John the Baptist was cast into prison! Now how such a great man of God could be put into prison is beyond me? For doing what, preaching the gospel of course. Hey, wait a minute here?.I thought people who wore the crisp white shirts and finely pressed suits who preached the gospel received great riches for doing such good work for God. But now if you will remember, John the Baptist was not one of those. He had to wear garments made of camel's hair. His meals were locusts and wild honey. You can never know the true men and women of women solely by the clothes they wear, the houses they live in or the cars they drive.



When Jesus heard the news he went to Galilee. He left Nazareth and lived in Ca-per'na-um, which was on the sea coast in the borders of Zabulon and Neph?tha-lim. This came to pass as it was spoken by the prophet E-sai'as: ?The land of Zab'u-lon, and the land of Neph?tha-lim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

Now?one thing I want to note here with prophesies is when the original foretelling of the future came to E-sai-as, the prophet, and the words alone gave no real clue as to what is actually going to come to pass. Go back up and see what actually happened, then compare it to prophesy again. This is because foretelling of the future through the powers of God of Heaven is always done in parts that often resemble some kind of a puzzle or riddle. Most of the time when the words come to pass it vaguely resembles what was actually spoken.

Jesus now begins to preach the same gospel John the Baptist was spreading, which is to repent for the sake of earning an eternal life in the kingdom of heaven.

As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother who were fishermen of the sea. Jesus asked them to follow him and he would show them how to become fishers of men. Jesus knew this was a much more worthwhile way to spend time than sitting by the sea fishing for fish. Peter and Andrew dropped their fishing gear and followed after Jesus.

As Jesus, Peter and Andrew continued on their journey they came upon two other brethren which were James, the son of Zeb'e-dee, and John his brother. These two men were mending their nets on their father's ship. They also followed after Jesus.

Then Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their churches and synagogues. He preached the gospel of the kingdom. He told the people he had power to heal all the sicknesses and diseases among them. The fame of Jesus spread through Syria. Sick people with divers diseases, torments and people possessed with devils, lunatick people, and those who had palsy were brought to Jesus. Jesus healed them all.

Everywhere Jesus went; great multitudes of people followed him from Galilee, and from De-cap'o-lis, and from Jerusalem, from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

Then came the great sermon of Jesus on the mountain, so simple are the words of Jesus, so easily understood that even a small child could understand the meaning to his words.