comes from Spiritual Conversations Fort Bragg April 13 2013 History of Samaria Mt Gerizim was 2850 ft elevation Israel as a nation evolved over time Call of Abraham 21 st century BC Egyptian sojourn 430 yrs Ex 1240 ID: 300585
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Spirituality
comes fromSpiritual Conversations
Fort Bragg, April 13, 2013Slide2
History of Samaria
Mt. Gerizim was 2,850 ft. elevation
Israel as a nation evolved over time:
Call of Abraham 21
st
century BC
Egyptian sojourn 430 yrs. (Ex. 12:40)
Exodus 1445 BC
Re-enter Canaan 1405 BC
Period of the Judges 1350-1050 BC
Period of the
Monarcy
1050-931 BC
Divided Monarchy
Northern 10 tribes 931-722 BC
Southern 2 tribes 931-609 BC
In 722
BC Assyria captured Samaria and subjugated it.
Deporting practically the whole population
(2
Kings 17:6)
They never returned, becoming the 10 lost tribes of Israel.
Assyria
repopulated Samaria with
people from Babylon,
Cuthah
, Ava,
Hamath
,
Sepharvaim
(2 Ki. 17:24)
Resulting in inter-marriage, an unforgivable crime to racial purity.Slide3
Fierce Rivalry
Judean Israel saw Samaritan Israel as sinful, divinely punished for its idolatry and iniquity. Both Jewish and Samaritan religious leaders taught it was wrong to have any contact with the opposite group, and neither was to enter each other's territories or speak to one another. Josephus reports numerous violent confrontations between Jews and Samaritans throughout the first half of the first century.
Samaritans on Mt. Gerizim
Samaritans (
שומרונים
) believe their religion
was
the true religion of
their common
ancient
Fathers,
free from the
Babylonian errors that compromised Judean religion.
They derive their name from
Shamerin
שַמֶרִים
“keepers of the law.”Slide4
Belief’s
By tampering with both their religious text and history the Samaritans believed Mt. Gerizim was where:Abraham was willing to sacrifice IsaacMelchizedek met with AbrahamMoses first sacrificed to God after the Jews entered the promised landMt. Gerizim was the most sacred site in the world – it’s actually their 10th commandment
Samaritans pray before the holy rock on Mt. GerizimSlide5
The Samaritan Temple
at Mount Gerizim
destroyed
by
John
Hyrcanus
in about 128 BCE, having existed about 200 years.
Only a few stone remnants of it exist today.
A
million Samaritans populated this area in Jesus' day.
Through bloody suppression and mass conversions to Islam, today only some
300
remain in Samaria, with an additional
300-400 more
else-where
in the Holy Land.
A Whole Nation DisappearsSlide6
Bitter Enemies
“for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” John 4:9 The Jews and the Samaritans:avoided all dealings with each othertrade with the Samaritans in case of necessity was counted lawful by the rabbis
but
all social intercourse
was condemned
a
Jew would not borrow from a Samaritan, nor receive
a
kindness, not even a morsel of bread or a cup of waterTo ask a favor of the Samaritans, or in any way seek to benefit them, did not enter into the thought of even Christ's
disciples (Desire
of Ages, p.
183)
Edersheim
quotes a Jewish saying: “May I never set eyes on a Samaritan” (1947, 401).
The Jews
accused
Jesus of
being a Samaritan – John 8:48Slide7
Jesus’ visit to Samaria…
Passing through Samaria was usually avoided, Judean Jews frequently would travel north and south on the eastern side of the Jordan river (see Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 20.6.1)Jesus didn’t avoid it:While travelling south to Jerusalem through Samaria he was rebuffed (because he was going
to
Jerusalem
) so
in retaliation his
disciples wanted
to call fire down from heaven to destroy them (Luke 9:51-56).Healing of the ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19)Visit with the woman at the Well (John
4:1ff
)Slide8
Notable Samaritans in the Bible
The exemplary Good Samaritan - Jesus’ real life story - Luke 10:30-37The single leper from the 10 Jesus healed was a Samaritan – Luke 17:11-19Through one Samaritan woman a whole village became Christian – John 4Jesus instructs his disciples that after receiving the Holy Spirit they would be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and the world.After Philip preaches in Samaria, Peter and John are sent to lay hands on them, baptize them, and they receive the Holy Spirit – John 8Slide9
Jacob’s Well
“Bir Ya'qub”Deep Well:250 ft. in AD 67067 ft. in AD 1881125 ft. nowadaysSlide10
Jacob’s Well
“Give me to drink” John 4:7Slide11
Spiritual Conversations
Jesus challenges people to see themselves differently…After studying
them
H
e says something unexpected that
catches them unprepared
Often they take what he says wrongly
S
taying
with
his statement, he makes his offer clearer and more vivid Still they misunderstandHaving their attention He then offers to fulfill the deepest longing of their heartThen he has them, he is Lord!Slide12
How Jesus opened her heart…
He initiates a connection: “Give me Drink”Total strangers. One seeking connection, asks for a favor, the other wary of connection is understandably cautious. She misunderstands:
“Why are you talking to
me?”
Her distance and defenses are still up. The
woman had
not comprehended
the words of Christ, but she
felt their solemn import
. Her light, bantering manner began to
change…She was looking backward to the fathers, forward to the Messiah's coming. The Hope of the fathers, the Messiah Himself, was beside her, and she knew it not.
He improves
his
offer
: “Living Water”
Knowing that everywhere
men are
unsatisfied and
long for something to supply the
needs
of the
soul he moves directly towards the spiritual.
She
again misunderstands
: “Who are
you?”
She looks
upon Him with wondering attention.
Her interest is
aroused and awakened for
the gift
He offers.
F
inally clarifying his offer is exactly what she wants
:
E
verlasting Life
She melts, eagerly confessing her need and
acceptanceSlide13
Biology of Conversion
Candace Pert:1974 Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.Former Chief of the section on Brain BioChemistry, Clinical Neuroscience Branch of the NIH, specializing in peptides, their receptors, and the immune system.Author of Molecules of Emotion and over 250 scientific articles, she holds patents for modified peptides in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, stroke and head trauma. She appeared as one of the experts in Bill Moyers 1993 PBS video production, "Healing and the Mind“She now runs her own research labSlide14
Brain Body ConnectionThe whole body works together in processing information. Images
of disability and despair fed to the brain reconfigures it to adapt in kind.The power of remembered wellness… Every cell and peptide vibrates, communicating with cells all thru-out the body, telling it things about what to do, where the body should put its attention – what is important.Listening, hearing remakes us (Rom. 10:17)Slide15
How to Confront Sin:
Only after trust is established does Jesus gently touch a sensitive vulnerability“Go call thy husband”She responds guardedlyJesus frees
her from her shame by disclosing it
She accepts him as a prophet and is now willing to learn
Now he begins teaching her “New Startling Truths”…
She is ready to believe
To accept him as her Savior
To make it public
And become his discipleSlide16
The Response
4:28-30 “In her confusion she left her water pot. Back in the village she told the people, ‘Come see a man who knew all about the things I did, who knows me inside and out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?’ And they went out to see for themselves.”4:39-42 “Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him because of the woman’s witness: ‘He knew all about the things I did. He knows me inside and out!’ They asked him to stay on, so Jesus stayed two days. A lot more people entrusted their lives to him when they heard what he had to say. They said to the woman, ‘We’re no longer taking this on your say-so. We’ve heard it for ourselves and know it for sure. He’s the Savior of the world!’”Slide17
The End