Saturday, August 18, 2018

The Gospel of Matthew

The Book of Matthew is concerned with the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and the legitimization of Jesus to the Jewish people. 

It’s been quite some time since I’ve made a serious foray in the Scriptures.  And I must say that after having neglected them for so long that I look upon them with very different eyes than I once did.  There is a sense of awe from reading them that comes mostly from an intuition of their sheer profundity, but it’s hidden from me. 

Matthew 13:11 - “Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.”

I suppose for now I’m in the latter category.  But I shan’t despair.  Many far better men have spent their whole lives contemplating upon the scriptures.  Jesus spoke of “things hidden from the foundation of the world.”  Deep mysteries have existed from the beginning.  After all this time we still have not unpacked it all.