Diabolos and the Master
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The book Diabolos and the Master is the Gospel story written as fiction. The Master is Jesus Christ and Jacob ish Diabolos is the tempter that Jesus encountered in the wilderness. As you follow the healings, you will know the name and sometimes the diagnoses of the ones that Jesus heals. Some have quite a story line. When they go to the Temple, you will know which feast day they are celebrating and something about the feast. The customs and geography have been well researched and it is expected that the book will be educational for Christian lay leaders and teachers.

"Penetrating insights into Jewish worship, including feast days, sacrifices, and holy days, as well as traditions and customs in the everyday life of first-century Judaism. The life of Jesus is presented against this background and a continual conflict between good and evil, resulting in interesting interpretations of the teachings of Jesus. This book provides much information, challenge, and inspiration from the life of Jesus."

Reverend Elton Brown, retired United Methodist minister.

Devotional
Read Psalms 121
Verse 1: "I will lift up mine eyes to the hills from whence comes my help". Is David expecting the hills to help him?
He did hide in the hills when he was fleeing for his life. Is it the hills that he is singing about now?
When the Jews, living in Galilee, went to Jerusalem, they usually went down the Jordan Valley, to Jericho and then up to Jerusalem. Some did go due south on the high road but that meant going through Samaria, which they considered to be heathen. To avoid going through Samaria, they went down the valley and up from Jericho.
The heading of the chapter (Psalms 121) says, "A song of ascent". It is one of the songs that were often sung while going up. On page 7 of my book, Diabolos and the Master, "It was only sixteen miles from Jericho to Jerusalem but there was a climb in elevation of over 3,000 feet. The road followed the Wadi Qelt through the passes and was a very winding road, sometimes very narrow. The donkeys and foot travelers often went single file because of the narrowness of the road. Travelers usually didn't travel this road except in caravans because of robbers that lurked along the way."
The people going from Jericho, up to Jerusalem, sang this song as they climbed the long crooked road, up 3,000 feet.
Why do soldiers chant as they march?
To keep step but also because it helps them breath better; thus more oxygen for the difficult march. In water aerobics students are taught to count as they do the exercises. The same is true of other aerobics because counting or chanting helps us to breathe properly.
The Psalm was not sung as we might sing it but was chanted. The first verse, "Lift up mine eyes to the hills," means that they are anticipating getting to the top of the hill and to the Temple to meet God. Reading further in the Psalm, "My help comes from the Lord. ---He will not allow your foot to be moved." Then we read, "The Lord is your shade---the sun shall not strike you by day nor the moon by night---The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in." This is a beautiful Psalm that would be chanted as they climbed the 3,000 feet to the top of the mountain and to the house of the Lord.

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