The term, or title, “mage” has two definitions when the word is used as a noun and one definition when the mage is used as an adjective. Interestingly, each of the three definitions complements the other two.
A Wizard (the noun) is a person (or non-person) who possesses and wields magical power (unclear or unknown) for good, for evil, or for his own purpose. A computer assistant (noun), is a software aid to the user’s decision process. In this case, the computer user is sure of something and consults the wizard for help. British conversation allows wizard to be used as an adjective to describe something that is splendid or wonderful.
Search the internet for “The Wizard in the Saddle” for information on an American historical figure who will force you to pick a side. To you, he will be admired, hated, seen as an agent of evil or a genius, splendid in his dedication, or misled during the most pressing time of his life. probably all of you they will agree that fits the definition of a magician.
Web search Matthew 12:1-8. I have never heard Jesus referred to as a magician, and I do not suggest such a thing. To the Jewish priests who were appointed by the Judean king Herod (who walked a fine line of survival as the king of Roman-conquered Jewish Judea), Jesus was an unknown but rapidly growing religious power that might as well become a political power. To him, Jesus seemed to be another rabbi who traveled through Judea to find and teach the common Jewish people about God. However, Jesus did not seem to teach in a way that would support the authority of the priests who were appointed by King Herod, furthermore, Jesus had been seen to perform miracles (magic?). For those who had power, was Jesus and his seemingly magical power a good thing, a bad thing, or was Jesus empowering himself?
The priests, like Herod, also walked a fine line of survival, with some of them carrying out their responsibility according to what Herod wanted, and others quietly and carefully rebelling against Herod because he cooperated with authority and government. romans. To them, Jesus was a welcome distraction, someone to blame for taking the spotlight off. The priests used members of Jewish religious sects as spies to try to publicly trap Jesus and label him a violator of Jewish religious law, subject to prosecution. You read a passage about members of a sect called the Pharisees, who set up such a trap. However, they were not prepared to listen to Jesus. reading them in the biblical story, to look down on them for their lack of understanding of God’s point of view. The Pharisees must have walked away from their encounter with Jesus completely angry at how he had publicly humiliated them.
Continue reading, Matthew 12:9-14. Up to you. Was Jesus a magical rabbi (a magician) who twisted Jewish law for his own purpose? Did Jesus find himself caught up in a complicated web of intrigue involving controlling Romans, a cunning Jewish king who played on both sides of power, selfish priests, and hardline Jewish sects who saw everything as right or wrong? Consider this: The Biblical record (known as The Old Testament) features prophets who foretold the coming of a God-sent savior. Find those prophets in the Christian Bible; read his prophecy, then read the words of Jesus, which are recorded by several of his disciples. Matthew was one of those disciples who wrote down Jesus’ words, his actions, and his context.
Consider Jesus as the fulfillment of the foretold prophecy. He is not a magician, he is not magic, he does not do it by himself, Jesus was and is the turning point (for all humanity), the Son of God in the flesh, sent by God to become a sacrifice, the pinnacle of the work of God that covers from Alpha (the beginning) to Omega (the end) of humanity. Those of us who discover this and truly believe that Jesus is the Christ will endure after Omega.