Prophet Jonah, Do you believe it is true?

Prophet Jonah, Do you believe it is true?             January 27, 2018

Jonah, this book,

·      Believe is true and actually happen? 

·      find this book “fishy”; some, “hard to swallow, just out right not true.” 

·      find the God of the Second Chance. 

Jonah was

·      known as the reluctant and a patriot prophet,

·      he was afraid the people of Nineveh might listen to him and repent. 

·      They killed many in the Northern Kingdom.   

Did you know the Pharisee did not believe Jonah was a prophet.

The Pharisees told Nicodenus:  

John 7:52 They answered him, "You aren't from Galilee, too, are you? Search and see that no prophet comes from Galilee." 

The problem is, Jonah was from Galilee. 

2 Kings 14:25 He rebuilt Israel's coastline from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, in accordance with the message from the LORD God of Israel that he spoke through his servant Jonah the prophet, Amittai's son, who was from Gath-hepher. 

The Galilean city of Gath-Hepher (about 4 miles north of Nazareth) and it was around the center in the Jesus Galilean ministry 

The Prophet Jonah, when he was younger, received a prophecy that Israel’s boundaries would extend under Jeroboam II (793-753 B.C.), King of Israel, which came true.  The prophets Hosea and Amos said God would use Assyria as an instrument of punishment against Israel.  This is why Jonah longed for Assyria’s destruction.  (Hosea 11:5, Amos 5:27, at the end) 

Jonah is one of only four Old Testament prophets whose ministries were specifically referred to by Christ (Mt 12:41; Lk 11:32). The other three are Elijah (Mt 17:11-12), Elisha (Lk 4:27), and Isaiah (Mt 15:7). 

Jonah was the Sign. 

Matthew 12:39-41 But he replied to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah, (40) because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. (41) The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look--something greater than Jonah is here!    (Jesus just called the Pharisee liars) 

Luke 11:29-30 Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, (30) because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. 

Luke 11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look, something greater than Jonah is here!" 

Why did Jonah hate the Assyrians so much that it was in his heart,

·      that he did not want to go to Nineveh to tell them to repent,

·      he knew if they did repent, God would forgive them. 

·      wanted everyone of them to be destroyed.

·      Jonah was not a Jew or part of the Southern Kingdom, called Judah. 

·      called himself a Hebrew, member of the Zebulum tribe, in Galilee area.

·      part of the Northern Kingdom, named Israel

·      taught the lesson in mercy and repentance. 

Jesus recognized

·      the historical figure, Jonah (vs 41).

·      Jesus called him a prophet (vs 39).

·      Jesus said the miracle of Jonah’s 3 days will be his sign (Mt 12:40) 

·      Jesus based His call to repentance in His day on Jonah’s message of repentance (vs 41) 

Book of Jonah

·      only prophecy in this book concerns Nineveh, a heathen city,

·      makes no mention of Israel, which is referred to by every other prophet. 

·      heathen people were ready to repent at the first preaching of the prophet; but Israel would not repented. 

Jonah is himself a different type prophet:

·      a prophet of God, and yet a runaway from God:

·      a man drowned, and yet alive:

·      a preacher of repentance, yet one that had to repentance. 

Jonah tries to Flees the Presence of the Lord

·      Jonah went against what God wanted done,

·      he did not miss God’s will or what God wanted done,

·      he totally refused to do it. 

Jonah 1:1 Now this message from the LORD came to Amittai's son Jonah:   (how was this message given, dream or face to face) 

Jonah 1:2 "Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention." 

Jonah was commanded to do:

·      go to Nineveh

·      cry out against it – rebuke their sin and call for repentance

·      Why, evil has come to my attention – how did it come to Jesus 

The city of Nineveh

·      located on the east side of the Tigris River,

·      about 550 miles northeast of Samaria. That

·      distance required a journey of more than a month,

·      if Jonah traveled the normal distance of 15-20 miles a day.

·      great city was second in size only to Babylon.

·      large city, protected by an outer wall and an inner wall:

·      the inner wall was 50 feet wide and 100 feet high;

·      three chariots abreast raced on top.

