Let me get this straight. Jesus can walk on water and turn water into wine... But when it comes to making a whip, he's suddenly an average whip maker? Naaah.
As fair of a question as that is, I couldn't imagine Jesus doing it the old-fashioned way as that, to me, would imply that he would willfully cast aside his apparent super-natural ability to take a greater satisfaction out of it. That would then lean towards an ego-driven decision.
Making a magic whip and gettin' that ass 'cause God said so sounds more Christ-like to me.
I was once taught that the Law of the time would have compelled Joseph to make sure Christ was married & him dring in the sand was akin to counting to 10.
Taking time to do things the righteous way is always best.
He magically transformed water into wine. Manifested a bunch of fish and bread. Makes sense that he could have pulled a whip out of thin air too.
OP’s screen cap is cool and would make for a great graphic novel, but it also seems likely the author needed him to have a whip so he magically had a whip.
In both the wine and food situations, he didn’t pull things out of thin air. He worked with existing materials: water and empty vessels and some fish and bread that was already there.
Miracles throughout the Bible work that way as well, good can take everyday items and make them miraculous and they are because God is involved, but He is never far away. We are just like those simple things transformed by God and we need a little faith and sometimes God let’s us perform miracles too.
I have heard stories like missionaries have a keg of Gatorade and not running out. Miracle healings were also common at one of the churches I attended at my out of state college. Some immediate, some God showing His work to doctors who couldn’t with a man who had a complicated and twisted brain tumor, the church prayed and when they looked again, it was in a neat little ball to pluck out.
Yeah, I’m with you on that. He could produce an abundant food supply from one basket of fish and bread, but a whip? Naw, he took hours making it. Still funny imagery to think of him sitting there braiding away, all mad. But I think he probably whipped it up like the son of God he is.
Let me get this straight. Jesus can walk on water and turn water into wine... But when it comes to making a whip, he's suddenly an average whip maker? Naaah.
Why not? Could he not have seen the importance of doing it the old-fashioned way for this occasion?
Yes, one would think he'd like to show them the time he took, you know, it somehow translates to quality.
The time was an act of patience and meekness as he very intentionally gave them opportunity to not be like Mike Pence... while He worked on His plan.
As fair of a question as that is, I couldn't imagine Jesus doing it the old-fashioned way as that, to me, would imply that he would willfully cast aside his apparent super-natural ability to take a greater satisfaction out of it. That would then lean towards an ego-driven decision.
Making a magic whip and gettin' that ass 'cause God said so sounds more Christ-like to me.
I was once taught that the Law of the time would have compelled Joseph to make sure Christ was married & him dring in the sand was akin to counting to 10.
Taking time to do things the righteous way is always best.
Jesus Christ knew how to work with his hands.
Yeah he was brought up to be a craftsman and humble. A craftsman would make it himself.
He magically transformed water into wine. Manifested a bunch of fish and bread. Makes sense that he could have pulled a whip out of thin air too.
OP’s screen cap is cool and would make for a great graphic novel, but it also seems likely the author needed him to have a whip so he magically had a whip.
In both the wine and food situations, he didn’t pull things out of thin air. He worked with existing materials: water and empty vessels and some fish and bread that was already there.
Miracles throughout the Bible work that way as well, good can take everyday items and make them miraculous and they are because God is involved, but He is never far away. We are just like those simple things transformed by God and we need a little faith and sometimes God let’s us perform miracles too.
I have heard stories like missionaries have a keg of Gatorade and not running out. Miracle healings were also common at one of the churches I attended at my out of state college. Some immediate, some God showing His work to doctors who couldn’t with a man who had a complicated and twisted brain tumor, the church prayed and when they looked again, it was in a neat little ball to pluck out.
Yeah, I’m with you on that. He could produce an abundant food supply from one basket of fish and bread, but a whip? Naw, he took hours making it. Still funny imagery to think of him sitting there braiding away, all mad. But I think he probably whipped it up like the son of God he is.