MISSING 18 YEARS OF JESUS' LIFE— STEVEN COLLINS

 THE MISSING YEARS OF JESUS' LIFE IS NO SMALL THING.

LET'S USE SOME LOGIC!

WE ARE TOLD ABOUT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.

WE ARE TOLD ABOUT JESUS BEING AT JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE AT 12 YEARS OF AGE.

IN JEWISH SOCIETY BACK THEN, YOU WERE CONSIDERED AN ADULT AT 12 YEARS OLD. JEWISH SOCIETY WAS MAINLY AGRICULTURE BACK THEN, AND OF COURSE SOME TRADES SUCH AS CARPENTRY, MASONRY, BASKET-MAKING, SHOE MAKING, HARNESS MAKING.

AGE 12 BEGAN ADULT AGE. THAT IS WHY JESUS ANSWERED HIS MOTHER IN THE TEMPLE, AS HJE DID, "I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER'S BUSINESS" MEANING HIS HEAVENLY FATHER. JESUS HAD STAYED BEHIND WHEN HIS PARENTS AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAD LEFT JERUSALEM TO HEAD BACK HOME.

JESUS WAS CONVERSING WITH THE PRIESTS, PHARISEES  SADDUCEES AND SCRIBES, IN BIBLE TOPICS, AND CONFOUNDING THEM WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM.

NOW IT WAS TIME FOR JESUS TO BE ABOUT HIS HEAVENLY FATHER'S BUSINESS!

NOW IF HE WENT HOME AND STAYED WITH HIS PHYSICAL STEP-DAD AND HIS MOTHER MARY, FOR THE NEXT 18 YEARS AS A CARPENTER, WOULD JESUS HAVE KEPT QUIET; PUT ASIDE DOING THE HEAVENLY FATHER'S WILL AND WORK? WOULD HE HAVE JUST BEEN A GOOD TRADEMAN?

NOW THINK ABOUT IT. JESUS WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SABBATH SYNAGOGUES IN HIS AREA. WOULD HE HAVE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE?

IF HE WAS AT HOME FOR THESE 18 YEARS, HE SURELY WOULD HAVE GONE TO SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS IN JERUSALEM, LIKE THE PASSOVER WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. WOULD HE HAVE GIVEN UP DEBATING WITH THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS DURING THOSE FESTIVAL TIMES?

THE ANSWER IS A HUGE NO!!!

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE HE WOULD HAVE SUNK INTO THE BACKGROUND; KINDA JUST DISAPPEARED TILL HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD.

SO AT HOME IN THE LOCAL SYNAGOGUES HE WOULD BE FAMOUS FOR HIS TEACHING AND DEBATING WITH THE LOCAL PRIESTS.  THEN HIS FAME WOULD HAVE REACHED DOWN TO JERUSALEM. PEOPLE WOULD BE SAYING, "O WOW, THIS LAD UP NORTH, WELL HIS KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF GOD IS UNMATCHED, COME AND HEAR HIM."

WELL PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HIM, THEY WOIULD HAVE SAID, "YES WE KNOW BECAUSE AT THE FEAST TIMES HE COMES AND DEBATES THE WORD OF GOD HERE WITH THE PhD GUYS IN THE TEMPLE, JUST CONFOUNDING THEM."

NOW THAT IS THE WAY IT SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF JESUS WAS AT HOME FOR THOSE 18 YEARS.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR JESUS JUST TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT DEBATE WITH THE PRIESTS CONCERNING THE WORD OF GOD.

IF HE WAS AT HOME BEING A CARPENTER, THE ABOVE WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, AFTER SAYING AT AGE 12 HE HAD TO BE ABOUT HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS, THE HEAVENLY FATHER.

JESUS WOULD HAVE BEEN FAMOUS IN JUDEA FROM AGE 12 TO 30. THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT, IF HE WAS DOING THE WORK OF HIS HEAVENLY FATHER FROM AGE 12 TO 30.

PEOPLE HAVE JUST NOT MEDITATED ON THE SURE FACT, OF JESUS DOING GOD'S WORK FROM AGE 12 TO 30. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY FAMOUS IN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, EVEN IF HE DID NOT ONE MIRACLE!

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ AGAIN THOSE STUDIES OF THE MISSING 18 YEARS OF JESUS' LIFE, BY STEVEN COLLINS.

JESUS DID NOT BECOME FAMOUS IN JUDEA TILL HE STARTED HIS MINISTRY THERE AT AGE 30.

STEVEN COLLINS IS A MASTER WITH THE HISTORY OF THE PARTHIAN EMPIRE, ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF CHRIST.

YOU NEED TO READ HIS STUDIES AGAIN— SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY!

Keith Hunt