·      had 1200 towers, each 200 ft high.

·      City was 60 miles in circumference

·      population of 600,000 was supported by internally grown crops.

·      was known for its idolatry; it had temples dedicated to the gods Nabu, Asshur, Adad, and Dagon, the fish god. 

Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian Empire, which dominated Palestine and much of the ancient world from around 930 to 612 B.C., and in 722 BC capture the Northern Kingdom of Israel. 

Background of the city

·      2 plagues killed many in 765 and 759 and a

·      total eclipse of the sun occurred on June 15, 763 bc.  They consider

·      these signs of divine anger 

·      may help explain why the Ninevites responded so readily to Jonah’s message, around 759 B.C. 

Nineveh was built by Nimrod 

*Genesis 10:11 From there he (Nimrod) went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 

Jonah 1:3 But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, and secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish. He paid the fare and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the LORD. 

·      Jonah boarded a ship at Joppa (modern Jaffa) on Israel’s coast,

·      about 35 miles (2-3 day’s journey) from Samaria and about the same distance from Jerusalem. 

·      we covered the ships of Tarshish (tin). (England area)

·      Nineveh was to the east, Tarshish was far west you could go 

*Psalms 139:7 Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence?    (where can we run from God?) 

Jonah 1:4 Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up. 

We saw Jesus calm the waters, but He can also stir up the storm 

Jonah 1:5 At this point the mariners became terrified, and each man cried out to his gods. They began to throw the cargo into the sea in order to lighten the vessel. But Jonah had gone down into the vessel's hold, had lain down, and was fast asleep. 

The seasoned sailors were afraid…it was not a “normal” storm, just as we covered with Jesus.  What about Jonah, just slept. 

Jonah 1:6 So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!" 

Notice a pagan ship captain had to call Jonah to prayer!  Jonah was not praying. 

Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea 

Jonah 1:7 Meanwhile, each crewman told another, "Come, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that we're in this trouble." So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah!  

Jonah 1:8 Then they said to him, "Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?"  (could not tell?) 

Jonah 1:9 So he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." 

Jonah 1:10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "Why have you done this?" For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 

The pagan sailors seemed to grasp the seriousness of his disobedience more than the prophet did! It may seem strange that Jonah claimed to worship God when he did not obey Him.  

Jonah 1:11 Because the sea was growing more and more stormy, they asked him, "What must we do to you so the sea will calm down for us?" 

Jonah 1:12 Jonah told them, "Pick me up and toss me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, because I know that it's my fault that this mighty storm has come upon you." 

Jonah 1:13 Even so, the crewmen rowed hard to bring the ship toward dry land, but they were unsuccessful, because the sea was growing more and more stormy. 

Jonah 1:14 At last they cried out to the LORD, "Please, LORD, do not let us perish because of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, because you, LORD, have done what pleased you." 

Jonah 1:15 So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. 

Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD greatly, offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows.   (Vows was made after they were delivered) 

A Great Fish Swallows Jonah

Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.              (there is the famous quote by Jesus as a sign) 

Jonah's Prayer  

Jonah 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the sea creature.         (Jonah was alive and praying to God) 

Jonah 2:2 He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry. (Heard his cry, in faith he will be saved) 

Jonah knew God’s Word, using phrases and figure of speech from Psalms

(example Psalms 18:6; 42:7; 31:22) 

Jonah 2:3 You cast me into the deep--into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me. 

Jonah 2:4 So I told myself, 'I have been driven away from you. How will I again gaze on your holy Temple?'  (turns heart towards God and Temple) 

Jonah 2:5 Flood waters encompassed me, the deep surrounded me while seaweeds wrapped around my head. 

Jonah 2:6 I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God!" 

Jonah 2:7 "As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you in your holy Temple. (Psalm 141:2; prayer like incense) 

Jonah 2:8 Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs.  (Declares his commitment to God) 

Jonah 2:9 But as for me, with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of LORD!"

Jonah 2:10 So the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.     (Jesus even commands the fish?) 

