You have to remember Scriptures
fully give the Foster Father Nod to Joseph
for Father's Day.
(We had a Blog Technical Delay due to Internet and Hot Spot Phone misplacement!)
Going the High Way
High Road
and leaving a footprint
Mark of High Way
Matthew 13:54-56, Mark 6:2-4
Matthew 13:54-56
54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked. 55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well?
Where then did this man get all these things?”
Mark 6:2-4
2 When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him. 4 Then Jesus said to them,
“Only in his hometown, among his relatives,
and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Last Post was Psalm 81!
Psalm 81
Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon,at the full moon, on our feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule [just decree] of the God of Jacob.
5 He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over [against] the land of Egypt.I hear a language I had not known:6 “I relieved your [his; also next line] shoulder of the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.
7 In distress you called,
and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah [quarreling].
Sela
Joseph has left some pretty large footprints. This isn't a man who hasn't had some very real and present type questions about being family.
The critics love to say all the 2,000 year old messages left in Peter's house plaster walls don't indicate literacy. We've pretty well debunked the idiocy of the Disciples with Papyrus 46 300 intact Chapters of Scripture housed in The University of Michigan, circa first or 2nd century A.D.
Joseph isn't a man without means to make decisions. Really. He isn't without some large choices.
Placement is part of Joseph. Matthew 1, first Book of the New Testament, Chapter 1, assures us Joseph's lineage has left him with some plans. Joseph is a catch of a husband in Judea. His reaction to Mary's pregnancy isn't a warm fuzzy. This is a man of planning. And he isn't a homegrown shepherd dedicated to Nazareth. Wouldn't you think God would have wanted Joseph to be a Shepherd like David? Didn't happen. Joseph is a man who will travel across the Sea to make his way for his family.
Joseph isn't a man who takes the easier path.
He takes the scandal known through the Temple of Mary's kinsman Zechariah and the Angel, and brings Jesus to be dedicated.
This is a man who seriously looked at divorce and capital punishment.
Mary gives her lineage, in the 3rd Book of the New Testament in the 3rd, Chapter of Luke 3
Placement for women has suddenly increased. Even if a Greek Physician has to be the one to explain this. We are told, by placement, to look to Joseph.
Look at the times:
Isaiah 7:10-25
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
13 And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted. 17 The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”
18 In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
20 In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
21 In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat curds and honey.
23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. 24 With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
Consider Isaiah 7 as prophecy on Joseph
Luke 2
Mary, we heard from,
46 And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
49 for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
and exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
55 as he spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
What Mary has to say hasn't left Joseph a lot of joy. She doesn't look meek or mild.
Brings us perfectly to consider Joseph, Son of David, Father Award for the Millenniums. For Good Reason.
Isaiah 7:
Joseph is not wanting to hear about Angel Gabriel and does not want anyone to put God to the Test. Mary is now Sheol, dead by stoning or Heaven.
O House of David, do you feel weary as the family hears about THIS? Immanuel, God with us??? Evil or good? Curds and honey in prosperity? New economy. Two kings. Herod and Claudius, Emperor of Rome. Not the correct timing to put this free for all on the House of David. Depart trouble, like Ephraim, to Judea. Yesterday!
This type of Trouble near Pilate kills people like the Assyrian Empire. The Roman Empire has increased Judea when archaeology shows population change is incredibly rare. 6,000 military people taking pastures and cities before the additional trade foreigners show up. Trade people are numerous. New trades, new prosperity: The House of David is not shining up well. Will it be bows and arrows, briers and thorns?
Current Headlines for Judea could have read:
Get a Job with the Roman Empire for the smart men to collect taxes. The Temple will like you, it's the same Herod employer.
Are you part of the Roman Empire and exporting goods? Or are you the sad zealot?
Don't put your head up too high in Religious Fervor, Pilate killed men during a Holy Pilgrimage Festival.
It's great to be an old family in Judea, as long as you aren't seen Angels!
Joseph, son of Jacob, Left a Marker
Joseph with the many colors coat.
On a statue of Amenhotep III at Kom el Hetan - Amenhotep’s funeral statue has a base and on the base of the statue is "Joseph-el". Joseph of God. Referring to Joseph who predicted the huge famine, and became Visor to Pharaoh. Joseph Messenger of God.
Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus, left a marker
Matthew 1:16
Joseph, son of Jacob, the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, Who is called Christ
Luke 4:22
All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His Lips:
"Isn't this the son of Joseph"
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness
Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
John 16:33
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 20:19
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"
2 Corinthians 1:2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 4:22
All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His Lips:
"Isn't this the son of Joseph"
Mark 6:3
Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and
the brother of James, Joseph, Jude and Simon? Aren't his sisters here
with us?
The Scriptures are alive. We feel like we see through a mirror dimly in these matters of faith. By the Plan of God. Faith is unseen. Walking by faith. Since the Huge Day of Ascension. Great is the Mystery of Faith. A day to God is thousands of years. Today, the Disciples have seen Jesus. Today, they learn they won't have all the answers. A Huge Responsibility is on God now. Today the Disciples are trusted with the Salvation of the world for many, many generations.
Abba, Father God,
Find our souls to be worthy of You dwelling in us.
Help us to seek You first.
Bless our families with Love and Peace.
Encourage us in Your Plan daily, please, in Jesus Christ.
We will finish well in Jesus Christ.
John 17:20
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
John 17:6
I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your Word.
To be filled with Your Love, and see Your Glory.
The Wonders of Your Way.
Your Scriptures and in Your Power, every one of us will bow at the Name of Jesus.
Jesus, You appeared in the Power of the Grace of God offering Salvation to us all.
In every Nation. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
And this is Your free gift to us.
Father, even on Father's Day
You want all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Faith calls us to Trust in You.
You have planned eternal life, we will know You the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
We have a hope in You, there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Freedom in Jesus.
Father God will render to each one of us according to our life, choices and faith.
You will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will not be Heaven.
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven
given higher than Jesus.
We pray as we face eternity we have told with great effect the name of Jesus - that our families in Heaven not only include our blood families - but include the nobility - the true nobility is those who look to Father God knowing He Loves us. And we will be for us in Jesus Christ.
We pray for our Nation.
We pray for the healing of God's Good Creation after the Pandemic.
We pray for our families to have Peace.
Thank You, Father God,
Please continue with Your Mercy!!!
For healing and for guidance we ask
in Jesus.
Amen.
Matthew 4:19 "
“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Daniel 4:3
How great are His signs, and how mighty His wonders!
His kingdom is an eternal kingdom
Isaiah 49:8
This is what the LORD says: "In the time of my favor I will answer you,
and in the day of salvation I will help you;
I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances"
Isaiah 49:10
They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat
or the sun beat down on them.
He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them
beside springs of water.
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