Luke 18:31-34
31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; 33 they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
Yshua had explained to this disciples the things that must happen to Him, because that was God's mission and will for Him. It is not because He used complicated words that the disciples did not understand. They most likely not understand because Yshua was describing His own defeat, rather than victory that Messiah will bring. Yshua's defeat in man's eyes, is victory in God's eyes because by His death on the cross and the Resurrection, He defeated death and saved His people. We cannot understand God if we see things through our own eyes, instead we must simply trust Him that He is Lord and is in full control. It is no wonder He said childlike unquestioning faith is necessary to come to Him.
31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; 33 they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
Yshua had explained to this disciples the things that must happen to Him, because that was God's mission and will for Him. It is not because He used complicated words that the disciples did not understand. They most likely not understand because Yshua was describing His own defeat, rather than victory that Messiah will bring. Yshua's defeat in man's eyes, is victory in God's eyes because by His death on the cross and the Resurrection, He defeated death and saved His people. We cannot understand God if we see things through our own eyes, instead we must simply trust Him that He is Lord and is in full control. It is no wonder He said childlike unquestioning faith is necessary to come to Him.
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