The Lord has chosen for His earthly dwelling place, Mount Zion, in preference to
all other mountains, even the grander peaks of the Hermon range. This range with
its many precipitous peaks, includes snow-
As the Lord’s ministry begins, He took up residency in the town of Capernaum. It was here He did many miracles, so much so, that He said of this village it had been ‘exalted unto heaven’ (Matt 11.24). The question above was asked by a demon who resided in the body of an unfortunate victim. The demon recognised Christ, and asked, “Have You come to destroy us?” On another occasion Jesus is met by a man possessed my multiple demons [Mark ch.5] and they ask, “Have you come here to torment us before the time?” Here we learn that Christ has complete mastery over the demon world and they know it! The healing of both men, foreshadows Christ’s eventual triumph over Satan and all his agents, an event foretold in the last book of the Bible – ‘And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone … and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.’ 20:10
‘Have you come to destroy us?’ -
This question was put to the disciples by the Lord as they came to Capernaum. They were embarrassed to answer His question and kept silent, because ‘on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest [among them].’ The Lord had only just told them of His own impending death, an act of profound SELFLESSNESS – ‘The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day’ – And now we see the disciples squabbling among themselves about which of them was the greatest; an attitude of profound SELFISHNESS. It would seem the embarrassment caused by the Lord’s question, was only temporary, for Luke records that even in the upper room, on the eve of the Lord’s death, the squabbling continued, ‘there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.’ – Luke 22:24
“What were you discussing on the way?” -
The Manna was God’s gracious provision for feeding His people on their journey to Canaan. When the Israelites awoke and stirred from their tents they found the ground covered with a small, white granular substance ‘fine as hoar frost’. It was to be collected and baked. Its mysterious appearing caused the people to ask, “What is it?” God gave two injunctions relating to it. (1) ‘Let no man leave any of it till the morning’ v.19 (2) ‘Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none" v.26. Some failed to believe that God meant what He said! “Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and became foul” and “some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.” God’s Word is sure!