Today is Thursday, March 7th, 2024; Karen's Korner #5074
JESUS PREDICTS HIS DEATH THE FIRST TIME
~ Mark 8:31 & 32 LAB
"Then He (Jesus) began to tell them about the terrible things He would suffer, and that He would be rejected by the elders and the Chief Priests and the other Jewish leaders---and be killed, and that He would rise again three days afterwards. He talked about it quite frankly with them, so Peter took Him aside and chided Him, 'You shouldn't say things like that,' he told Jesus."
Bible Commentary: "From this point on, Jesus spoke plainly and directly to His disciples about His death and resurrection. He began to prepare them for what was going to happen to Him by telling them three times that He would soon die.
"In this moment, Peter was not considering God's purposes but only his natural human desires and feelings. He wanted Christ to be King, but not the suffering servant the glory of following the Messiah, but not the persecution. The Christian life is not a paved road to wealth and ease. It often involves hard work, persecution, privation, and deep suffering. Peter saw only part of the picture. We should not repeat his mistake---instead, we need to focus on the good that God can bring out of apparent evil, and the resurrection that follows crucifixion."
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