Mark 8:22-25 --> Why does Jesus touched the blind man's eyes TWICE at Bethsaida?
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They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
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He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?"
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He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around."
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Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. Then his eyes were
opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
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Jesus sent him home, saying, "Don't go into the village. "
My tots over this passage -->
1st time Jesus had spit on the man's eyes and put His hands upon him,
the man was able to see but it was a blurry image - seeing people that
look like trees.. That tickles me, coz my imagination went a little
wilder.. But how does he know people and trees look like?
2nd time Jesus put His hands on the man's eyes again, and the man's sight was restored.
What I can derive from here is that because eyes are related to seeing,
and seeing is related to revelation. Having his eyes opened, he is able
to see the Word of God is alive (Jesus is the Word of God). Next, Jesus
asked him if he's seeing anything? Somehow, something must have gone on
within him that he started to believe, though he saw the people look
like trees in the very first instance. It was somewhat like a 60-fold
healing when he spoke forth, believing in his heart, and he's also
receiving a revelation. THEN Jesus put His hand on the man's eyes again
and the man looked [INTENTLY - as stated in AMP bible] before he was
restored and saw everything distinctly.
I believe that the
man had his eyes so fixated onto Jesus first - seeing Him as the Messiah
and his heart changed toward Jesus Himself. That was when he was fully
restored with perfect vision!
So, when we fix our eyes on Jesus
Himself, we can see that all our problems will be fixed, and restoration
will come and finally ABLE TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD's HEART AND
DIRECTION IN OUR LIVES.
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