Jesus: The Lost Years

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Jesus The Lost Years
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• 1. Rome and its Influence on Jesus
• Matthew 213-23
• 2. Jewish Traditions
• Luke 221-24, 39-40
• 3. The Temple
• - Luke 241-52

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Rome

• Julius Caesar
• Caesar Augustus
• Matthew 2215-22
• Salvation is found in none other than Augustus
• Had himself declared God Incarnate

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Rome

• The Poet Virgil on Caesar Augustus
• The one who is to come will be the divine king
  of salvation for whom mankind has waited he
  will annihilate the evil of the past and free the
  people from unceasing fear. He will establish a
  universal empire of peace and will lead in the
  golden age for the blessing of a renewed
  humanity.

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. Or will he?

• Pompeys siege of Jerusalem
• General Varus
• General Titus
• So do you see why the Jews were looking for a
  political/military Messiah?

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Herod

• Palestine
• An instrument of Rome
• His rise to power
• Deuteronomy 1715 - be sure to appoint over you
  the king the LORD your God chooses. He must be
  from among your own brothers. Do not place a
  foreigner over you, one who is not a brother
  Israelite.
• Not a nice guy offensive to the Jews

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Herod

• The final feather in his cap of brutality
• Matthew 213-18

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Herods Three Sons

• Herod Antipas ruled Galilee (unstable)
• Philip ruled Jewish territories east of the
  Jordan
• Archelaus ruled in Judea his fathers son
• Matthew 219-23

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Jewish Traditions

• What would life have been like for Jesus?
• The authors of the gospels didnt need to explain
  it - their audiences would have known.

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Jesus Childhood

• Nazareth
• Isaiah 111-3

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Trade

• Boys learned their fathers trade
• Men at 13
• Tekton stonemason?
• Middle class
• Women/well

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Education

• Q and A
• Jewish Thinking
• Bet Sefer
• Bet Midrash
• Bet Talmud
• Matthew 1128-30

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The Temple

• One God, One Chosen People, One Temple
• First temple the tabernacle
• Home of the Ark of the Covenant
• 2 Samuel 617, 1111

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The First Temple

• Built by Solomon
• 1 Chronicles 283 But God said to David, 'You
  are not to build a house for my Name, because you
  are a warrior and have shed blood.'
• 1 Kings 5-9
• 13 year process
• During period of the Kings, is plundered and
  rebuilt several times

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The Second Temple

• First temple destroyed in 587 BC during Siege of
  Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24-25)
• Rebuilt after the Exile (Ezra/Nehemiah), but
  remains victim of frequent attacks

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Herods Temple

• Wanted to get himself into Israels good graces
  and outdo Solomon
• Improvements
• 46 year project

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Jesus Journey

• Old Testament demands for Passover
• 80 miles from Jerusalem to Nazareth
• 3-4 day trip
• 7 day festival
• Luke 239-43a

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Jesus at the Temple

• Why didnt anyone notice?
• Luke 243b-52
• Impression made
• Awareness of purpose

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Fate of the Temple

• John 212-21
• 70 AD Titus
• Wailing Wall
• Dome of the Rock ca 700 AD
• 1 Cor 619

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Silence

• We dont hear anything from Jesus until He is
  called to ministry as an adult
• Context is key to understanding the beauty of
  Jesus life and words!