Acts 13:27

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The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Acts 13:27
I can't imagine that if I had been alive 2,000 years ago I would have recognized Jesus either. He was, after all, a man, right? And God is, after all, the creator of the Universe, which today we understand is so big that we can't even begin to comprehend how big it really is.

Think about this for a second. There is a website called Scale of the Universe that does a good job helping you begin to understand. Neptune is only 4.5 billion kilometers away. We are only 2 million light years from the Andromeda Galaxy. The known radius of the universe is only 14 gigaparsecs, which in simpler terms is only 14 times 3.3 billion light years, or 3.3 x 1025 meters.

And God came to us. And the Jews didn't recognize him. Honestly, that doesn't surprise me. Jesus looked like a regular guy. The God of the Universe, the creator, the Alpha and the Omega, came to Earth from his throne, across time, which we can't even comprehend.

This passage isn't so simple though. The Jews should have recognized him because as it says, the people heard the words of the prophets every Sabbath for hundreds of years. Check out Genesis 3:15, Numbers 21:9, Deuteronomy 18:15, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 53, Ezekiel 34:23, Daniel 9:24, Micah 7:20 and Malachi 3:1. And that's just the quick tour of prophecies; I look forward to discovering more.

Jesus, the Word made flesh, who was in the beginning, who will be in the end, is alive. He lived, died and rose again, defeating death for us, so that everyone who believes in him, everyone who depends on him, will be saved.

Just believe.

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