Read
Matthew
20
The
disciples never seemed to get things the first time that Jesus said them. One of those things was that Jesus told them
that while in Jerusalem, he would be turned over to the religious hierarchy and
that he would be condemned and turned over to the Gentiles to be killed.
He told them
that this would not be a single sword thrust so that his life would pass
quickly from him. Instead, he would be
mocked, and flogged, and hung on a cross.
This would be ugly and painful.
But it would
not be the end of the story. On the
third day, Jesus would rise from the dead.
He would
rise. There is no discussion here. And questions or comments that the disciples
might have had, are not recorded here.
Jesus would
die and he would rise from the dead.
That would have been a good sticky note to put on the refrigerator.
Amen.
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