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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Matthew 26:6-13 ~ prepare


 When we think of Holy Week, what do we think Jesus was doing? Jesus was visiting people and the Scriptures record He was invited to lunch. Al fresco.

There was so much to the Words of Jesus, all the books in all the Libraries and databases, couldn't contain the Words and Works of Jesus.


Judas was having important meetings this week. Jesus was as well. Judas was seeking to fill his own future with all types of events, funds and powerful people, to advance the life of Judas, and if Jesus was really, really a good object, or subject, then Jesus would advance as well.     Judas was building for his own life. Probably about 15 to 20 more years. Jesus was building today unto Eternity.

Jesus was surrounded by His People. People who did not know they were His People.  Vessels. Souls filled with Jesus and His Father, The Holy Spirit. 

The Bible Verses today speak of Alabaster. Even Alabaster points to Jesus.  This is the week Jesus said if the People did not cry out for the Glory of God, even the rocks would cry out. And when the people got quiet, to see the reactions of Jesus Christ in His Temple, the Children began to sing His Praise. Infants Praised God.  Psalm 8 tells us our Father knew of this miraculous Praise in the 1000 BC Psalms of David. 



Frequently, Scriptures record Jesus was invited to dine with people. Holy Week was no exception.


Matthew 26:6-13



Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper 

A woman came up to Him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on His Head as He reclined at table. 

8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.” 

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, 
“Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 

12 In pouring this ointment on My body, 
she has done it to prepare Me for burial. 

Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, 
what she has done 
will also be told in memory of her.”


Jesus, the Gospels tell us, was a man filled with emotions, humor, tears, weariness. John 4:6 says Jesus is weary. When we hear of Jesus praying, He is recharging Himself to speak with our Father.  Jesus gets angry with people, disciples and the Temple.  

Openly, openly, openly, Jesus says He is being prepared for burial. 

This is the end of Jesus in this world.  And Jesus is as calm and prepared as the Alabaster flask.  Jesus is not edgy, irritable, rude, tearful or angry. Jesus is still, and always will be, Our Shepherd. He has not come to fill the Flask.  Jesus has come to fill the woman pouring out her emotions in a week of intense events.  Jesus sees her being a vessel filled with the Holy Spirit.

Jesus has come to fill, not alabaster water jars of 40 gallons, Jesus has come to fill this woman. To heal her emotions, to honor her Love. Jesus has come to fill Simon. Jesus has come to be heard by the people passing Simon's porch. Jesus is back, back, back in Bethany. Lazarus is Alive! Simon has invited Jesus as hero of the week and known to all of Israel, to dine on his front porch. 

Jesus is not here as miracle flavor of the week. Jesus is here as Love. Healer. Shepherd, Father. 

Jesus is not here as a libation to be poured out and to evaporate.

Jesus is the Living Breathing Word of God. 













2 Timothy 2:20-21 

 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver
 but also of wood and clay, 
some for honorable use, 
some for dishonorable. 

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, 
he will be a vessel for honorable use, 
set apart as holy, 
useful to the master of the house, 
ready for every good work.


Lent is a time of remembering
to put God first in our heart,
thoughts.

And remember again what Vessel of God
we want to be



Judas and Herod play a part of Lent, Holy Week and this Scripture of Matthew's Gospel, the 26th Chapter.  

Vessels.... Herod's Palaces have been found in the last decade. Even Herod's Tomb.  Herod was found to have a Great Alabaster Bathtub.  How was this possible?  Alabaster is a luxury. Something known to Egypt. But Israel?  Luxury of Alabaster? An import of Egypt?

The photo at the top is what we think of as Alabaster. And is not in the ancient world. Not glossy and filled with light. Alabaster comes from a quarry. It is a mineral and soft rock used for vessels, carvings and is the source of plaster. Plaster we find in Peter's house beside the Sea of Galilee. Filled with pilgrims praising God for the opportunity to see Peter's House where Jesus healed and stayed.  Plaster in Rome from millenniums surrounding Peter's actual tomb. A Rock... bearing witness to Jesus.

And archaeologists wondered where Herod got the Alabaster. Alabaster 40 gallon jars holding water to wine. Alabaster flasks holding expensive perfume.  

 The Bible discusses the use of alabaster; as in Herod’s time, it is referenced as being used for its splendor and high quality. 1 Chronicles 29:2 says, “Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.” The original Hebrew word for marble is שַׁיִשׁ, which can be translated as alabaster.


And this led to the discovery of the Israel quarry. And filling, the Museum of Israel, in Jerusalem, are all sorts of alabaster going back to the 12th and 13th BC. The time of Jacob going to see the Pharaoh's Vizier.  Vessels of History. Telling of His Story.




 




Jesus is a Vessel of God
Especially in Holy Week
This day in Matthew's Gospel, 26th Chapter.

Jesus is not going to 
bruise
or break,
but to uphold.





Isaiah 42

Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
    he will bring forth justice to the nations.

2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
    or make it heard in the street;
3 a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
    he will faithfully bring forth justice.

4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged
    till he has established justice in the earth;
    and the coastlands wait for his law.

5 Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:

6 “I am the Lord; 
I have called you in righteousness;
    I will take you by the hand 
and keep you

I will give you as a covenant for the people,
    a light for the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    from the prison those who sit in darkness.

