"What must I do to inherit eternal life?"  An "expert in the law", maybe a lawyer, maybe a scribe or religious leader, it's not clear exactly who the man is and its not truly pertinent. It says here that he is trying to "trap" Jesus in an open ended question. Give the wrong answer and we could debate until the back and forth ends up with the man succeeding in trumping the Son of God. Little does he know his answer would lead to his own embarrassment. Jesus leads the redirection of the question to help this "expert" know what really matters.  After asking him to answer his own question, the Messiah turns thing around by asking a question of his own. The legal expert wants to know what it takes to earn eternal life. Jesus asks the man to share what he knows. He recites the ancient Shema, a prayer that many Jewish people have learned since a young age.  For many, an extra line of text is added. "And a second is like it, to love your neigh...

  A young man named Isaiah stands outside the Temple mount waiting to enter and worship the Lord God Almighty, The Holy One of Israel. This young man is given to visions and dreams that speak truth and share insight about God's Kingdom. He isn't the greatest of prophets throughout his country. The vision he is about to have might be one of the most prolific and life changing, not just for him but for all who will read about it later. The book ascribed to him isn't even the longest in the recorded biblical canon. Jeremiah's book is still longer word for word. Something about Joel's words, spoken more than 100 years earlier, while having to do with future events in Israel's history seem to point to what this young man is going to be given to through his life. "Your old men will dream dreams, your young men will have visions". What Isaiah is about to walk into this day at the Temple will be referenced and talked about for centuries to come.  A young man h...