The Book of Luke

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Amen; Socialism and ACA , they are a TRAINWRECK=================================================================================Some modern translations note '' a silver coin'' That Roman coin could be used ; but i prefer American king James + king james version notes it ''penny'' Mark chapter 12 talking about taxes, pay them in coins unless they want paper money/checks LOL.
It like WSJ [Wall Street Journal], this week + IBD runs news like this all the time, usually. Big Trend$ of NT, NJ, high tax states citizens moving to low tax states.WHY?? Low taxes/limited gov is why

 

Ravi Zacharias brings some great insights in his messages. Good post

 

Like the message "man is made in the image of God", when man tends to murder, thieve and lie.
That certainly does give some great insight into a God reveling in its own immorality.

A great insight into Ravi Zacharias is as a christian apologist who, for a long time until exposed for doing so, deceitfully and untruthfully allowed himself the credential of "Dr." and be introduced at meetings and on his website as such, despite the fact that he lacks any PhD qualification whatsoever.

Ravi Zacharias certainly does offer great insight into some ridiculous Biblical messages and his own ability for sheer hypocrisy.
But then Christianity is the dubious art of trying to excuse the inexcusable.

 

The 21st Chapter of Luke

I like the story in which the Messiah observes a poor widow place two small copper coins in the offering box and commends her actions to His disciples—with the widow being totally oblivious to the fact that God-in-the-flesh just noted and commented on what she did.

It’s just one more thing that reminds me that God is totally aware of even the minutest detail of what happens in this universe, and that when we are alone, we are never truly alone.

The description of Yeshua foretelling the destruction of the Temple is one of numerous prophecies that discourages me from being overly zealous with trying to interpret end-time events, since one can almost never be quite sure when a prophecy has been only partially fulfilled, or when it holds past, present and/or future relevance.

(I find it quite amazing how though Old Testament prophecies foretold the coming of the Messiah, even the religious leaders of that day [or most of them, at least] failed to realize when they were in His presence, and they [the Rabbis] continue to fail to recognize His having already arrived—even today.)

The parable of the fig tree that is shared in this chapter is one of the biblical accounts that inspired my particular approach to trading foreign currency pairs—which I would summarize in a nutshell as learning to recognize the signs of the times.

The chapter ends, in part, by noting that Yeshua was teaching in the temple every day, but went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet every night, which reinforces my feeling that where I live should never be of that much concern to me—but rather—I ought to be content to find shelter anywhere, so long as I am able to fellowship with the Lord.

 

Indeed, only a story, but weird stories nevertheless able to entice belief in superstition to the point of psychosis. Creepy.

 

Chapters 22, 23 and 24

For me, the last three chapters of Luke read more like a historical account of events more so than anything else and don't really spark a lot of "deep" thought on my part, which means I don't have any additional personal comments to make here.

If other things occur to me at some point in the future, I'll return to note them in subsequent posts, but otherwise, my use of this thread to help me become more familiar with the particular details in the book, chapter-by-chapter, is now concluded.

 

Luke may read like history but has no historicity.

Thank you for the thread, which reminded me how full of hypocrisy Luke is and the basic way in which religious belief is such a gigantic failure of human reasoning.

 

Revisiting the third chapter of Luke:

When I memorized all the (sub)headings found in the book of Luke, there were only three my source material listed for Chapter 3:

1. John prepares the way
2. Preaches to the people
3. Baptizes

This is insufficient however, because it fails to remind me that at the end of the chapter is a listing of the Messiah's genealogy, so I will need to extend my list of topics found in Chapter 3 to four items rather than three.

1. John prepares the way
2. Preaches to the people
3. Baptizes
4. The genealogy of Jesus Christ

 

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Luke was a doctor;
DR Luke was most likely the only non Jew/gentile writer in the whole Holy Bible

 

Perhaps...either that or a Hellenic Jew.