As Moses gains credibility by the ten plagues, Jesus is now validated as the Messiah with ten miracles that Matthew includes immediately following the Sermon on the Mount. He seems to be refuting the communally held belief that to be eligible for the Kingdom you needed to the a Jew, a Man, kept ceremonially clean and would be healthy and wealthy. Jesus now intentionally includes people in the kingdom by performing these miracles to indicate they were also part of the kingdom. The pdf of this podcast is found at www.rediscoveringgod.ca.
