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🗓️ 2 November 2024
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:12.9 | In Luke's account, Jesus hasn't yet entered Jerusalem for the Passover celebration, |
0:17.3 | so you'll just have to do a little time travel in your head to a few days ago. |
0:20.4 | He's on his way to Jerusalem, and he's passing through Jericho, which is about 10 miles to the |
0:24.4 | northeast. It's called the City of Palms, and when you pass it in the desert, it looks like an |
0:29.3 | oasis. It's also considered to be possibly the oldest city in the world. There's a big |
0:34.4 | crowd heading into Jerusalem for the holiday, and Jesus is just one of the many. |
0:38.2 | But a tax collector named Zachias is super curious about him and is hoping to catch a glimpse of him as he's passing through town. |
0:45.0 | What I love about this story is that Zacchaeus doesn't need anything tangible from Jesus. |
0:49.4 | He's not sick. |
0:50.5 | He's not demonized. |
0:51.7 | All seems to be well in his world. |
0:53.6 | In fact, he's one of the most wealthy, |
0:55.4 | powerful men in town. He's just deeply curious. It's easy to realize our need for God when we |
1:02.1 | have a tangible, real need, but for a wealthy businessman to be curious about Jesus is a different |
1:07.4 | thing altogether. He's so intrigued that he climbs a tree to see Jesus. |
1:12.7 | What do you think prompts a person like Zacchaeus to have curiosity like that? |
1:17.0 | Jesus looks up at him, calls him by his name, and is like, |
1:21.1 | I'm coming for dinner tonight. |
1:22.4 | I hope you have dried figs and chicken minis in the pantry somewhere. |
1:25.6 | While the very act of inviting himself to dinner anywhere |
1:28.0 | might shock some people, the locals are more shocked that he wants to eat with Zakias at all. He's a sinner. |
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