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June 02, 2010 Why was the Kingdom of God taken away from the chief priests and Pharisees? They did not accept the Kingdom of God. That is different. The Kingdom is inside us but we can kick Jesus out of our hearts, like they did not recognising his teachings.Rejecting them and making the law dry and fruitless. They chased the Holy Spirit away and the land became dy.

By: Alessandra Parrini - June 02, 2010 - Public Category: The Parable of the Tenants Comment Helpful? Favorite Violation

May 30, 2010 Why does Jesus course the fig tree instead of ordering it to bear fruit to a withered one

By: Alessandra Parrini - May 30, 2010 - Public Category: The Fig Tree Withers Comment Helpful? Favorite Violation

May 25, 2010 Why does Jesus keep telling the disciples that He is about to die? He was reminding them of the prophecies of Isaiah.Like it was true that he was born of a Virgin, which they must have believed, so should they dare believing in his oncoming death.He was not about to bring a revelotion that would have freed the Jews, like the Pharisees thought, but a different kind of freedom from other chains: via the force of the Holy Spirit he was about to free also those Pharisees tied by the chains of the letter and the respect of outward legalistic prescriptions that yet blinded them to the fact that Isaiah had to be taken to the letter. inluding the death of Jesus. And his resurrection. How did the Pharisees of the time avccount for that"

By: Alessandra Parrini - May 25, 2010 - Public Category: Jesus Again Predicts His Death Comment Helpful? Favorite Violation

May 16, 2010 Why did Jesus choose to obtain the stater from a fish rather than from a more conventional source of money? The tax collectors were Roman and they were taxing the Jews. Where could they find the coins to give to the collectors, who as pointed out here did not take from their own children, but from the children of the Jews" Trusting in God the Father of all and carrying on with their previous means of support: fishing fish as well as men following the new call. And God will make them find not just the fishe needed for survival but also that little extra to give the tax collectors. Trust in the Lord is so to say that day lesson topic.

By: Alessandra Parrini - May 16, 2010 - Public Category: The Temple Tax Comment Helpful? Favorite Violation

March 13, 2010 Why did Herod try to kill Jesus? Why are the Herods of today killing Jesus in the unborn" Herod then mistakenly thought that Jesus was about to take his earthly kingdom. But the unborn" maybe attepmting to one's throne of self gratifyng selfishness and abusing of one's sexuality.Objectification of that body that Jesus freed on the cross by freeing it from sin. Herod did not care for that and was only too eager to satisfy the rebelling Jews demanding the head of the one who, in full obeyance, would have brought eternal salvation to all welcoming him in their arms. Like Mary at the foot of the cross.

By: Alessandra Parrini - March 13, 2010 - Public Category: The Escape to Egypt Comment Helpful? Favorite Violation

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