September 19, 2011 – Luke 8:16 - 8:39

I always thought it was weird that He sent the demons into a herd of pigs and that they killed themselves. And why did they ask not to be sent into the Abyss. What were they talking about. Did they not want to go back, did they like their vacation away while on Earth possession this person. I wonder what happened to them after the pigs died. Did they go back into the Abyss anyway and Christ was teaching them a lesson. Just a very odd story. And I have heard there is significance in the fact that it was a Gentile area, the pigs were unclean for Jews, the man lived among the tombs, etc, but still always seemed to me and odd story.