The privilege of our day. Luke 10.

Yesterday we considered the fact that our distance from Jesus' time and culture can make for hard sayings in the Bible. Kind of a deficit in getting to know Him, and through Him the Father. One verse in today's reading, however, reminded me that we also have some privileges living today that others down through history never had, in getting to know Jesus. In v.10:23, Luke records, "Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!'"

Hmmm. Are those my eyes? Do I get to see what they saw? As a matter of fact, yes. At least I get to see some of Jesus' life and teachings through the gospels, and if not first-hand, then at least through God's inspiration. And living today, I can carry around those words of God in a bag, a purse, the car, even a phone. And I have the luxury of having several copies of those words, with ready access pretty much any time I want. Not only that, but there are a wealth of tools available to make up for the fact that I wasn't there in the first century to physically experience what the disciples did.

There's much more that could be said about this saying of Jesus, but it's enough today, to simply let the significance of His thought sink in. I am blessed ... we are blessed, to live at a time when God has already stepped into history, and the Kingdom has arrived in part.

For those of you interested, here are a couple of pictures of Korazin. The first is a shot looking towards a part of the ruins of the town. (click on the picture to make it larger). The second is the interior of a block of buildings around a courtyard. And the third picture shows the remains of the synagogue.

Once again, these photos are from the fabulous website, Holy Land Photos, www.holylandphotos.org, and used under their 4 photo permission.