The Meal Table Is a Picture of Israel

This is, i believe, how we will arrive at a proper account of christ's divinity. It's a longer route, but it leads to a more decisive understanding. Jesus now calls matthew tax collectors were despised for collaborations with the romans and also for their injustice. The fact that jesus would eat with such persons was scandalous to many observing jews. But this jesus of nazareth seems to be invested with a far greater power than any of these former prophets. They can do great deeds without necessarily having to pray for them to occur. There's something about him that stands out. And the more that we follow this through in matthew, the more