Magdalene by Hunt Angela

Author:Hunt, Angela [Hunt, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-05-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-two

Not every city welcomed Yeshua and those who traveled with him. In Natzeret, the prophet’s home, we went to the synagogue on the Shabbat, where Yeshua read from the Scriptures: “The Spirit of ADONAI Elohim is upon me, because ADONAI has anointed me to announce good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of ADONAI’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.”

Yeshua then lowered the scroll and told the people that the prophet Isaiah had been referring to him.

His statement caused a riot. The city elders grabbed him and dragged him to the edge of a nearby cliff. They planned to throw him over the edge as punishment for blasphemy, but somehow Yeshua managed to slip away.

When I heard that they had not been able to hold him, I rejoiced in his ability to outwit his enemies. When we marched against Rome, he might need to escape capture.

I had been thoroughly impressed by the prophet’s powers. I watched in awe as he cast demons out of men and children who suffered from the same demonic darkness I had known. I saw him restore people who had been born lame; I saw him open blind eyes, just as the prophet Isaiah had foretold. We celebrated these healings, for not only had Yeshua eased the suffering of individuals, but he had given the gift of shalom, or wholeness, to those who had been excluded from the synagogue because they were ritually unclean.

While we celebrated, another thought occurred to me: with Yeshua in command of our army, we would have a leader who could heal the wounded with only a touch. How good of HaShem to plan for this contingency!

Yet not everyone believed; not everyone wanted to listen. Skeptics tried to explain Yeshua’s works away, but even the Pharisees had to admit he possessed supernatural authority. Those who doubted were quick to say his power came from the devil, but I, who’d had first-hand experience with the forces of evil, saw no sign of that darkness in Yeshua. I saw nothing but light.

While not everyone was ready to hear the good news, I was eager to spread the word. All Isra’el, from the southern tribes to those scattered in the north, longed for the Holy One, blessed be He, to redeem his oppressed people. I wanted to stand on a mountaintop and shout that HaShem, who was committed to the children of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Yaakov by unbreakable covenant, would soon enact the plan he had ordained from the foundations of the earth. He would establish his kingdom, and he would keep his promises to Isra’el by punishing our enemies and reordering the world.

Oh, how I rejoiced in the prospect of Caesar being dethroned. When Yeshua reigned, Herod would be tossed out of Tiberias and his heathen palace destroyed.

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