Information just from the bible.

Use it however the Spirit leads you.

Luke 3:21-22

21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
KJV

Luke 3:23

23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
KJV



Num 4:3
3 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.
NKJV

Num 4:35
35 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting;
NKJV


Num 4:38-39
39 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting —
NKJV


Num 4:42-43
43 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting —
NKJV


Num 4:47
47 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tabernacle of meeting —
NKJV

Thanks Steven for reminding us to use the Bible as our source of truth!

I would like people to understand why Jesus was fulfilling role as Jacob before HE could call HIS Bride...and satan (Laban) did not give HIM Israel(Rachel).

If you read the Gospel of John, it was John and Andrew who is brother of Simon Peter who called Peter in the start of Jesus' 'ministory'.
If you study Matthew & Mark's Gospel...John the baptist was imprison and then Jesus had to call Simon Peter who were busy fishing for their living to come and 'FOLLOW ME' and I will make you fishers of men.

Pls study the below account and note the PERIOD devil leaveth JESUS before John Baptist was cast into prison till the time JESUS called out Peter...

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Matthew:4:11-20

"Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
v12: Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
v13: And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
v14: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
v15: The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
v16: The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
v17: From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
v18: And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
v19: And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
v20: And they straightway left their nets, and followed him."
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Pls see the account of John Disciple which was next day after John baptist was still around (defintely 40day + 'certain hidden period') who pointed to JESUS as the LAMB of GOD.

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John:1:35-42

"Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
v36: And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
v37: And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
v38: Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
v39: He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
v40: One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
v41: He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
v42: And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone."
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Pls note the MAJOR difference between John and Matthew.
The name of PETER was already mentioned in Matthew as SIMON PETER before JESUS requested them to FOLLOW HIM.
While in John, JESUS called SIMON as Cephas which is PETER.

Peter and some disciples could be busy with their livelihood although they knew and saw JESUS' 1st Miracle and yet after sometime, they continued fishing and Jesus had to ask them to cast the net after they caught nothing.
And when they followed Jesus' instruction to cast the net in BROAD DAY LIGHT into the sea, they had so great a CATCH that they FINALLY SEE JESUS AS THE PROVIDER!

So then JESUS Asked them to FOLLOW HIM.
That is the final CALL and they FORSOOK ALL!

No one will FORSAKE ALL after just 1 miracle since JESUS could not find GREAT FAITH IN ISRAEL, RIGHT?

Matthew:8:10: "When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel."

Luke:7:9: "When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel."


Pls study deeper into the accounts and understand that JESUS has to work 7years before satan(Laban) would allow Him to call out HIS Church(LEAH).

Even PAUL has to mentioned HIS WORKS twice and so confirmed why ISRAEL was rejected.

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HEBREWS 3:6-12

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Wherefore

(as the Holy Ghost saith,
To day if ye will hear his[JESUS] voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my [JESUS]works forty years.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God."
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Look at the brackets ( )
hidden meanings...please.

Then Paul mentioned why ISRAEL was rejected due to UNBELIEF...

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Hebrews 3:15-19

v15: While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
v16: For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
v17: But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
v18: And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
v19: So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief."
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That is why GOD had rejected ISRAEL for 2000years already and NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL ISRAEL HIS BRIDE

MOSES CODE is 40years and GOD DEMANDED ISRAEL to HEARKEN unto the PROPHET LIKE MOSES.

Moses said...
"The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet [JESUS CHRIST]
from the midst of thee ,
of thy brethren,
LIKE UNTO ME [MOSES];
unto HIM [JESUS] ye shall HEARken;"
Deuteronomy 18:15

"And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever will not HEARken unto MY words
which HE [JESUS] shall speak in MY name,
I will require it of him."
Deuteronomy 18:19

As confirmed by Stephen before his death in Act7:35-37


"This Moses whom they refused,
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge?
the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him [Moses] in the bush.
He brought them out,
after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt,
and in the Red Sea,
and in the wilderness
FORTY YEARS.
This is that Moses,
which said unto the children of Israel,
A Prophet shall the LORD your God
raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me [Moses]:
Him [JESUS] shall ye HEAR."
Act7:35-37


pls see Moses Code(40) Jesus Worked 40years Revealed in Hebrews Chapter3
http://www.simplesite.com/7churches/43730280

WE HAVE 3 WITNESSES "MOSES, APOSTLE PAUL and DEACON STEPHEN"
who CONFIRMED JESUS AS THE PROPHET like MOSES
and all 3 of them MADE the REFERENCE to FORTY YEARS and demanded ISRAEL to HEARken HIS VOICE.

