The Galilean Campaign

Norman Marcelle's The Galilean Campaign

Excerpt from The Galilean Campaign

He (Jesus of Nazareth) is careful to analyze their practices from here on, for predictably, he knows that this is a life-and-death struggle.  It is notable that after the Beelzebub controversy, it is evident that his ministry will not get any support or acceptance from these religious authorities.  Their concepts of Messiahship are diametrically opposed --  that is, who and what Jesus of Nazareth represents and who and what they expect.  He has no visible army or monetary resources that are noticeable.  His is a ministry of deep, abiding compassion for people who are trapped in sin, guilt, and the slavery of indifference and poverty.  His ministry of power and deliverance included healing of all diseases, sight for the blind, raising the dead, and freeing captives from the bonds of financial enslavement.  It is the Father's assessment that they first need a redeemer and a savior to begin their restoration.  Yet, already, the people he has come to save are so resentful that in Judah, they to murder him. 

--  Chapter 2, page 15, Galilean Ministry - Nazareth to Capernaum