Perception, Jonah was vomited out on the shores of Nineveh, but problem is, Nineveh is about 375 miles from the Mediterranean Sea. 

I have read in the past, the chemicals inside the fish cause Jonah skin to turn white, people recognize he was something special.  Word would spread 

Jonah Goes to Nineveh 

Jonah 3:1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,   (Jonah has a second chance, because out of mercy and grace) 

Jonah 3:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you." 

Jonah 3:3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what LORD had ordered. Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it.   (very large city) 

Jonah 3:4 As Jonah started into the city on the first day's journey, he proclaimed the message, "40 days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!"  (this is the message to preach, they heard about Jonah) 

Jonah 3:5 The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast, and from the greatest to the least important of them, they put on sackcloth. 

Interesting, they called for a fast, was this common knowledge? 

The People of Nineveh Repent 

Jonah 3:6 When the message reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his royal garments, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.  (Repentance begins believing God) 

Jonah 3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. 

Jonah 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.  (Repentance means doing something) 

The King acknowledged that his people were evil and do violence. 

Jonah 3:9 Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish?" 

Amazing, The king repented on “speculation!” and Israel would not. 

Jonah 3:10 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.   

God honored their repentance and delayed the judgment for 150 years against the people of Nineveh.  Recorded in the Book of Nahum.    

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion 

Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 

Jonah explains his anger. 

Jonah 4:2 So he prayed to the LORD, and said, "Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. 

Do we enjoy the mercy God extends to us, but resents it when mercy is extended to others. 

Jonah 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!"  (is it so painful that they repented) 

Jonah 4:4 Then the LORD said, "Is it right for you to be angry?" 

The answer must always be NO, Lord.  All Your ways are right even if I don’t understand them.  Jonah must repent of his anger towards God. 

Jonah 4:5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city. 

Jonah still hope that the city would be destroyed after all. Pure hatred.  

Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.  (God shows mercy to Jonah) 

Jonah was all about self, selfish and petty, not for others.

Guaranteed depression: remove yourself from the people, be alone. 

Jonah 4:7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered. 

Jonah 4:8 When the sun rose, God prepared a harsh east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah's head, he became faint, and he begged to die. "It is better for me to die than to live!" he said. 

Here we go again, more concern about the plant than the people.  Complaining about the plant.  It seems like, if we really want to complain about anything, we will soon have something to complain about. 

Jonah 4:9 NKJV Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death!" 

Why was Jonah angry? Because God would give grace to the people of Nineveh, those who killed many in Israel.   

Jonah made three errors that angry people often make. Each makes him worse off, but not better. 

·      Jonah quit

·      Jonah separated himself from others

·      Jonah became a spectator 

Jonah 4:10 But the LORD said, "You cared about a vine plant that you neither worked on nor cultivated? A vine plant that grew up overnight and died overnight? 

Jonah 4:11 So why shouldn't I be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 human beings who do not know their right hand from their left, as well as a lot of livestock? 

Is this 120,000 children?  Concern for animals. 

In 722 B.C., the next generation (about 37 years later) Nineveh destroyed Israel (the  Northern Kingdom); Then they attack the Nation of Judah (the Southern Kingdom); 185,000 Assyrians was slaughtered; Nineveh never tries again; in 612 B.C. Assyria falls to Babylon. 

*Hosea 11:5 "He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent.  (Israel will fall) 

*Amos 5:27 Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus," Says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.  (Israel in captivity) 

Jonah and Fish Pictures 

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Mark 5:24-34 Woman with flow of blood

Mark 5:24-34  Woman with flow of blood      January 6, 2018 

Just some thoughts:

·      Do you realize the age of Jesus and the disciples?  30 and just under

·      John the Baptist, age 30 and could be High Priest.

·      Age of children or grandchildren.

·      I believe we have an inheritance prejudice for young people telling us what to do.  Example, Job market,

·      Who will take them seriously.  Miracles, healing brought people to Jesus. 

This story about Jesus will affect us more since we are an older group as a hold.   

Mark 5:24 So Jesus went with him. A huge crowd kept following him and jostling him. 

