Foretelling Suffering and Glory
Thursday · Anchor: Matt.16.21
From the sermon A Royal Prophet
From the sermon
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples and only 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.
Scripture · Matt.16.21
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.
Reflect and pray
Jesus did not hide the road ahead from his disciples. He plainly foretold suffering, rejection, death, and the third-day resurrection. This is the work of the prophet who declares what is to come, but it is also the mission of the Savior who goes to Jerusalem to accomplish atonement. The cross was not an accident; it was the appointed way. Meditate on his willingness to walk toward that suffering for the sake of his people, and give thanks that his love never turned back.