8 I am the Lord; 
that is my name;
    my glory I give to no other,
    nor my praise to carved idols.

Behold, the former things have come to pass,
    and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
    I tell you of them.”

Sing to the Lord a new song,
    His praise from the end of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, 
and all that fills it,
    the coastlands and their inhabitants.

Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
    the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of Sela sing for joy,
    let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Let them give glory to the Lord,
    and declare his praise in the coastlands.

The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
    like a man of war he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, he shouts aloud,
    he shows himself mighty against his foes.

14 For a long time I have held my peace;
    I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in labor;
    I will gasp and pant.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hills,
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,
    and dry up the pools.


And I will lead the blind
    in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
    I will guide them.

I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
    and
 I do not forsake them.

17 They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
    who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
    “You are our gods.”

18 Hear, you deaf,
    and look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
    or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,
    or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 He sees many things, but does not observe them;
    his ears are open, but he does not hear.


The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
    to magnify his law 
and 
make it glorious.

22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
    they are all of them trapped in holes
    and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
    spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
23 Who among you will give ear to this,
    will attend and listen for the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
    and Israel to the plunderers?


Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
    in whose ways they would not walk,
    and whose law they would not obey?
25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
    and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
    it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.









Abba, Father,

Our heart hears the call from You.

We ask healing
of Your Good Creation
The fullness of the earth is Yours.
The healing of those we pray for
in our heart and soul.

Dwell in us, Father,
Dwell fully in those we love,
Help us to seek You first
and we will finish well in Jesus Christ.


Our God. His Son, 
Jesus Christ.
Amen.






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Good News for us to remember and Think Upon
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The Bible explains the Bible, Prophetically

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Blessing - unaware

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Determine your own path, just love Him

Judges 16 ~ like any other man
John 4:43-54 ~ Doing what Jesus says


Earthquake

Every Day, Still Today
Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow


Exodus - History












Heavenly Hosts
His Messengers of Light












Elements of Nature Displaying HIS Glory
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I Decide What is Right and Wrong - God noticed this in the Garden of Eden from Eve

Individualism and Groups

It's the End of the World as We Know it, And I Feel Fine. (One of our most read posts.)
Grandpa - The Bible is Really the Life Story of People and
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Gates of Heaven


Gifts of God, all of us


Giving - God certainly is





























Glory


God sees His Creation as Good!!!


Gravity






















Good Friday

Gossip

Gratitude

Greatest

Grief, Forgiveness, Homecoming


Hated Emotion - Fear




































History - Is There History Showing Jesus was Alive - VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY

Holiness


Holy Spirit ~ Manifestations

Homeward Bound, still a sojourner

Honey, Do this

Invitation
John 3:31-36 ~ that God is true

Israel - Destroyed Completely and Rebuilt. A sign of Jesus. Existing today.

Jesus clearly put a Foundation for His Resurrection to be Believed by the Multitudes of all of Israel and the Nations

Jesus and His Childhood Privacy
Nazareth - What Jesus did See Growing Up

John the Beloved Disciple


The Journey of Joseph


























Live It
Psalm 117 ~ Praise the Lord
Psalm 82 ~ rescue the weak and the needy
2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered
Hebrews 12 ~ Thankful
Psalm 31:3-8,17-21 ~ Thou hast redeemed me
Isaiah 40:1-11 ~ His reward is with Him
Matthew 13:31-32 ~ the birds of the air come and perch in its branches
Matthew 6:25-34 ~ your heavenly Father knows that you need
Luke 11:29-32 ~ Rise up
Psalm 126 ~ shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves
Luke 14:15-24 ~ there is still room
Joshua 1:1-9 ~ I am giving
Acts 5 ~ speak in the name of Jesus
John 1 ~ the Light shines
John 3:5-8 ~ born again
~ they went on from there and passed through Galilee
Judges 20 ~ Israel

Losing a Loved One - Passing ON

Revelation 21:22-27 ~ those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life

Not Being Tossed Back and Forth with Emotion
Ephesians 4 ~ speaking the truth in Love

Marriage
Romans 7:1-12 ~ bear fruit for God
1 Corinthians 7 ~ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband
Genesis 37:12-24 ~ when Reuben
Psalm 143 ~ Your steadfast love
Psalm 86 ~ For great is your steadfast love

Media... taking it down the path
1 Corinthians 10 ~ Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God





Mercy, an Inseparable Component of Truth
Matthew 23:23-26 ~ clean
1 Samuel 12 ~ serve the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ The great and first commandment. And a second is like it

Miscellaneous
Job 38 ~ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalm 19 ~ the heavens declare the glory of God
2 Kings 5:1-15 ~ a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper
1 Chronicles 13 ~ the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom










Peace




Pharisee ~ Religion
Luke 11:42-46 ~ Woe to you Pharisees!


Pictorial Images of the 12 Tribes of Israel








Picture It


















Overcoming, with God's help!


Positive Attitude in Trouble




Prophets - the Law and the Old Men in Robes or People who Love the Lord. Flaws and Virtues. What They Sought in the Lord and What Drew Them to Him.



Praise



























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Prayer Needs




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Revelation 8:2
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Deuteronomy 8
Jeremiah 23


Rock


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