Well I am gonna pay for the extra cars on the train this morn. Rox game just let out. Sardines.
Daily Archives: April 15, 2010
The New Testament in Review: Matthew 16 – 23
Welcome again to The New Testament In Review. I hope that you’ve been following along with previous posts in this series, and that you are enjoying what I’ve posted so far. If you haven’t had a chance to read my other entries, go ahead and do so now. We’ll wait for you to catch up.… Read More »
Whoa, three car on the C line this morn! This is pretty cool.
The New Testament in Review: Matthew 16 – 23
Chapter 21
By this point in his life, you can feel the anger and weariness that is torturing Jesus. His life is a a constant struggle between his followers who adore him and are constantly asking him for blessings and miracles, and the Pharisees and their followers whose hatred for Christ grows by the minute. How could Jesus not be bitter by now? All of this comes out in this chapter.
As these chapters progress, they get harder to read. Jesus’s life rapidly spiraled into hell the last year or so of his life, and these chapters recount that. It’s uncomfortable hearing that kind of story. Which is one of the reasons that the Bible is such an amazing literary work. It forces a reader down this path, whether the reader wants to go there or not.