CMP Review 2024-06-16

“Doom to you, Chorazin! Doom, Bethsaida! If Tyre and Sidon had seen half of the powerful miracles you have seen, they would have been on their knees in a minute.” With these words, Eugene Peterson captured the sense of Christ’s words in Matthew 11:21 and Luke 10:13.

Today, “the exact location of Chorazin is unknown, but it clearly was near the northwest corner of the Lake of Galilee,” explains Ralph Earle. “Its very disappearance is a testimony to Christ’s judgment on it. The same can be said for Bethsaida, which was located on the east bank of the Jordan River where it flows into the Lake.”

In her poem on this passage, Charlotte Mason wrestles with the implications of this passage. Does the Lord judge cities as well as individuals? History seems to provide our answer. Read or hear Mason’s thought-provoking poem here.

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