Jesus' First Trip was for His Death & Resurrection (TMF:294)

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Peace to Live By: Jesus' First Trip was for His Death & Resurrection (TMF:294) - Daniel Litton
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       When Jesus called his disciples—that is, called them to follow him in his earthly ministry—they believed that he was the Christ, but that he was going to establish an earthly kingdom at that time. But Jesus made it clear to them that this trip to the earth was not for the kingdom for the Nation of Israel, but rather was for his crucifixion and resurrection. But they didn’t understand this. The following is recorded in Matthew 16: “From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man” (Matthew 16:21-23, ESV). So, Peter had his mind on earthly things. He wasn’t thinking about what God was actually doing through Jesus, but he was thinking about what he wanted to happen. He was hoping to have a place in Jesus’ earthly kingdom, which he thought was going to be established very shortly.