  Unbelief Investigates a Miracle  John 9:13-34 December 27,
1970 1526  John presents Jesus Christ as God in human flesh.
John presents Christ as the Messiah of Israel. John presents
Christ as the Savior of the world. That's John's purpose in this
gospel. And in the gospel of John, Jesus appears before the
people of Israel to make His claims to be their Messiah. As we
have seen, they have rejected His claims even though again and
again Jesus has made them and corroborated them, there have been
a few in Israel who have believed, but not many...a small
number. Most have rejected Him. God deeply and greatly loved
Israel and still loves Israel. God loves the Jew. He made His
own Son of Jewish birth. His chosen people is still Israel. And
God still has things for Israel. We believe that the nation that
blesses Israel will be blessed and the nation that curses Israel
will be cursed.  At the same time it is tragic that in Israel
when Messiah came, they did not see Him as Messiah. Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, asks t