Blinded by the Light

Luke 3-4

Jesus visits his hometown synagogue and boldly proclaims that scripture is fulfilled in the hearing of the congregation. The crowd is amazed at his words and is seemingly on his side until someone speaks up "Hey, wait a minute, isn't this Joseph's son?" Jesus explained that a prophet is never accepted in his hometown, using Elijah as an example and oddly their blind eyes are opened. Unfortunately, instead of seeing the king amongst them, they see only insult. In their new blindness, they decide that Jesus must die. They become furious and mob him to cast him over the cliff, but their blindness once again arises and "he passed right through the crowd and went on his way." Jesus, the light of the world, still evokes the same reaction in men... amazement, awe, jealousy, rage and blindness. Can you see him? What does he look like to you?