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Let his blood be on us and on our children

  Let his blood be on us and on our children   Matthew 27:23-25 『 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 』 The priests and scribes gave Jesus to be crucified. As a punishment for the sin of Jesus' death, believers say that the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Rome in A.D. 70 and Israel was destroyed. On the surface, this may be true. However, the words "returning the blood to the descendants" have a spiritual meaning. Jesus cried out that sinners can return to the kingdom of God not through the law, but through God's grace. He said that he was the Son of God who came to the world for this purpose, and that p...

One hundred and fifty-three large fish filled with fish.

  One hundred and fifty-three large fish filled with fish.   John 21:8-11  『 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it was two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon as they came to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus said to them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. 』 The fish symbolizes Jesus Christ, and the net means being in Christ. The fish in the net symbolize the saints who have entered Christ. The sea symbolizes the law. And Simon Peter pulled the net onto land. The land, which is in contrast to the sea (the law), symbolizes the gospel. Those who were under the law were drawn into the gospel, and many fish were caught. The fact that the net was not torn is the fact that salvation is not cancele...

Not one of them will perish, but the son of destruction

  Not one of them will perish, but the son of destruction   John 17:9-12  『 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thin. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled  』 Jesus prays earnestly to God before he dies on the cross and returns to the original kingdom of God. Jesus' prayer is that the disciples are in the world, and that the Father will protect them in His name. It is a request for God the Father to protect the twelve disciples in Christ, the Word. John 17:21  『 That they all may be one; as thou, Fat...

Not one of its bones will be broken

  Not one of its bones will be broken   John 19:32-37  『 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.. 』 After Jesus died, the Jews asked Pilate to break Jesus ’  legs and take the body away. This was because the next day was the Passover Sabbath, and they were reluctant to leave a dead body on the cross on their holy day. The Jews ’  request to break Jesus ’  legs was a custom at the time to check whether the condemned were ...

Do not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain

  Do not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain   1 Corinthians 9:5-10 『 Do we not have the right to take along with us the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas, our sisters in the faith? Or do I and Barnabas not have the right not to work? Who will serve in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk of the flock? Do I speak this according to human customs? Or does not the law also say this? In the law of Moses it is written, ‘ You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain. ’ Does God take care of the oxen? Does he not speak for our sakes? Indeed, it was written for our sakes, that the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of being partakers. 』 Deuteronomy 25:4 "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." It is natural for an ox to eat while plowing the field. Whether it is a soldier or a farmer, the wor...

Metaphor of marriage system

   Metaphor of marriage system   In Mark 10:6-9,  “ But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. ”  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 』 Here,  『 from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female 』  In Greek,  ἀ π ὸ   δ ὲ   ἀ ρχ ῆ ς   κτί σεω ς   ἄ ρσεν   κα ὶ   θ ῆ λυ   ἐ ποί ησεν  α ὐ τούς  Here,  ἀ π ὸ  (apo: from)  δ ὲ  (de: conjunction)  ἀ ρχ ῆ ς  (arche: first)  κτί σεω ς  (kriteos: of creation). If we translate this again, it should be,  “ male and female he made them ” . The first creation is Adam (human). Since both man and human are named Adam, there can be errors in translation. In other words, God created man first and...