Mark 5:25-26 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. (26) Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all but rather grew worse. 

This lady has an issue of blood of the womb or bowels.   

An issue of blood. A hemorrhage of the womb or bowels.  Colon cancer? 

From the constant blood loss, this woman would have been weak and anemic and probably pale, no energy and completely worn out. 

This is what is happening to us today, in our lives and our health care.  Can we really identify with her today.  Maybe not her illness, but we do have our own trials and illness.  What is our faith like. 

What this poor woman really endured at the hands of the medical men of the time is left to the imagination. The reality of her story that she had suffered many things by many doctors and she was no better but rather “grew worse.” 

She also was desperate. Luke adds that she was humanly incurable 

*Luke 8:43 A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her. 

·      Sick for 12 years and went to one doctor after another doctor. 

·      Took many medicines, different physicians;

·      Probably doctors that was outside of the normal medicine.

·      Same thing today.  So many “doctors” say do this and you will be healed. 

·      Spent all her resources, nothing was better, grew worse. 

·      Money was gone, disease was gaining and was desperate,

·      One chance now with Jesus. 

·      Woman with a severe blood flow was considered unclean.

·      Anyone she touched would become unclean ceremonially for one day.

·      She entered the crowd to touch Jesus.  

Being unclean, this means that she would not have been permitted to enter the temple for Jewish religious ceremonies.  According to the Law, anything or anyone she touched became unclean as well.  

*Leviticus 15:25 "When a woman has a continuous discharge of blood many days …. she's unclean. 

*Leviticus 15:27 Whoever touches them will become unclean. He is to wash his clothes and bathe with water and he will remain unclean until evening. 

Mark 5:27 Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe, 

·      She came because she had heard about Jesus. 

·      Heard of His doings, many miracles, as well as His name. 

·      She was desperate, with Jesus was now passing along the streets, it was her chance. 

·      She came up behind Jesus to avoid being notice. 

·      She seen Jesus heal individuals and was full of confidence that Jesus was able to heal her. 

·      With loss of blood, probably was weak, yet she went into the crowd desiring to get close to Jesus.   

She pushes herself through the crowd and finally came up behind Jesus, and touched His garment (hem or border) with her hand, so as not to be observed by anyone.   

She showed some faith to just touch Jesus garment would make her whole again and free from this disease.  As soon as the woman touches Jesus, her bleeding stops and she knows she’s been healed. 

*Matthew 9:20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. 

Interesting side, 3 different individuals saw the same thing, each mention what they saw in different words and where she touch Jesus garment. 

·      Matthew said, hem of His garment, wrote to the Jewish people and they would understand when he said hem of His garment. 

·      Luke said, border of His garment and wrote to the Greek people and they would understand the border of His garment

·      Mark said His garment.  wrote to the Romans and just saying garment, they would understand what Mark meant

What makes the hem or fringe of a garment important. 

*Numbers 15:38-39 "Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners.  (39) (Why)  And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, 

The hem or fringe of a garment, a tassel or tuft hanging from the edge of the outer garment. It was made of twisted wool. Jesus wore the clothes with these fringes at the four corners of the outer garment.  

Mark 5:28 because she had been saying, "If I can just touch his robe, I will get well." 

Said to herself, in low voice, like whisper the words. She probably said this over and over again as she tried to get through the crowd. 

*Matthew 9:21 For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well." 

So she crept up in the crowd and touched the hem or border of his garment

Her faith motivated her to act. 

What do we know about Hems 

The Greek word: kraspedon (criss-pen-don). The Hebrew word: shuwl hem, border, fringe, bottom edge of skirt or train.  

Hems were the symbol of authority, rank, in ancient Israel:  We typically in Military Service wear our rank on our shoulder or sleeve, theirs was their hem.  This was their authority or their place in society. 

A husband could divorce his wife by cutting off the hem of her robe. That would strip her of her marital position. 

A nobleman would approve his name on a clay tablet by pressing the hem on the clay, because it would have a special design for the family.  

