As you read about the feeding of the 4,000, put yourself in the scene. Do you think the men and women, sitting in groups of 50, knew where their bread was coming from? Now put yourself in the disciples’ shoes. What was it like for Jesus’ inner circle to witness the astounding miracle of the expanding bread?
As usual, Jesus has a bigger agenda than feeding the hungry masses.
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The cultural details may be unfamiliar. In a world with no social security, widows were often destitute. The only resource they had might have been their children, who could be taken as slaves to pay their debts (though God had forbidden the Israelites to do that.)
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Government projects are notorious for dragging on. So it’s not surprising that King Joash’s taxpayer funded renovation project gets off to a bad start, even though it’s a plan to restore a national monument as well as something far greater: the centre of worship of Almighty God.
Was the problem honesty?
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