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I'd like to get more answers on why you believe this is.. thanks!

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Answer 1

Kallan! Why did you change your pic? I loved it before. It's my favorite part of the Wayfarer Redemption.

Answer 2

I'm sorry, I do not frequent here that often, I missed this. This is a very good question and there is an answer.

The original question was, "Why didn't Jesus want people telling everyone about his miracles?"

There was a specific day that Messiah was to be revealed. Now we are talking a literal "day". This day was prophesied specifically in Daniel and was calculated by Sir Robert Anderson of Scotland Yard during the reign of Queen Victoria. See my source below.

When Jesus wept over Jerusalem, He mourned the fact that the Jewish leadership missed "the day of visitation" spoken of in Daniel. When Jesus said, "my hour has not come", it meant that the timing was not right for what needed to be fulfilled to "draw all men toward Him". So when did Jesus do the opposite? The time came when He rode triumphantly into Jerusalem. He had been to Jerusalem before, but this was the first time He allowed mass worship to address Him. Why? Because this was THE day prophesied in Daniel.

Basically, Jesus' role as Messiah had to be inaugurated on a specific day. For people to proclaim this before the time had to be minimized until the time was right. Jesus came as the Lamb of God. The Lamb was to be brought in and examined during Passover. The hour for this had to take place on that specific day.

There is so much detail I can go in to, so I am giving the Reader's Digest version. I hope this helped.

Answer 3

Jesus knew that publicity over such miracles might hinder His mission and divert public attention from His message. Mark records that this is exactly what happened. In this man’s excitement over his being miraculously healed, he disobeyed. As a result, Christ had to move His ministry away from the city and into the desert regions As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to Him from everywhere.Christ, though he had cleansed the leper, still required him to be obedient to the law of the land to go at once to the priest, and not to make delay by stopping to converse about his being healed. It was also possible that, if he did not go at once, evil-minded men would go before him and prejudice the priest, and prevent his declaring the healing to be true because it was done by Jesus. It was of further importance that the priest should pronounce it to be a genuine cure, that there might be no prejudice among the Jews against its being a real miracle. Jesus did not want people focusing on the miracles He performed, but rather that message He proclaimed and the death He was going to die. The same is true today. God would rather that we be focused on the healing miracle of salvation through Jesus Christ instead of focusing on other healings and/or miracles.

Answer 4

It's a good question. The Bible does not say directly, but it does say that many people were coming to Jesus to see the miracles as miracles, rather than to see them as pointing to Who he was and why He came to earth. Rumors of miracles, which is what I think Jesus did not want, would lead to throngs of people coming for the former reason. However, if people came to Jesus because they were spiritually interested in Him (which interest miracles in themselves would not excite), then the miracles would confirm His identity and lead to their belief.

Feel free to contact me directly if you want to talk more about this question.

Answer 5

he was not out to prove himself to anyone. he was here for a specific purpose and wanted to focus on that. He was selfless and didn't want fame or glory he just wante to serve God.

Answer 6

I'll answer that question if you answer my open question to pagans in my profile.