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I’m going back to Israel soon to stand with a nation still in crisis. None of us knows exactly what’s coming next, but for the tens of thousands of precious people trying to put their lives back together, today is the problem—not tomorrow. We must be there for them in this hour of hardship. Your prayers and financial support are vital as we work to meet the most urgent needs of suffering Jewish people. We have received a generous matching gift challenge that will double your gift to help twice as many people—so please be as generous as you can when you send your gift today.

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(24) And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. (25) After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 
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Jesus touches the man’s eyes again, and this time his vision becomes completely clear. When ophthalmologists restore vision surgically today, they allow their patients only a glimmer of light at first so that the optic nerve can grow accustomed to it before being exposed to the full light of day.

Christ’s significant double laying on of hands shows that His disciples, though mostly still blind (Mark 8:16-18), have begun to see. He would touch them again after His resurrection (Luke 24:44-49), opening their eyes fully to His truth. The fully restored sight proves that Jesus never leaves His work unfinished and that He performs it with excellence, the sterling attitude that should be present in all our actions and service (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

The fact of healing is seen in the simple but strong declaration, “He was restored.” The wording verifies that the man was not born blind. The first exercise of his restored sight was likely to look into Jesus’ face. Thus, spiritually, Christ is to be a person’s initial focus when Godgives understanding.

— Martin G. Collins

To learn more, see:
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