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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Failed to Grasp It
Then Jesus talked to the twelve apostles alone. Jesus said to
them, "Listen! We are going to Jerusalem. Everything that God
told the prophets to write about the Son of Man will happen!
His people will turn against him and give him to the
non-Jewish people. The non-Jews will laugh at him, insult
him, and spit on him. They will beat him with whips and then
kill him! But on the third day after his death, he will rise
to life again." The apostles tried to understand this, but
they could not; the meaning was hidden from them.
-- Luke 18:31-34 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
With mere human words, Jesus cannot help them understand. His best
efforts can only give them words to remember and to put into
perspective, for a later time -- a time after he has been crucified and
has been raised from the dead. Jesus' destiny in Jerusalem was simply
incomprehensible to them. They had seen the good he had done. They had
experienced his life-changing presence first hand. They believed him to
be the Messiah. How could God's Messiah be crucified? How could he be
executed for the deeds of kindness he had performed and the words of
truth he had spoken? We, on the other hand, must grasp this truth.
Jesus is going to Jerusalem knowing full well that he will be
persecuted, rejected, and tortured. Yet he goes anyway, to honor God
and to pay the price for our sin. We must not let this loving sacrifice
be hidden from our hearts!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, I thank you for going to the Cross knowing that it was
coming and yet enduring it for the sake of my salvation. To you, O Lord
and Christ, belong all glory, honor, blessing, and praise. Amen.
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