333rd Post Jesus On Admonitions & Exhortations Con't- Charging His Disciples Con't. - Matthew 10: 5 - 15 Con't. 4th Post

Matthew 10: 5 - 15 Continued 4th Post.
Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who is worthy, and stay there until you go out. And when you go into a household, greet it. If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
This was spoken by Jesus about 1.1/2 years into His earthly ministry. Jesus is about to send His disciples out on their own for the first time, and is giving them instructions, of how to act in the field. Jesus tells them that when you enter a city, the first thing you do is to inquire as to who is the strongest believer in the city. This is before Jesus died on the cross, so Jesus is spreading news about the Kingdom of God. The Rabbi's would be the logical person to contact, however, Jesus had been critical of their unbelief, so the most worthy person, would be a true believer. Jesus told them that once they found a household they were to stay there until they left. This means until they left the city. The disciples were to give their peace to the household. This means to give it their blessing. If the disciples found out that they had arrived at the wrong house, they were to take back their blessing. This goes along with Old Testament teaching concerning the passing of blessing, in the O.T. it was given usually to the first born, symbolizing first fruit. This house would act as the disciples base of operations while they were there, so the blessing was given there first (first fruit), and spread among the believer's in the town as they came in contact with them.