The Sign of the Leaven
Speaking to the religious leaders of His day, Jesus said, John 5:45-47 45 "Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. 46 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. 47 "But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?" Even thought Moses and the Queen of the South lived many years before Jesus was born, they could judge and condemn the religious leaders of Jesus day, Matthew 12:42 ; Luke 11:31 . This was because Moses and the Queen of the South heard the testimony of lesser prophets and believed that testimony about the promised Messiah. Jesus' testimony was the greatest testimony of the Father because it was a three-in-one testimony, 1 John 5:5-6 . Yet, the religious leaders in Jesus' day became arrogant by knowledge, 1 Corinthians 8:1 . Therefore, they were guilty of searching the scriptures to gain eternal life...