D.L.

SECOND FRIDAY 1st OF LENT

“Saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”(Luke 9,22 ESV)

Jesus was telling his disciples about his incoming death; he even told them to keep this impending fate to themselves. I wonder how this news felt in the disciples’ hearts and how they processed what Jesus said. We know that some of them, like Peter, rejected the idea of Jesus’ news, and for others, this only made sense when Jesus was resurrected.

This was the turning point in Jesus’ instruction to his disciples. From then on he began teaching clearly and specifically what they could expect, so that they would not be surprised when it happened. He explained that he would not now be the conquering Messiah because he first had to suffer, die, and rise again. But one day he would return in great glory to set up his eternal Kingdom.^[1] We who follow Jesus do not have to process this news anymore, but we need to accept and believe it.

Read Luke 9:21-27

^[1]Life Application Study Bible, Accordance electronic ed. (Carol Stream: Tyndale House Publishers, 2004), paragraph 12550.