PrintToday's "Moment with Mark" (80)
9 February, 2013
The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and put him to death. "But not during the Passover," they agreed, "or there will be a riot." (Mark 14:1-2 NLT)
I write these words with a smile on my face. Actually, it's more like a smirk. There is a conspiracy abroad led by the religious leaders to capture and execute Jesus. It's what follows next that gives me cause to smile. "...but not during the Passover or there will be a riot". Guess when the arrest , trial and execution of Jesus took place? Right! It was during the Passover. Because Jesus is the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. He is our Passover.
The power, authority and ability of the religious leaders to determine when these things will happen are nothing because God sets the timetable. It is His sovereign plan that is unfolding and His Will be done.
It's John who reports Jesus as saying in John 19:11
"You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. Jesus was not a martyr, a man whose destiny, was solely in the hands of fellow human beings. He was not a fatalist. He was the Son of the Living God. He was to be the Resurrected Christ. He knew that His Father had everything in readiness. That must have set his heart at peace.
So with us. That is not to deny the natural feelings we all have about death. But it does mean that there is something more that secures our hearts as we face this, the last & greatest enemy. Our God is the final authority and we can rest in that fact.
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