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🗓️ 2 November 2023
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.2 | In Luke's account, Jesus hasn't yet entered Jerusalem for the Passover celebration, so |
0:17.4 | you'll just have to do a little time traveling your head to a few days ago. |
0:20.5 | He's on his way to Jerusalem and he's passing through Jericho, which is about 10 miles |
0:24.2 | to the northeast. |
0:25.2 | It's called the City of Palms, and when you pass it in the desert, it looks like an oasis. |
0:29.9 | It's also considered to be possibly the oldest city in the world. |
0:34.0 | There's a big crowd heading into Jerusalem for the holiday, and Jesus is just one of the |
0:38.0 | many. |
0:39.0 | But a tax collector named Zacchaeus is super curious about him and is hoping to catch |
0:42.8 | a glimpse of him as he's passing through town. |
0:45.2 | What I love about this story is that Zacchaeus doesn't need anything tangible from Jesus. |
0:49.8 | He's not sick, he's not demonized, all seems to be well in his world. |
0:53.7 | In fact, he's one of the most wealthy, powerful men in town. |
0:57.2 | He's just deeply curious. |
1:00.1 | It's easy to realize our need for God when we have a tangible, real need, but for a wealthy |
1:04.8 | businessman to be curious about Jesus is a different thing altogether. |
1:09.0 | He's so intrigued that he climbs a tree to see Jesus. |
1:12.9 | What do you think prompts a person like Zacchaeus to have curiosity like that? |
1:17.2 | Jesus looks up at him, calls him by his name, and is like, I'm coming for dinner tonight. |
1:22.4 | I hope you have dried digs and chicken minis in the pantry somewhere. |
1:25.8 | While the very act of inviting himself to dinner anywhere might shock some people, the |
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