Pigs, Demons, and Tombs, Oh My Luke 8:26-39 The out of context kingdom Jesus felt compelled to leave his comfort zone to bring the kingdom to people who didn’t receive it Jesus began his mission with “the kingdom of God is near” He then began to take this message from one end of the Jewish countryside to the other One day, he decides to go across the Lake of Gennesaret and lands in the region of the Gadarenes For us, this story doesn’t really spark much interest in quickly reading through - Jesus does his thing by casting out some demons On a closer examination, there are some clear signs that Jesus left his comfort zone here First - the Gedarenes were Gentiles - they raised pigs Second - the first place Jesus enters is a cemetery of Gentiles Third - in the cemetery, there is a person who is running around threatening people while naked Jesus casts a multitude of demons out of the man We know that the demons flock into the pigs and the pigs jump off into the water and die The man is re...