Premeditation
It was now only two days before the Passover and the Festival
of Unleavened Bread. The leading priests and teachers of the
law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus without the
people seeing it. Then they could kill him. They said, "But
we cannot arrest Jesus during the festival. We don't want the
people to become angry and cause a riot."
-- Mark 14:1-2 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Jesus' enemies were determined to kill him. However, they knew that
Jesus was popular with the people. With Jerusalem flooded with yearly
visitors for Passover, a time that was very volatile, they worried that
to go after Jesus during this time could backfire. Mark wants us to see
that their murder of Jesus on the Cross was calculated and
premeditated. They were not looking for justice or truth; they were out
for blood. Little did they know that the blood they shed would be the
atoning blood of the new covenant that would bring our salvation. What
they meant for the worst kind of harm, God used for unbelievable good
-- our good!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Father, I cannot understand how you withheld your power and allowed
the schemes of wicked men to murder your Son, especially wicked men who
claimed to honor you. I am sorry that we can be so misguided and wrong
as people. Please forgive us. Please forgive me. I want to believe that
I would have followed Jesus and welcomed him, but part of me fears that
I might have been as misguided as they were. Purify my heart and give
me wisdom to know and follow your truth always. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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