Jesus in Galilee (SoS study arc)

• Jesus in the wake of early religion: Preaching About Galilee: Jesus Public Ministry
  • i.e. The Fourth Epochal Presentation of The Father
  • Preaching tour papers
  • Block of public ministry in Galilee
    • Paper 146: "The first preaching tour began..." is a fine beginning, not jumping into the middle.
    • Paper 155 ends: "and when Jesus had finished, let us be on our way" is a fine ending
    • We studied [146:2] back in Prayer in 2014, but it's worth studying again.
  • Theme: An encapsulation of the public ministry (to contrast with our most recent arc on Jesus the Tutor)
  • Theme: Juxtaposing the 4th and 5th ER's presentations of the Father
  • Theme: Levels of meaning, the definitive ones from Jesus
  • Why does the Heathen rage
    • i.e., Preconceived opinions, settled ideas, and long-standing prejudices
    • i.e., Regretting the past...
  • Rule for living
  • We like this better than the later life block and its focus on Christianity.

• Arc title:
  • Jesus in Galilee
  • Jesus the teacher
  • Jesus the preacher
  • Jesus the minister

• Series 1: Early public work
  • as opposed to ministry. focus on the simpler "work"
  • The formal preaching tour and its appendix of touching-base with Jerusalem (a common pattern)
  • <no predicate>
  • Papers 146: tour
  • Paper 147: appendix

• Series 2: Advancing ministry
  • Papers 148 (predicate)
  • Paper 149 (tour)
  • <no appendix>

• Series 3: Building to the climax (of the ministry)
  • Third tour and things tied to it
  • Papers 150 through 152
  • Modifying methods a bit... introduction of parables in Paper 151.
  • Building up to the crisis.....
  • It's the high-water mark of the ministry. Then everything goes downhill and they have to run away

• (...which leads to) Series 4: Crisis and Consequences
  • aka The crisis
  • Paper 153 through 155
  • That is, once the ministry is fully out there and seen in its full effectiveness, his enemies make their move. And it all explodes.

• Phases apparent in the series above
  • 1: Levels of meaning
  • 2: from fear to love
  • 3: feeding the 5000
  • 4: why does the heathen rage? 8-fold path to progress

• Other patterns
  • Begin things in January (and often run through April)
    • Paper 141: Jan AD 27 (public ministry)
    • Paper 146: Jan AD 28 (first preaching tour)
  • Is this because of the climate? "Travel season?" Perhaps
  • Was he beginning in the Roman calendar's January for a reason? Jesus tipping his has hat to the Romans advance?
    • The Roman civil authority was trying to put forth this idea.
    • The more "natural" tendency was to start a new year in spring (March 25th or so)
  • And notices how times compresses through part IV. Just like the Geology papers.

• Definition clarity?
  • Preaching
  • Ministry
  • Public work
  • Teaching