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What did Jesus write in the dust of the ground? by Tuese

What did Jesus write in the dust of the ground?

October 3, 2010 at 11:43pm

John 8:1-11

¹but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

²At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. ³The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group⁴and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” ⁶They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

BUT JESUS BENT DOWN AND STARTED TO WRITE ON THE GROUND WITH HIS FINGER. ⁷When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸AGAIN HE STOOPED DOWN AND WROTE ON THE GROUND.

⁹At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. ¹⁰Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹“No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel;
    all who forsake you will be put to shame.
THOSE WHO TURN AWAY FROM YOU WILL BE WRITTEN IN THE DUST
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.

***Were not those who forsook and turned away from The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit the unbelieving Jews/Israelites? Did not these unbelieving Jews/Israelites turn away from God?

Passages mentioning "The finger of God."

1. Exodus 8:19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is THE FINGER OF GOD.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.

2. Exodus 31:18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by THE FINGER OF GOD.

3. Deuteronomy 9:10 The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by THE FINGER OF GOD. On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.

4. Luke 11:20 But if I drive out demons by THE FINGER OF GOD, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

***It is my conviction that the lying conniving unbelieving, prideful, disobedient Christ-crucifying Jews/Israelites of Jesus' Day were getting the SHAME of their NAMES WRITTEN in the DUST.

Just my guess ;-)

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel;
    all who forsake you will be put to SHAME.
THOSE WHO TURN AWAY FROM YOU WILL BE WRITTEN IN THE DUST
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.