This new podcast is designed to help you get to the end of the day, and instead of sitting in the weight of whatever the day threw at you, to sit and reflect on God’s word, and be encouraged by that. So we’re trying out this new little spot –
As we arrive at the end of Luke’s fulfilment story we see that although we’ve been following Jesus on the way home to Jerusalem; we now see that He is our risen King, walking with us the whole way, and leading us to an even greater home… in Him.
Jesus doesn’t represent the gods that Peter, the religious leaders and the rulers believe in and so they can’t recognize that God could be so good that he would send his beloved Son to die for sinners. Each, in their own way, denies Jesus’ right to be God’s king over them.
Jesus doesn’t represent the gods that Peter, the religious leaders and the rulers believe in and so they can’t recognize that God could be so good that he would send his beloved Son to die for sinners. Each, in their own way, denies Jesus’ right to be God’s king over them.
Jesus prayer reveals the cosmic battle between God’s purposes and Satan’s schemes. Jesus stands firm, praying to his Father and showing us what it means both to ask with confidence but also to submit to God’s will, despite the cost.
As the time draws near for Jesus to fulfil his mission to be enthroned as God’s suffering King on the cross, he shares a meal with his friends; a taste both of the suffering of the cross and the joy of the kingdom to come.
The disciples wanted signs because they are anxious and wanted control. But Jesus embraced the cross and won life for us, so that we can stand firm, not be deceived, and win life.
Jesus lived the life of true integrity – his outside reflected his inside. He was the true image of God. Follower of Jesus must beware the trap of hypocrisy, of false religion, and a corrupt heart and destructive life. See that the kingdoms of this world are monstrous and hurt others. See the subtle ways we might try to “trap” Jesus for the sake of our own agenda. At some point we need to stop asking trick questions of Jesus and decide how to live.
Judgment will fall upon the leaders of Israel and the Temple, because they will kill God’s beloved son Jesus, rejecting his God given authority. Through his resurrection Jesus will become the new temple, the place where all people come to meet God – whether in salvation or judgment
Judgment will fall on the leaders of Jerusalem and their temple because they failed to recognise the time of God’s coming to them. Salvation will come through the destruction of the Jerusalem temple and the resurrection of the living temple in Jesus.
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