them you can't blame them for wanting to be the only ones Jesus came to save. So many times I don't understand why God does or allows what He does. But that often happens when I don't have the full picture, even in every day life. Trusting in God's Sovereignty is a lot easier when I understand the Grace that had to take place in order for me, a gentile, to be saved
We don't know everything. Only God does! I agree, we as humans have selfish desires. We are imperfect, but Jesus was our example of how to accept and love every person. GOD give us grace and mercy for our fellow humans who are also flawed and in need of Your salvation. GOD is good! We are so fortunate to be getting to know Him more every day. Thank God for Tara Leigh and the Bible Recap.
Several times I’ve heard Tara say that the apostles were the disciples for probably 12 or 13 years old. There’s nothing that actually qualifies that number in the Bible. Most boys in that age did not marry until they were 17 -19 possibly even in their 20s. The fact that Peter had a mother-in-law is more basis for the fact that Peter was probably in his 20s. Also, just because they were not accepted to follow a rabbi gives even more credence to the fact that they were older. That they were established in a business. They were living their lives, caring for their families which seem to signify that they could be younger, but definitely not as young as the women were who got married at the ages of 12, 13 and 14.
Good point but doesn’t really matter. The fact is they were young and that’s not what most of us were taught in Sunday school and what’s depicted in illustrations.
Acts 13:47-48 Paul was a Black Roman Soldier killing his own people. He was not a Gentile 🤔Food for thought. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “ 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth. ' ” 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
This reminds me of an awesome line i heard from a well known preacher. "When the enemy reminds me of my past, I will remind him of his future" 🙏
😂 Reminds me of the awesome name God gave to His archangel Michael. In translation it means "Who is like God?" (Answer: NO ONE!)
Can you imagine all the encounters Satan has with Michael. Satan tries not to say the name, but I bet he can't help thinking it.
Each time it's a new condemnation. "Who is like God, Satan? NO ONE! Especially not you!"
Luke 5 shows Peter’s reaction to Jesus empowering the miraculous catch of fish. Instead of celebrating and capitalizing on this, perhaps thinking “Let’s do this every day and get wildly rich,” Peter falls before the Son of God and says, “Leave me, I’m such a sinful man.” Peter experiences the majesty and awe of God, which is fearsome. And yet it draws him to Jesus, because he follows Him. I pray that I too will fall before Him in full recognition of His amazing power, turning a disaster (no fish) into abundance, due to His presence.
"The devil is more afraid of the cross than Jesus is!"
Thank you, Jesus!!
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I was 😅🤣😂 whenever TLC was describing the 13-16 year old disciples. Mostly because in was thinking about my 14.5 year old boy and how he would be acting out and getting so angry at things if he were a disciple following Jesus around the desert and dealing with people. Lol
I think I will give him a little more grace and mercy after today's recap.
He knew and yet He came! Thank you Father God for coming to save lost and broken people including me. What greater love is there than the love of our Father God.
Thank You Jesus🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 I was a captive, a slave to sin and a prisoner of this world and to my flesh..thank You for breaking the chains of death, hell and the grave and giving me new life in You! You became sin and took the wrath of God upon Yourself, for me..I’m so undeserving..but You keep on drawing me and transforming my heart. Help us to keep our eyes fixed on You and Your ways. Help us to be obedient when it’s not convenient or popular. Help us dear God to endure til the end. Keep shaping and molding us to make us an acceptable vessel in Your sight. Keep opening my eyes Lord God. In the mighty and matchless name of Jesus🙏🏾🙏🏾
AMEN
AMEN
Amen Friend!!!!
Amen 🙏
Thank you for sharing.
Amen 🙏
Thank you team 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Jesus knew me before he even came to save me who can fathom the love of my God
Amen glory to our God.🙏
My God shot today was seeing how Jesus resisted temptation against the devil in the wilderness. This part sticks out to me because we saw how the devil was trying to purposely misinterpret scripture in order to trick Jesus into following him, however, Jesus knew the real scripture was able to resist the temptation through biblical knowledge. This stands out to me in two ways, number one I think it highlights the value of what the Bible recap is doing by providing us with the rise and non-biased version of scripture, seeing how Tara Dives into the real history behind the words and events that happened in scripture help us better understand it.
Another reason this sticks out to me is because it reminds me of the armor of God. When we were told to put on the armor of God, the only offensive weapon that is mentioned is the word of God. This is because the word of God can be used , defensively to protect yourself from evil and temptation, but also be used to scare away the enemy.
