Author: Travis Snode

“And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.” — Matthew 21:10–11 The first coming of Christ was not subtle.

Jesus has been teaching quite a bit to the disciples about humility. He has already told them that He will suffer and die and that they too must pick up their cross (Matt 16:21-25). He also told them that the

“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.” — Matthew 19:8 In order to really understand what God is saying we

“And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 18:3 Matthew 18 contains the famous “church discipline” passage which teaches how we are

“Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?” — Matthew 17:19   “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” — Matthew 17:21   I am reading It Is Not Death

“Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?” — Matthew 16:9   The nation of Israel as a whole totally missed who Jesus was. This is seen in

“And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.” — Matthew 15:34   Once again, Jesus is teaching multitudes of people in a place where they don’t have easy access to

“And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” — Matthew 14:31   As the leadership of the nation of Israel reject Jesus and as the people

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them;

“But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.” — Matthew 12:6   “…a greater than Jonas is here.” — Matthew 12:41   “…a greater than Solomon is here.” — Matthew 12:42   Three times in Matthew 12, Jesus makes the