All videos -DAVID GATES/The Last Journey From Galilee/As the close of His ministry drew near, there was a change in Christ's manner of labor. Heretofore He had sought to shun excitement and publicity. He had refused the homage of the people, and had passed quickly from place to place when the popular enthusiasm in His favor seemed kindling beyond control. Again and again He had commanded that none should declare Him to be the Christ. At the time of the Feast of Tabernacles His journey to Jerusalem was made swiftly and secretly. international mission board, global missionaries, world mission society,
When urged by His brothers to present Himself publicly as the Messiah, His answer was, "My time is not yet come." John 7:6. He made His way to Jerusalem unobserved, and entered the city unannounced, and unhonored by the multitude. But not so with His last journey. He had left Jerusalem for a season because of the malice of the priests and rabbis. But He now set out to return, traveling in the most public manner, by a circuitous route, and preceded by such an announcement of His coming as He had never made before. international mission board, global missionaries, world mission society,
He was going forward to the scene of His great sacrifice, and to this the attention of the people must be directed. ( read more...) international
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