The Words of
Jesus the Christ,
the Son of God:
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.-Luke 12:49-59***Over 2,000 years before Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin, Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) was born. When Abraham was 99 years old, the Lord God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. Immediately thereafter, Abraham, his 13-year-old son Ishmael, and all the men in Abraham's household and upon his property were circumcised. Ishmael was the son born to Abraham and Hagar, the maidservant of Abraham's wife Sarah (Sarai), when Abraham was 86 years old. When Abraham was 100 years old, Isaac was born to Abraham and 90-year-old Sarah. On the 8th day after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised Isaac. When Isaac was 60 years old, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to Isaac and his wife Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel. When Joseph was 30 years old, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, appointed Joseph second-in-command in Egypt. Years thereafter, 130-year-old Jacob moved with his entire family from Canaan to Egypt, according to Joseph's request and the invitation of Pharaoh. Sometime after 147-year-old Jacob died in Egypt and his body was buried in Canaan, and after Joseph and his siblings were dead, their descendants the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Aaron and his brother Moses were born into the tribe of Levi, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, the Lord God sent them to speak to the Israelite elders and to Pharaoh. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt, Pharaoh told Moses and Aaron to get themselves and the Israelites and their animals away from the Egyptians and serve the Lord God. The Lord God went before Moses, Aaron, the Israelites, and those with them, in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. The Lord God led them away from Rameses, to Succoth, through wilderness, and Etham, and the region of Pi Hahiroth, and across the divinely parted Red Sea. The divinely inspired words written over 1,400 years later by the apostle Paul (Saul) and sent to believers in Corinth reveal that the Israelites were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. During the 40th year of the journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Aaron died and was buried upon Mount Hor, and Moses went upon Mount Nebo. The Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor, was from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. In Gilgal, according to the command of the Lord God, Joshua oversaw the circumcision of all the Israelite males who were born during the 40-year journey and were nor circumcised. Over 1,300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth), descendants of Aaron. On the 8th day after John the Baptist was born, he was circumcised. Months thereafter, Jesus the Christ was born in Bethlehem, Judea, to Joseph and his wife Mary, a virgin, after being conceived of the Holy Spirit in Mary's womb when Mary was a virgin. On the 8th day after Jesus was born, Jesus was circumcised. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. John the Baptist continued to baptize those who came to him until he was imprisoned and beheaded by Herod Antipas the tetrarch, ruler of Galilee for the Roman Empire. Meanwhile, the disciples of Jesus the Christ baptized those who came to Jesus. Sometime before Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven less than 3 1/2 years after he was baptized, Jesus spoke of his upcoming baptism to his 12 disciples and apostles.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, 33:1-56, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-5:15, 16:1-10, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, 1 Corinthians 1:1-31, 10:1-33
Reference Information:
hale = katasyre/katasuro = drag away or down
straitened = synechomai = sunecho = distressed, to hold together or hold fast, seized, afflicted or pressed
Reference Scriptures:
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samatitans enter ye not:-Matthew 10:5...Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.-Matthew 10:34-35
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