Those guys–and Mary, and Mary Magdalene, and the dozen of other women all named Mary, pretty common name–sure are to be admired. But now that I’m older, I can see I’m not as strong as I thought I was. Oh, Jesus, I often thought I could have been a good apostle if I had lived back then. There’s a wonderful scene in The Chosen that connects the beginning of Genesis (In the beginning, when God created the universe ….) with the beginning of John’s Gospel (Before the world was created, the Word already existed He was with God, and He was the same as God.) John, the Apostle Jesus loved, emphasized Jesus’ divinity. And being Gentile, he’d want to explain what he, as a Gentile, didn’t understand at first. He was a Gentile and he wrote the most, probably because as a physician, he was more educated than most and explanations came easy to him. Luke wrote for the Greeks–whether Jew or Gentile.
Peter was all about no one hurting Jesus or disrespecting Him so I totally get how Peter came to learn why Jesus had to suffer (to be the servant) and why he would want to share what he learned. It emphasized Jesus as the suffering servant Isaiah the prophet talked about. And it was the first Gospel written and was short. That makes sense because Peter doesn’t seem to be the studious type yet would have had these wonderful eye-witness accounts and insights to share. I just learned (not from the show, but from a bible study) that Mark’s Gospel was probably Peter writing through Mark. I’m a real fan of the show because 1) it helps me “see” scripture in real-life terms and so I understand it more and 2) the episode about John the Apostle interviewing the other Apostles and Mary because “we don’t want to lose this chance to give our eye-witness to future generations.” I can see why Matthew, so logical and math-based in his thinking, would want to emphasize how You are the Son of David, and therefore, “eligible”, so to speak, to be the Messiah that fulfills the Jewish scriptures.
#Hard west four evangelists series#
I think it’s because I’ve been watching The Chosen, that series about You and Your life, but with a focus on the Apostles and how they all came together. What stood out to me, Jesus, is the different emphasis of each of the four Gospels.
#Hard west four evangelists free#
What word or idea stood out to you? (Feel free to read, or skip, my reaction below) Step 3: Talk to Jesus like a friend and react to what you just read. It means “a long time”, not a precise number of sunrises and sunsets. Yet another example: the four kinds of soil that receive the seeds of faith in Jesus’ parable (seeds don’t take at all and are eaten by birds seeds grow but quickly die seeds grow but are killed by thorn bushes growing with them and the seeds flourish.) These examples deal with earthly concerns of the Evangelists, Joseph and Jesus making His point, but there is no symbolic meaning beyond that.įORTY (as in 40 days) is symbolic. Another example: An angel appeared to Joseph in four dreams (to tell him: take Mary as your wife, go to Egypt, leave Egypt, and go to Nazareth). Each focuses on a different aspect of God: Jesus as Son of David and fulfillment of Old Testament Jesus as a suffering servant who wants us to serve rather than seek to be served Jesus’ human nature yet Savior and Jesus’ divine nature as the true Son of God. In the New Testament, for example, there are the four Evangelists/Gospels. For Catholics, the fourth commandment is to honor thy father and mother, a rule for the world-bound humans to follow.įOUR appears often in the bible, but much of the time, it simply means what it means: greater than three and less than five. The breast piece for the High Priest (in Exodus) had four rows of precious stones (twelve stones in all for the twelve tribes of Israel).
There are four directions (north, south, east, west), four seasons, and four earth elements (earth air, fire and water).
Read the following prompt:įOUR symbolizes the world, the material universe. Steps 1 & 2 for meditation/contemplation: Relax. Summer Fun with the biblical meaning of numbers continues with FOUR. Photo used with permission from Depositphotos
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