Incarnation to Resurrection
Incarnation to Resurrection roughly three and one-half
years, in 12 weeks, Sunday through Friday (six days) per week
Day Seventy-eight of Eighty-four:
Through today’s readings we’ll look at, I
all four Gospel accounts, what might be dubbed - “The Betrayal, Arrest and
"Priestly" beatings of Jesus”.
Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested - Matthew
26:47 - 56, Mark 14:43 - 50, Luke 22:47 - 53 & John 18:1 - 11
- where we read these stinging words - “Friend, do what you came to do.” - Matthew
26:50 - as a reminder of what Jesus’ final week
on Earth was beginning to shape up like.
Later in Matthew 26:57 - 68 & John 18:12 - 14 we read of lies
being told about Jesus, and of Jesus being beaten, mocked and abused while ‘in
the care’ of the High Priests and Council.
Today we also read
of a fascinating story of both unprecedented zeal, Peter cuts off the
ear of a Servant of the High Priest, and then of Peter’s
own denial of Jesus - First the ear cut off, Matthew 26:51, Mark 14:47, Luke
22:50 & John 18:10; next Peter’s denial, as we read in Luke
22:54 - 62, John 18:15 - 18 and Mark 14:66 - 72 (although the account in Mark
in included in tomorrow’s reading. This
account of zeal and denial hold a special place of intrigue for me, because
these are two areas I struggle with. Jesus,
although He did rebuke Peter, He did not “condemn” Peter for zealously lobbing
off a man’s ear. Additionally, although
Peter unquestionably did deny Jesus, and deny Him THREE (3) times, Jesus still
did not reject, “let go of” or “lose” anyone (except as Judas…).
How Jesus’ dealt
with both Peter’s zeal and denial, and how Peter went on to boldly proclaim the
Gospel, even to his own demise in the years that followed Christ’s joke of an
arrest, is an inspiration to me, and it’s my sincere prayer that it might be an
inspiration to you also.
We also read, as
we wrap up today’s readings from John - “Of those whom you
gave me I have lost not one.” - John 18:9.
See also John 6:39, John 17:12 and John 18:8 - 10. Jesus promised, John 6:39 to ‘lose no one’, Jesus Commanded
in John
18:8, and Jesus repeated in John 18:9 - “I
have lost not one”!
And that right
there ^ ^ ^ that, my friends, is…
GOOD NEWS!
We’ll leave reading the rest of the text for you individually.
I’ve taken the liberty of assembling a weekly chart of daily readings to cover the chronology
Week 12
Matthew 26:47–28:20; Mark 14:43–16:20;
Luke 22:47–24:53; John 18:1–21:25
Day
1 Matthew 26:47 - 68 Mark 14:43 - 52 Luke
22:47 - 71 John 18:1 - 24
Day 2 Matthew 26:69-27:14 Mark 14:53-72 Luke 23:1-25 John
18:25-40
Day 3 Matthew 27:15-31 Mark 15:1-15 Luke 23:26-43 John 19:1-27
Day 4 Matthew 27:32-44 Mark 15:16-32 Luke 23:44-49 John
19:28-37
Day 5 Matthew 27:45-66 Mark 15:33-47 Luke 23:50-56 John
19:38-42
Day 6 Matthew 28 Mark 16
Luke 24 John 20
Shalom!
“No Jesus, NO peace” and yet, “Know Jesus, KNOW peace”
How does one get to “know” Jesus? Simple, invite Him into your heart, as Jesus
says: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and
opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” [Revelation 3:20 NIV]
How can be assured that this Jesus stuff means anything? Well because the Bible tells us so, as the
Apostle Paul wrote:
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is
Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it
is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” [Romans 10:9-10 NIV]
And for those of you who say to me, I
can’t be bothered reading the Bible, “it’s confusing” or “it’s a waste of my
time”, may I draw your attention to what the Bible says about wisdom: “The fear
of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.” [Proverbs 9:10 NIV]
If nothing else, PLEASE read two chapters
from the Bible – (don’t own one, sorry NO excuse, if you’re reading this, you
can access this: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:16&version=NIV) John 3 and John
14!
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.”
And John 14:6 says: “Jesus answered, “I am
the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me.”
Well that’s it, that’s Da Bauz’s Take on, “Incarnation
to Resurrection, Day Seventy-eight of Eighty-four” – this 25th day
of March 2018 © 2018, All Rights Reserved. wr (Da Bauz, Christian Zionist
“creationist” too!)
Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem...
What is #RAD? #RAD
is:
R epent of
rejecting Christ
A ccept Christ as
your Lord
D evelop your
relationship with G-d
#RAD your
relationship with the Living Almighty God Himself as your personal Lord and
Saviour depends on it!
What is #ATEND G-d
(Christ)? Ask me!
What is #IIC714?
II 2nd
C hronicles
7:14
John 3:16,
Revelation 3:20, Romans 10:9 -10, Revelation 21:27, II Corinthians 5:21 and I
John 5:13 / John 20:31!
Shalom
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