By Jack Hibbs
Luke 4:16-18
“So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: ‘The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.’”
Jesus’ visit to the synagogue was not unusual, nor was it strange for Him to read the prescribed Scriptures—every man had his rotation, and this day was His. What made this Sabbath different was Jesus’ declaration that He was the Messiah who fulfilled Isaiah’s prophetic word.
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"Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:36