Luke 24:17-24 ~ Nothing is too hard for The Lord

 

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August 24, 1989 2 Million People Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania

 Matthew 14:14

And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

Matthew 19:2

And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

Luke 24:17-24

He asked them,

 “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”

They stood still, their faces downcast. 

18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, 

“Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

19 “What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. 

“He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel."

Israel would not be redeemed. Jesus had died horriby. The Hope Judea had for Jesus as the Messiah, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the blind see. The poor were not hoping for good news now.

1948 - The Jews had refused to walk under the Arch of Titus, believing Israel would rise from utter defeat almost 1900 years later. Correct!

God alone held the Arch of Titus to be the Gate of the Roman Empire for Jewish in dispersion to Hope in the Resurrection of Israel 2,000 Years later.

The Arch of Titus fell into the slums and became slum housing:

About 1550 AD the Pope used the Arch for Oath taking and loyalty ceremonies. And the Arch began to show deterioration.

By 1700 AD it was almost abandoned and a citizen lived in the ruins.

In 1812 the Pope decided to restore this:

(This) monument, remarkable in terms of both religion and art,
had weakened from age:
Pius the Seventh, Supreme Pontiff,
by new works on the model of the ancient exemplar
ordered it reinforced and preserved.


Good idea.

1948 - The Jews had refused to walk under the Arch of Titus, believing Israel would rise from utter defeat almost 1900 years later.

WHY WOULD GOD BE INTERESTED IN 

THE ARCH OF TITUS?

2 Peter 3:8 

 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice:

 With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 

With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

Israel fell as a Funeral 

for His Only Son

Jesus Christ.

The Events to God

reshaped Heaven to Peace

and

Brought Salvation to

you and to me.

Jerusalem falls in 70 A.D. to Titus, this would have been about the end of Jesus' natural life on earth.
Model of the Coliseum, built from the money taken out of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus.

The Arch of Titus in Rome today.

Relief carved on the Arch of Titus showing the Triumph after the destruction of Jerusalem, these are the Temple Tools, but not the Ark of the Covenant. After 1,935 years, Roman Jews proudly walked under the Titus Arch, for the first time because Israel was again a nation, May 14, 1948.

About the 3rd to 4th century AD, the Jews collected enough money to rebuild the Temple, but the building was destroyed by earthquake while still in construction. Then war.

How the relief appears today - 2,000 years later.

What do other memorials in Rome look like today?

The Roman Forum:

TODAY. You and I can do what Jews in Rome would not do, until the Freedom of GOD  - walk under the Arch of Titus.

Matthew 28:7 

Then go quickly and tell his disciples that 

He has Risen from the dead, 

and 

Behold, 

He is going before you to Galilee; there 

you will see Him.

 See, I have told you.”

First Chronicles 17:14

I will settle Him in my House

and in My Kingdom forever,

and His Throne

will be established

Forevermore.

On earth as it is in Heaven

Display the Overwhelming Love God 

has for all of His Good Creation. You.

Jesus describes this Life as Joy. The Joy of the Lord is our Strength.

Abba, Father,

Dwell in us,

Give us Your Blessing, we ask.

Let the Joy we have in You

be our Strength.

In Jesus, we want Your help to seek You first.

And we will finish well in Jesus Christ!

For my son Alexander to find employment locally.

For Cal, far away and his safe travel.

In this day, 

we will make Requests of Jesus.

In the Holy Name of Jesus,

We pray all those who have been

strengthened and encouraged

during the Pandemic

in their faith,

Will Remain in Your Joy and Love.

We Pray for this Nation

and the turbulence we see

we pray for truth.

We pray for Ukraine

the people will not have the 

Easter of last year

or during the Pandemic.

We pray for their Strength.

We pray for our families

not to accept the unacceptable

for their Children.

A Nation protects their Children.

Now to Father God, Who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 

to Him be glory in the church and 

in Christ Jesus 

throughout all generations, 

forever and ever.

 Amen.

The Mercy of Your Touch, Jesus. Amen.

… Thou shalt call his name
 Jesus 

for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21
…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Might God,
…The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6

… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36

…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29

…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3


…Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5


..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16


..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1


…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1


…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78


…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58


…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34

…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25


…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41


…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6


…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20

..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16

…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12

…The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9

…I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come

The Almighty!!!

 Revelation 1:8

  

♔ LORD JESUS SAVES †