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Teenage Joey asked for chores to earn money.
Mom agreed.
"Mom, what do you want me to for you?" Mom rattled off a list.
"Do the laundry, clean the house, go to the grocery store, then fix dinner."
Joey didn't miss a beat.
"Then can I go to the ball?" Same question, but Joey was very different from Jesus in asking.
Joey had limits on what he wanted to do.
Jesus sets no limits.
Let's look.
In Mk 10:46-52, on Sunday 46aJesus, his disciples, & a large, growing crowd, are leaving Jericho for Jerusalem, ~15 miles SW.
It's the last leg of the trek.
On Friday, Passover will start.
Pilgrims jam the road.
They sing & chant as they walk.
Some are solemn & reverent.
Most are festive & joyful.
Besides, there's exciting news.
'That young rabbi who keeps testing Jerusalem's leaders is in our group.'
It might be a show, & crowds grow even more.
The air is electric.
Crowds also line the roadside.
Parade watchers.
Curiosity seekers.
Those who can't go.
(Poor?
Sick?
Disabled?
Defiled?) Going through Jericho, the group grew much larger as priests & Levites who lived there headed to Jerusalem to serve in Passover.
Most of them aren't smiling.
As usual, 46bblind beggar & public nuisance Bar-Timaeus (Son of Timaeus) was sitting by the roadside begging.
As it gets noisier, he 47ahears Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.
His grating voice starts shouting over the noisy crowd.
47b"Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" From 2 Sam 7:12 13.
Jews knew God will raise up David's offspring & establish His kingdom forever.
The Messiah.
And Bar-Timaeus calls Jesus the Son of David!
Till now, Jesus kept that a secret.
But 'Bar-Timaeus keeps calling Him 'Messiah' at the top of his lungs.
For the 1st time, Jesus accepts it!
48aMany rebuke blind Bart.
"Be quiet!" Are they in a hurry?
Don't want a delay?
Is his yelling disturbing their "reverence"?
Or are priests & Levites too near Jerusalem to let anyone call Jesus the Messiah?
Doesn't matter.
Bar-Timaeus won't be quiet.
He sees what they can't.
No spiritual darkness in him!
He knows his problem.
48bHe kept shouting all the more.
"Son of David, have mercy on me!"
And Jesus?
In Lk 9:51, 51He resolutely headed for Jerusalem.
His healing ministry?
Past.
All His energy?
Getting ready to suffer.
So far, no one could slow Jesus' on His way to arrive at Passover.
No one but Bar-Timaeus.
One needy man, crying for mercy.
49aJesus stood [still].
49b"Call him."
For Bar-Timaeus, Jesus stops.
49cSo they called Bar-Timaeus.
"Cheer up!" 'Take heart!' He's heard it before.
Callous people tossed him a greeting instead of tossing a coin into his blanket.
Few encouraged him.
Only once in the NT has anyone in the NT other than Jesus told anyone to cheer up.
But without hope, how can he?
Faith.
To cheer up, it'll take hope in what he can't yet see.
49c"Rise!
(lit.)
He's calling you."
Here's his test.
Except to shut him up, no one usually answers him.
Is this a cruel hoax?
Maybe.
But this blind beggar has heard about Jesus.
There's no place to go but up.
The risk? Minimal.
Jesus' call seems simple.
"Rise.
Come."
It'll take faith.
Acting like he's sure of his hope.
(Walk by faith, not by sight?) 50aThrowing his cloak aside...
He tosses aside the ragged cloak he's sitting on.
The cloak that catches coins the crowds throw him.
It keeps him warm at night.
It's his only possession.
His beggar's cloak.
Up to now, it's his only security (even if a false security).
He abandons his beggar's seat.
His territory.
50bHe jumps to his feet.
And he 50ccomes to Jesus.
It takes faith.
Jesus hasn't done anything for him.
But how can Bar-Timaeus find Jesus to come?
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