God Bless y’all today!🤝✝️
Excellent points!
God calls whom He chooses to call. I love what happens in Luke 5: 27-32. Jesus calls the tax collector to follow Him. It doesn't matter your station in life or what you've done. No one is ever too far gone for Jesus Christ to save!
Amen!
Amen 🙏
Currently watching The Chosen which works great with this!
I love when you bring modern day happenings into Jesus' world...Jesus being like Tech support. "Hey, have you guys thought about unplugging it and plugging it back in?" That speaks to me.
Happy Thursday Bible readers!
My two takeaways from today's reading were:
1. The enemy came to Jesus to try to derail him by making him question who God says he is. That's exactly what he does to us.
2. I love that Tara reminded me that whenever the enemy came to Jesus with a twisted lie, Jesus gave him back the word. No fussing, no arguing, simply yet with authority he spoke the word of God EVERY TIME and satan had to back up and flee. But to add a cherry on top, when Jesus did that the angels came to minister to him. I had never really paid attention to that before. They came to minister to him and God does the very same thing for us.
I am so very grateful that he chose me AND called me and as long as stay connected to him and keep depositing the word of God on the inside of me... there's NOTHING the enemy can do about it. Hallelujahhhhhhhh!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
That is a super interesting point about the disciples being so young. I have never heard that before but it makes a lot of sense. Art and media have definitely formed my mental images of them as older weathered men. I definitely plan to dig deeper on this issue. Thank you for yet another great Recap Tara, I appreciate you!
Thank God for His Word ❤❤ Thank God for Jesus 💖🤗💯 Good morning bible Family Have a blessed day in His Presence ❤️
Amen 🙏
Thank you, and you do as well. Have a blessed day 🙏
This is a great way to learn the Bible. It only takes about 20 to 30 minutes a day.
It always makes me smile…when she says he’s where the joy is..
This was an excellent summary! You brought forth so many ideas I didn’t know or hadn’t considered before!
I love these Bible Recaps! Thank you Tara-Leigh for all of your hard work on this.
Powerfulllll🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏❤❤❤
Thank you Jesus!!!
Thanks TLC and TBR team beautiful and informative recap Hi bible Family and new bible friends ❤❤❤ Have a blessed day in His Presence ❤ He's where the Joy is 😊
Aloha, praise the Lord and good morning BR family. Jesus was tempted by Satan when he was in the wilderness after 40 days and night of fasting. He didn't let Satan win. He knew that he was led by the Spirt not by man. He said back off Satan; and in 4:4, Jesus said: "It is written Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that preseedeth out of the mouth of God". All faith and hope in God; He is where the JOY is!!!
Wow! Thank you for all the new perspectives today. It makes a lot more sense!
I really wish I had read through the Bible with the Bible Recap prior to my trip to Israel in 2017/2018. This knowledge would have enriched my trip. We went to the synagogue and house of Simon Peter on our trip. Thank you for the justification for Jesus living there. Awesome!
Thank you Jesus for coming to lead me out of bondage!
Luke 4:18-19, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Thank you for doing this bible recap. It helps me start the the day in a good mood
God doesn't temp us. The devil does.
We are given God's Word as a handbook, as an instruction manual on how to live and how to combat temptation. God is good. He wants what is best for us. He gives us free will to make choices, but God wants us to follow Him. The devil wants to derail us and mislead us.
Matthew 4:1, 3 NIV
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”'
The timeline is moving along super fast. This is my first time reading it, so need a bit more time to absorb it. I am glad she is pointing out where items we have been told do not line up in scripture.
I am really enjoying reading the Bible with TBR TLC you really explaining things in a great way and your humor makes it fun. Blessings to you. My God shot is how Jesus is seeking out the the unwanted and those that are in bondage. He is where the joy is. 🙌🏽
Imagining the 12 Apostles as teenagers is so enlightening. Why and how has the idea of them being grown old men become such a widespread belief in our subconscious. I guess it reflects how detached from and ignorant we are about that historical and cultural context. I believe THIS is why God instructs us to STUDY to show ourselves approved....
His kingdom sure turns our lives upside down too
Love you Jesus ❤
Amen 🙏
Thank you for sharing .
