I know I was going to write on the Biblical Feasts, but there is an article I feel moved to write before we get into that direction. It is on the passage on Luke 4. Lets take a look at this in its entire context from verses 16-21. 16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18"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, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."[a]
20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, 21and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." Now in order to understand exactly whats going on here, we have to look at what Yeshua was doing here. He was quoting from Isaiah. The exact scripture he quotes from is Isaiah 61:1-2. When we read Isaiah 61:1, it states " 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners" Yeshua gets through the entirety of this verse. Where it gets interesting is in verse 2, Yeshua stops. Lets read what Isaiah 61:2 states - 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn." So upon stopping midway through verse 2, he sits down with all eyes focused on him. He then proclaims that today this has been fulfilled. Why? Because of what I have been talking about on this site. Yeshua has two different functioning roles. The Tanakh clarifies exactly what these roles are. Yeshua clearly presents himself in the light of which role he is going to be fulfilling his first time here. The Rabbis in their teachings believe that the Messiah fulfills two different roles. But the 2nd part by Yeshua was stopped in his reading because he has not yet fulfilled the role of Mashiach ben David. He is as of right now our high priest, not the reigning king of kings on earth. Christians often jump from the point of him being high priest to the king. Well, the role of Mashiach ben David and Yeshua being the king of kings and Lord of Lords is fulfilled in Revelation. So that is why I was a bit critical on Dr. Glenn Miller for calling Yeshua Son of David when he was teaching to the Jews. He is not actually in the role of Mashiach ben David just yet. But he will be upon his 2nd return. Do not forget what happens to Yeshua in Acts 1. 6So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"
7He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
9After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11"Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." Notice he doesn't correct Israel by stating that this will not happen. These people questioning knew what to look for in the Messiah. He is coming back again to restore the kingdom to Israel, in the role of Mashiach ben David. Just an interesting thing to ponder. Have we been presenting the role of the Messiah correctly in the Christian movement?
In the future we will touch base on the role of the healing of lepers and why this is significant in proving Yeshua to be the Messiah that the Jews have been looking for.
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