Fringes on Jewish garments  

*Numbers 15:38 "Tell the Israelis that they are to make tassels at the edges of their garments throughout their generations and that they are to put a violet cord on the tassels at the edges of their garments. 

*Deuteronomy 22:12  Sew tassels for yourselves on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself." 

She trusted; she touched Him personally. 

We each have to reach out by faith and touch Jesus.  It is a personal relationship, not a group thing.  Yes, being in a group, can help each other grow, with fellowship and accountability.  

Mark 5:29 Her bleeding stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed from her illness. 

She felt at once when she touch Jesus robe that her bleeding stopped.  She knew right then that her body tells her that she has been cured of this disease.  She feels better and different with the new sense of health. 

*Luke 8:44 She came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his garment, and her bleeding stopped at once. 

Mark 5:30 Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" 

·      Jesus cured her, not by touch or word, but by act of His power, by touching Him. 

·      Jesus asked for a public confession on who touch Him. 

·      Her faith was strong enough to lead to action. 

·      She thought, perhaps, that the touch of Christ’s garment would cure her without Jesus knowing it. 

·      Jesus became aware that power has gone out of him as soon as the woman had touched his garments, and was a cured. 

·      Jesus knew what was done, that a woman had touched him, and was healed.

·      she tried to disappear into the crowd, Jesus turned and asked, “Who touched My clothes?”  

Mark 5:31 His disciples asked him, "You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" 

·      The disciples were surprise at what Jesus said, who touched me. 

·      Disciples were amazed at how sensitive Jesus was to a touch while the crowd was jostling Him, pressing him on every side.  

*Luke 8:45-46 Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" While everyone was denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing in on you."

(46) Still Jesus said, "Somebody touched me, because I know that power has gone out of me." 

Mark 5:32 But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this. 

Jesus was looking around to see the woman who had touch Him.  She was trying to hide from Jesus in the crowd. 

Luke 8:47 Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. 

Jesus is calling for her public testimony which she gave to those around her. Are we not to confess, publicly, our testimony about Jesus.   This public confession was never encourage in the Churches of God. 

*Matthew 10:32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 

*Romans 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (10) For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

Public confession is part of what we are to do., have we ever done this in our life?  On Facebook, friends, twitter, etc.  Tried to hide it. 

Mark 5:33 So the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward fearfully, fell down trembling in front of him, and told him the whole truth. 

·      Came out of the crowd, very scared, felled down trembling in front of Jesus. 

·      She told Jesus the whole truth because secrecy was no longer possible about her conduct; the doctors, the painful treatment, loss of means, constant loss of health and the nature of her disease.   

Mark 5:34 He told her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed from your illness." 

Again, Jesus said faith, again, for the benefit of the disciples. 

*Luke 8:48  And He said to her, "Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace." 

·      Only time Jesus used the tender word daughter and addressed anyone that way;

·      Jesus noted that her faith made the difference, for it was correctly placed in Him.  

*Matthew 9:22 When Jesus turned and saw her, he said, "Be courageous, daughter! Your faith has made you well." And from that very hour the woman was well. 

Jesus said your faith has made you well which is very encouraging and said go in peace, which relieves her mind and body from pain. 

As a side:  About a.d. 320, Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea and a dependable historian records that when he visited Caesarea Philippi, he heard that the woman healed of her issue of blood out of gratitude for her cure had erected two brazen figures at the gate of her house, one representing a woman bending on her knee in supplication—the other, fashioned in the likeness of Jesus, holding out His hand to help her.  

The figure had a double cloak of brass. Eusebius adds this explicit statement as to these figures, “They were in existence even in our day and we saw them with our own eyes when we stayed in the city.”

This woman was under great stress and was relieved from her trials. She was relieved, mind and body, when she was healed and heard the word of kindness from Jesus who said, your faith have made you well and go in peace.   

·      Interesting, Jesus could have healed the woman and kept on walking to His original destination.

·      Only He and the woman would have known what had taken place. But He didn’t do that.

·      Jesus stopped what He was doing and acknowledged the result of this woman’s faith: her complete and instant healing. 

Pictures 

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