“Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!"” Matthew 20:17-19
As Jesus traveled the road to Jerusalem on that last week of His life, He knew what lay ahead. He didn’t have a bad feeling about what might happen. He knew. But He chose to walk on.
He knew He faced death on the cross. He knew the cup he must drink and that cup was the sin of all mankind. He knew what He, as the sinless Son of God, would suffer, but He walked on. He chose to drink of the cup so that “whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16b
How great a love; how great the victory! The stone was rolled away; the tomb was empty. The angel declared, “…I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.” Matthew 28:5b-6a
The greatest story ever told. I never tire of hearing it—“for God so loved the world”. Choose to walk in that love today, tomorrow and for eternity. AMEN!
