Here Jesus sets himself as the Son of man and he knew whence did he come from and where he was going. He became the first begotten to distinguish him from his humanity.
I have a task to finish for which he as Son of Man he undertook baptism. This was what drove him to Jerusalem. This baptism is different from by what he is hinting here,"But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!"
So his way to Jerusalem lay through the villages of Samaria. Samaria suffered from same heresy as was in the time of the kings. The golden calf the Israelites carried in Egypt followed them and their deliverance under the rod of Moses remained same. Just as the New Canaan to which the pilgrim Fathers sailed and their idols were safely stowed away during the voyage. The heresies rampant in Europe found new home that was all. Golden calves erected in Bethel and Dam likewise flourished in the new continent.
"when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,/ And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him./ And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem." Samaritans in the Spirit could sense Jesus was heading to Jerusalem and they bristled at it. They refused him a place to stay. Their animosity owed to their heart, There was no place the seed, same fault as the Jews,"He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."( Jn 8.47) Samaria signifies the white Evangelicals of our time. Colour and wealth have muddled their understanding. This generation of vipers have their doctrines too. Jesus chided ,"Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of./ For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village." (vv55-56)
Here Jesus sets himself as the Son of man and he knew whence did he come from and where he was going. He became the first begotten to distinguish him from his humanity.
I have a task to finish for which he as Son of Man he undertook baptism. This was what drove him to Jerusalem. This baptism is different from by what he is hinting here,"But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!"
So his way to Jerusalem lay through the villages of Samaria. Samaria suffered from same heresy as was in the time of the kings. The golden calf the Israelites carried in Egypt followed them and their deliverance under the rod of Moses remained same. Just as the New Canaan to which the pilgrim Fathers sailed and their idols were safely stowed away during the voyage. The heresies rampant in Europe found new home that was all. Golden calves erected in Bethel and Dam likewise flourished in the new continent.
"when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,/ And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him./ And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem." Samaritans in the Spirit could sense Jesus was heading to Jerusalem and they bristled at it. They refused him a place to stay. Their animosity owed to their heart, There was no place the seed, same fault as the Jews,"He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."( Jn 8.47) Samaria signifies the white Evangelicals of our time. Colour and wealth have muddled their understanding. This generation of vipers have their doctrines too. Jesus chided ,"Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of./ For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village." (vv55-56)
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