Today’s readings cause us to consider how people live “by every word from the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4). The Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted (Matt 4:1), and while God never tempts us (James 1:13), He does allow our faith to be tested so that we’ll be better equipped to advance His kingdom. Thus, when Jesus is hungry after 40 days of fasting to prepare Him for His ministry, He is tempted to provide for Himself. “No,” He says, “God’s word will provide for Me.” And at Jesus’ word, Peter and Andrew’s nets were provided with an enormous catch of fish. At His word, many were healed. It’s His word that causes people to repent (Lk 5:32). And it’s His word that makes things so new that they can’t even fit the old ways of doing things-“new wine for new wine skins” (Lk 5:38). God’s word provides for us by making us new, strengthening us, and giving us all we need.
When Jesus quoted Isaiah 61 in the temple at Nazareth, he stopped right in the middle of a sentence. He didn't say, "and the day of vengeance of our God." He had not come at that time to proclaim vengeance. But he WILL inflict vengeance at his second coming (2 Thessalonians 1:5-10).
BEST ONE YET! Things we have not heard and should have.
amen TLC! Great recap as usual!
Can't wait to hug you in heaven! Thank you some much for this gift!
Thank You Jésus. 🔥
Just loving the New Testament. Amen
Hey Bible Readers!
Praise the Lord!🙌🏽 Thank you for ❤
“And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”” Luke 5:39 is foreshadowing of how he will be treated by the ruling Jews and explains His rejection in Nazareth. It is also something we should be careful of. Sometimes we lament ‘the good old days’ when we should be focusing on making today better.
Amen 🙏
Thank God for what he's doing now.
Agreed!!
Yes! I agree with your last statement and needed to read/ hear it as I tend to want to go back and remember but God says press forward to run this "race if life" with patience.
I've been highlighting everything that I see that was written about Jesus in the Old testament and then furtherly going on in to the Old testament and highlighting those verses that speak of him
Would you consider a trip to the Holy Land for older adults? I'm 69 years old a trip to Israel is on my bucket list.
Great recap
Have you ever noticed the similarity of the 3 temptations of Jesus, what satan says, & how these 3 questions compare closely with what satan said to Eve in the garden of Eden?
Hey Bible Readers!!!
I don't believe the devil knew that the cross was his eternal defeat. If he had known, he would not have entered into Judas in order to betray Jesus to the chief priests and officers (Luke 22:3-6). Also, 1 Corinthians 2:8 says, "None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." I believe this applies not only to the human rulers of the age, but also to the spiritual rulers of the age (Ephesians 6:12).
So, to the contrary, I believe Satan thought that by killing Jesus, he could prevent Jesus from doing whatever it was he was sent to do that would destroy him. As Michael Heiser wrote, "Satan and demons knew very well who Jesus was. They could reason that the 'Son of the Most High' had come to restore Eden. But they were unaware of the path - that the indispensable element to the plan of God was the death and resurrection of His Son. This was something that could only be discerned after the fact." So, in other words, you could say Satan was tricked! In fact, it was the ultimate trick!
Agreed
God is the only “all knowing”. The devil is just a fallen angel and nothing else. Adam gave up his dominion over this earth to him in the garden BUT Jesus gave it back to us thru His ultimate and only true sacrifice crucifixion and resurrection.
So true 👍 ❤
She is getting far out with these theories
Agreed
I believe that Jesus turned invisible
I love the tech support analogy 😂
Thanks, Tara-Leigh! I got your Bible Recap book from my niece for Christmas! I enjoy reading it. Ganeserette is the same as the Sea of Gallee. This is new information to me. "The Chosen." Agrees about Jesus staying at Peter's house and how old were the Apostles at the time. There is a scene in "Jesus of Nazareth" movie where when Jesus was 12 years old, The Roman Soldiers come in and themselves to food and water from the Jews. And the "Zealots" come and confront the Roman Soldiers. It is a powerful scene from Jesus's Childhood according to the movie. You brought out many good points. God bless you! Happy Easter! Take care.
Amen TLC!
Amen 🙏
Me too.
