There is an extended discussion among the crowds in Jerusalem about Jesus, with the focal point being whether he is the Messiah. While many people believe that Jesus is! They talk about the good and miracles Jesus has done. Others hold a different assuming view and the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees sent some of their officers to take Jesus away. Those who forget God is our maker will be reminded. Isaiah 55:6-8: “Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ declares the Lord.”

It reads in Luke 7:25-36 Easy> Some of the people in Jerusalem began to say, ‘This is the man that our leaders want to kill. But look! He is speaking to the crowds, and the leaders are not saying anything against him! Perhaps they really think that he is the Messiah! But we know where this man came from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know that. Nobody will know where he has come from.’Jesus was still teaching in the yard of the temple. He shouted, ‘Yes, you say that you know me. And you know where I came from. But I have not come because I myself decided to come. He who sent me is true. You do not know him. But I know him because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me.’ When they heard this, they tried to take hold of him. But nobody could put their hands on him, because it was not yet the right time. But many people in the crowd believed in Jesus. They said, ‘This man has done so many miracles. Surely he is the Messiah! Nobody could do more miracles than he has done.’The Pharisees heard what these people were saying quietly about Jesus. Then the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees sent some of their officers to take him away. Jesus said, ‘I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me. You will look for me, but you will not find me. You cannot go to the place where I will be.’ The Jewish leaders asked each other, ‘What is he trying to tell us? Where can he go so that we cannot find him? Perhaps he will go to our people who have gone away to live among the Greek people. Perhaps he will go to teach the Greek people. He said, “You will look for me, but you will not find me.” And he also said, “You cannot go to the place where I will be.” What does he mean?’