Good morning. When the apostles had finished their task in
Samaria (the city), they started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the
gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. One would think that after the great
revival that Philip had in Samaria that he would’ve made camp there for years;
but God had another idea. An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, get up
and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza. (this is a
desert road). So he complained about having to give up his successful ministry
– wrong! He got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official
of Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and
he had come to Jerusalem to worship, and he was returning and sitting in his
chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. What is really interesting
about this is that there was an Ethiopian eunuch who helped the prophet
Jeremiah when he was imprisoned in a deep hole in the ground. It was almost
like God was repaying the first one by bringing salvation to the Ethiopian
nation through this one. Then the Spirit said to Philip, go up and join this
chariot. He heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, do you understand
what you reading? How could I, unless someone guides me? And he invited Philip
to come up and sit with him. He was reading about how the Messiah would be like
a lamb before its shearer is silent. Please tell me, of whom does The Prophet
say this? Of himself or someone else? We will see next time how Philip answered
him. Father thank You that even when we are doing something good for You,
sometimes there is something even more important for us to do for You. Help us
to not cling to the good so hard that we are unable to see the great that You
have for us to do.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
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