Acceptance or Rejection

It is not coincidence that Jesus reads from Isa ch 61 in Luke ch4. He is reading to his hometown crowd. What he reads is the promise of delivery by the Messiah. Freedom from oppression, that is what Jesus is saying, not from Rome. Rome is temporary. Our earthly kingdoms and countries are temporary. Jesus has long term implications. The people of Nazareth reject him because they see the boy growing, not the man with the mission. It is like that with those who have known us the longest. Those are probably the ones we've hurt the most. Hard to get a blank canvas suddenly. Takes time and consistent behavior. Judging others is easy, judging correctly is hard. It is interesting to me how the village of Nazareth rejected their prophet. Am I any different in that I reject at times too.