[7] But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
[8] Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
[9] But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthians 2:7-9
I don't believe the devil fully knew what the death of Jesus on the world would mean for him. He definitely wanted to cause Jesus to sin, turn His back on Father God, just like the devil did
Hence, the devil trying to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, but glory to God, Jesus overcame the temptations (lust of the eye, flesh, and pride of life)
Beautiful Word today. Thank you . I've heard from a Bible teacher that the disciples fished for tilapia, which only came up at night. Therefore. They fished at night. When Jesus tells them to throw out their nets, it is daylight. So this would compound His power, which has no end. Thoughts? I really would like to know . Some things we may never know here on earth ❤❤ 🙏
I HAVE to look up things like you asked! 😂 Well, Google said...Best time to fish for tilapia is sunset hours or early morning. So, maybe that helps a bit for your curiosity. 😊 I did learn that tilapia is one of the most common fish worldwide. There are 100 varieties. So, thank you for the question. One more little fact is stored in my overstuffed old brain, so I can't tell you what I did yesterday! 😊😂
I'm right there with you 😂
Luke 4:22-28 is a "well that escalated quickly" story! 😳😆
Interesting 🤔 I’ve never heard the thought of the disciples being teenagers before. I also didn’t realize that the tax collectors took money to fund the armies to destroy the but it makes sense. Especially the way way Tara explains it with our families. WOW
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It was new to me to learn that Satan is afraid of the cross bc it represents Jesus’ defeat of him.
I have to disagree with the the point about "Satan being afraid of the cross." Satan didn't know about the cross -- we are given no indication He did. 1 Cor 2:7-8 certainly applies to Satan. Satan wanted to kill Jesus at the cross but was blind to the cross being the means by which Christ would crush Satan's head.
Jesus spends 40 days in the desert in preparation for his public ministry. As His fast is almost over the devil shows up for temptation. The devil is a false accuser.
When Jesus was baptized, God pronounced him as His beloved son. Directly after that, the enemy attacks His identity.
The enemy still does the same with us, God’s creation. He attacks who we are. He knows that we are God’s child and tries to take our identity from us.
Jesus fights lies with scripture. But look scripture is also the enemies weapon of choice. He pulls it out of context and he twists it. Making it mean what he wants it to mean. You need to know the whole counsel of God so you can understand it and apply it the right way.
Jesus faced greater temptations than we ever will. His Spiritual temptations are at a far greater level than we understand.
God’s kingdom is an upside down kingdom. He seeks out the unwanted and unloved, oppressed and imprisoned.
That is why it’s called the good news. But it is not good news for the jailers or the oppressors. He’s freeing the captives, physically and spiritually.
Jesus knew from the beginning that most would reject Him, but He still came.
He would be rejected by the people He loved, and feel their pain. But all who are willing, He would bring them out of bondage and into joy. He would lead them to His self.
“But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’” the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.”
Matthew 4:4, 10, 16-17, 24
“And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’” And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Demons know who Jesus is:
Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-the Holy One of God.”
And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.”
Luke 4:8, 12-13, 30, 34, 36, 41
After all the horrible things the Jews went through at the hands of all the other nations around them you can't blame them for wanting to be the only ones Jesus came to save. So many times I don't understand why God does or allows what He does. But that often happens when I don't have the full picture, even in every day life. Trusting in God's Sovereignty is a lot easier when I understand the Grace that had to take place in order for me, a gentile, to be saved
To be fair the Jews problems were entirely of their own making.
We don't know everything. Only God does! I agree, we as humans have selfish desires. We are imperfect, but Jesus was our example of how to accept and love every person. GOD give us grace and mercy for our fellow humans who are also flawed and in need of Your salvation. GOD is good! We are so fortunate to be getting to know Him more every day. Thank God for Tara Leigh and the Bible Recap.
I love this reading plan. But i cant find scripture to support that Satan knew Jesus was going to bring about salvation by way of the cross.
True
Teleportation and some virtual reality tour definitely happened during the temptation of Jesus.
It was a spiritual stuff.
Hmm 🤔. First time I’ve heard the apostles were probably teens. Never saw this coming. Guess I’ll continue the lessons and see what develops.
Satan, you have been eternally defeated 🙏
Several times I’ve heard Tara say that the apostles were the disciples for probably 12 or 13 years old. There’s nothing that actually qualifies that number in the Bible. Most boys in that age did not marry until they were 17 -19
possibly even in their 20s. The fact that Peter had a mother-in-law is more basis for the fact that Peter was probably in his 20s. Also, just because they were not accepted to follow a rabbi gives even more credence to the fact that they were older. That they were established in a business. They were living their lives, caring for their families which seem to signify that they could be younger, but definitely not as young as the women were who got married at the ages of 12, 13 and 14.
Good point but doesn’t really matter. The fact is they were young and that’s not what most of us were taught in Sunday school and what’s depicted in illustrations.
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Satan knew what Jesus doing before He (Jesus) did on cross? Makes me wonder how?
Acts 13:47-48
Paul was a Black Roman Soldier killing his own people. He was not a Gentile 🤔Food for thought.
47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “ 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth. ' ” 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.