At the end — after three years of teaching, giving discourses, working wonders — He was with only 12 male disciples (one of them was Judas Iscariot who betrayed Him later) and Mary Magdalene.
And where were the crowds of thousands of excited commoners who listened to His sermons, ate the food that He materialized for them, and got healed of various diseases?…
It turned out that these crowds did not need the Teachings about the efforts that one has to make in order to enter the Kingdom of God. They wanted Yeshua only to heal, to pay attention to them… (Luke 9:11)
Yeshua saw this and began to avoid the crowds: “… Crowds of people came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses, but He often withdrew to lonely places…” (Luke 5:15-16).
Yes, He healed some of them, but it could not continue like this forever. He wanted people to learn the true faith, to make personal efforts on becoming better. Then the diseases would go away by the Will of the Father… “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you, bear with you?!” He cried once because of hopelessness of this situation (Luke 9:41).
And the crowd, being stirred up against Him by the priests, got angry… “… You look for an opportunity to kill Me, (only) because there is no place in you for My word!…” He said once trying to bring them to reason… (John 8:37)
But it was too late: the crowd of resentful wanting primitive people got more and more angry because they could receive more but were given too little.
Soon, the same people yelled to Pilate: “Crucify, crucify Him!” (Luke 23:21).
And where were the crowds of thousands of excited commoners who listened to His sermons, ate the food that He materialized for them, and got healed of various diseases?…
It turned out that these crowds did not need the Teachings about the efforts that one has to make in order to enter the Kingdom of God. They wanted Yeshua only to heal, to pay attention to them… (Luke 9:11)
Yeshua saw this and began to avoid the crowds: “… Crowds of people came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses, but He often withdrew to lonely places…” (Luke 5:15-16).
Yes, He healed some of them, but it could not continue like this forever. He wanted people to learn the true faith, to make personal efforts on becoming better. Then the diseases would go away by the Will of the Father… “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you, bear with you?!” He cried once because of hopelessness of this situation (Luke 9:41).
And the crowd, being stirred up against Him by the priests, got angry… “… You look for an opportunity to kill Me, (only) because there is no place in you for My word!…” He said once trying to bring them to reason… (John 8:37)
But it was too late: the crowd of resentful wanting primitive people got more and more angry because they could receive more but were given too little.
Soon, the same people yelled to Pilate: “Crucify, crucify Him!” (Luke 23:21).
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