Little Ol' Me

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.-Luke 19:1-6***The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that sycamore (sycomore) trees were plentiful within a particular region in Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, and the Lord God destroyed with frost the sycamore trees, and Amos, a prophet of the Lord God, gathered the fruit of some sycamore trees. Over 700 years after Amos journeyed from Judah to proclaim the words of the Lord God to the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Bethlehem and Jericho were located in portion of land whereupon the kingdom of Judah previously stood. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative 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. Jesus witnessed many examples of faith. When a Roman centurion wanted Jesus to heal his servant, and the centurion did not deem himself worthy to have Jesus come to his home, the centurion's words to Jesus revealed his level of faith. In Capernaum, 4 friends of a paralytic man carried their friend to a rooftop while the man was lying on a mat. The friends busted through the ceiling in order to set the man before Jesus, and Jesus forgave the man's sins and told him to get up, take his mat and go home. When a woman who had been steadily bleeding for 12 years purposefully touched the hem of the garment being worn by Jesus, the woman expected to be healed. Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector for the Roman Empire, the rulers of the land, exercised determination of a different type and received a welcome command from Jesus.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26