9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” 11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.
I have seen some amazing Bible expositions on Youtube. They are unveiling amazing revelations concerning the end of the age. Many Christians had a “shriveled hand” when it came to this topic due to the various taboos associated with it. But what we are seeing is that in the last few years many Christians have woken up and are now gathering little nuggets from the word just like the disciples picking the grain in the fields. What is really emphasized here is that this is the Sabbath. Matthew has used the word “Sabbath” eight times in the first 11 verses. The Sabbath is a law that says the old creation cannot do any work for the Lord. Jesus was raised in the first day of the week, He is the new creation, and if you are in Jesus you are not in the Sabbath rest for the old creation, instead you are in the new creation.
14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
This is what we need to see about the Lord’s coming. He is coming to rapture His church, His believers, His overcomers, but He is also coming to judge this evil and adulterous age. These priests are plotting in secret to kill Jesus. The Lord will bring to light all of their evil intrigues. We are the salt and the light, so this is part of our mission during this age.
15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. 21 In his name the nations will put their hope.”
This is a really critical section. The main stream media is force fed to everyone. If you have cable it comes with your cable. If you access Youtube it will be recommended to you. They are crying out to all the simple, all the gullible, to eat what they are serving. Much of what they teach is simply propaganda which many have simplified to “orange man bad”. So then, if you want to get a more reliable view of what is happening you have to search, Jesus has withdrawn from being highly visible. He is still here speaking and teaching, but no one is going to hear his voice in the streets. No billboards, no ad campaigns, etc. You need to seek and find. He isn’t quarrelling and getting into rancorous debates. He is not snarky, dismissive, or acting superior. Also, He has a mission. To bring justice through victory. This age will not end until we see that victory. Also, look at this final verse “in his name the nations hope”. The antichrist will be the photographic negative of that. You will see big crowds putting their hope in him, just like the Germans did with Hitler.
22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
If you are spouting whatever the enemy wants you to say and believe through their propaganda arm then you are “demon possessed”. What does this demon possession do to people? It makes them blind and mute. If you can’t see what is going on and cannot speak in a clear and informed way on what is going on you are blind and mute due to this demon possession. I used to listen to CNN and MSNBC and even Fox but soon realized it was a complete waste of time. I was not being educated about any of the things going on, I wasn’t being enlightened, I was simply hearing the same message repeated ad infinitum: “orange man bad” or “orange man good”.
24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
I have heard some really stupid things. I have heard things repeated by people I thought no one was that stupid to buy into. For example, one person told me that Donald Trump, President of the US said “stop counting the votes”. If I hear something as outrageous as this I am not interested in the 5 second sound bite, I want to hear the speech. I do a search until I get the whole speech and learn what he and his press secretary have been saying repeatedly is that “they want every legal vote counted and every illegal vote to not be counted”. They were arguing that Pa was counting votes without observers from the Republican party present which is their legal right. Ultimately they counted 600,000 votes without Republican observers and in violation of a court order. That was what he was talking about when he said to “stop counting the votes”.
25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
First he is saying what many in these “stop the steal” protests are saying. If we don’t have elections we trust then we no longer have a democracy, our constitution will collapse, and this is bad for everyone regardless of your political affiliation.
27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Wow, wow, wow! Did you get that? At the beginning of the age Jesus drove out these demons of mind control that blinded us to what was going on and made us mute. But at the end of the age we will see “your people” drive them out. This tells us that the kingdom of God has come upon you. These protests right now with “stop the steal” are telling us that the kingdom has come upon us! Once again we have to go back to the earlier verses. You aren’t seeing these protests advertised on Facebook or Twitter (they are being censored as provoking violence even though these have been peaceful protests of Christians praying on their knees). You don’t see any mention of them on mainstream media, rather only dismissive and insulting comments from them about how childish they are for not accepting their declaration that the race is over. Whoopi Goldberg said they needed to “suck it up” and “do what the Democrats did” which was if they found any evidence of a possible crime to bring it to the courts and deal with it that way. That is, precisely what they are doing right now. Time to wake up! The kingdom of God has come among us.
29 “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
The rapture is likened to a thief in the night. The saints that the Lord takes are the “possessions” of this evil age. Do you realize they value you based on your labor, the taxes you pay, and the things you buy. The Lord will not be taking the corrupt ones, He won’t be taking the thieves, or liars, or adulterers. Instead He will be taking those that the society and the economy depend on. But before we get this rapture we must first “bind the strong man”. What do you think is going on right now? If we can convict the strong man of voter fraud and lock everyone of them up we will “bind the strongman”.