"We are going up to Jerusalem," [Jesus] said, "and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles, who will mock Him and spit on Him, flog Him and kill Him. Three days later He will rise." — Mark 10:33-34
God has a big challenge on His hands. How do you communicate a big message to a small person? I remember the first time my daughter had surgery, she was only six months old. I had no way of preparing her. All I could do is walk back and forth in front of the fish tank in the pediatric waiting room, holding her, and singing, "Jesus loves me, this I know …"
Jesus prepares His disciples for the greatest event in history, and they cannot comprehend what He is saying. I wonder if this is why Christians argue so much about end time prophecies. Maybe God is saying it plainly and we can’t take it in.
The disciples didn’t understand what Jesus was saying until after He rose from the dead.
But isn’t this the way it is with so much of life? We need to experience the truth before we understand it. This is why a young preacher straight out of seminary can preach a sermon filled with wonderful theology and we look at him and say "huh?" — yet a man of God who has walked with God for many years (experience) will stand up and share simple Bible truths and we walk away with our lives transformed.
God’s explanations will someday make sense — but you will probably need to experience them before you can understand them.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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