IF JESUS was only 33.5yrs old when HE FINISHED HIS WORKs...
WOULD YOU be WILLING to ARGUE that JESUS is the PROPHET LIKE MOSES who worked FORTY YEARS ?

And WOULD YOU be WILLING to EVEN DIE by being STONED by your BRETHREN?


So is it COMMON SENSE that ALL 3 WITNESSES had CONFIRMED JESUS' 40yrs WORKS and so FULFILLs THE Requirement of the PROPHET like unto MOSES?

Before GOD rejected ISRAEL...ISRAEL had to SEE [JESUS] HIS WORKS [FORTY YEARS] and know FOR SURE that JESUS WAS LIKE unto MOSES the PROPHET who was having a CODE number 'FORTY'...

No one would be willing to argue or die to CONFIRM JESUS is like unto MOSES if JESUS died 33.5years old, right?

SUMMARY OF JESUS FORTY YEARS WORKS

When JESUS was about 30year old, HE was baptised by John BAPTIST. see Luke3:23.

JESUS was led IMMEDIATELY into WILDerness for FORTY DAYS...like unto MOSES in wilderness FORTY YEARS. see Mark1:12

Then devil left JESUS and JESUS 'worked 7 years' for HIS Bride ISRAEL[RACHEL].

Jesus was 37yr old when He could call out HIS Bride...just like HIS 37yr captivity as prisoner by evil king of babylon...

see 2Kings:25:27 whereby King Jehoiachin was lifted up out of prison
in the 37th yr Captivity:
"And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin
king of Judah,
in the twelfth month,
on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
that Evil-merodach king of Babylon
in the year that he began to reign
did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah
out of prison;"

pls see Gospel of John Chapter1...

BEAR in mind that JOHN Baptist was still Baptising many for '7years' because JOHN Baptist was still around before John(B) saw JESUS again the 'next day' after Pharisees asked John(B) and John(B) denied that John(B) was the Prophet 'like MOSES'

v35-37: Again the 'next day'
John(Disciple) heard John(B) saw JESUS and said 'Behold the Lamb of GOD'.

v40: This was the 1st Chronological Timeline after JESUS was 37yr old that John Disciple and Andrew followed JESUS.

v41-42: Andrew found Simon(whom JESUS named as Cephas=Peter) and they were with JESUS for the 1st or Beginning of Miracles. see John2:11

Gospel of JOHN WAS EARLIER ACCOUNT of Matthew/Mark/Luke in that many EVENTs was mentioned before JOHN(B) was cast into prison.

John3:24 "For John[baptist] was not yet cast into prison"

The Matthew's account is much later than John(Disciple) because Matthew(Levi) started to mention JESUS' ministry from AFTER John(B) was cast into prison...

see Matthew:4:11: "Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him."
v12:"Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;"

The Mark's account is also much later than John(Disciple) because Mark also started to mention JESUS' ministry from AFTER John(B) was cast into prison...

Mark:1:12: "And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
v13: And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
v14: Now after that John[baptist] was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,"

The Luke's account is also much later than John(Disciple) although Luke mentioned Jesus's baptism after Luke informed of Herod's evil to shut up John(B) in prison...
It is simply reasonable that Herod only imprisoned John(B) after Jesus' baptism and there is no need to mention how long the baptism and imprisonment duration was.

Luke:3:19: "But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
v20: Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
v21: Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,"


This Gospel of John(Disciple) proved to be earlier than the Gospel accounts of Matthew/Mark&Luke.

So there could be 7years 'missing ministry' in Matthew/Mark&Luke's accounts...which have the same word 'NOW'.

NOW When John was cast into prison.
NOW After that John was put in prison.
NOW when ALL PEOPLE[during the 7year missing period] were baptised by John(B) before being shut up by Herod.

So we could SEE a MISSING 7 YEAR WORK of JESUS's LONEly MINISTRY before HE was released to call HIS BRIDE ISRAEL.

Did Jesus worked in the wilderness or Northern Israel or Gallilee? It was not revealed yet.

But we can be sure that John(Disciple) who recorded 3 or 4 years of Ministry of JESUS Christ with HIS Disciples could make JESUS dying at age 37+3.5=40yr old.

SO this further proved that JESUS LIVED 'Worked 40 years' and ISRAEL rejected HIM as the PROPHET like unto MOSES.

Pls see: THE YEAR JESUS DIED
http://www.simplesite.com/7churches/43730287