{"id":7280,"date":"2016-01-12T00:05:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T08:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2016-01-11T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T00:53:29","slug":"time-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/01\/12\/time-to-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, \u201cTake, eat; this is My body.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThen He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, \u201cThis is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many. Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tAnd when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. <\/p>\n

\tThen Jesus said to them, \u201cAll of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: <\/p>\n

\u2018I will strike the Shepherd,
\n\tAnd the sheep will be scattered.\u2019 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\t\u201cBut after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tPeter said to Him, \u201cEven if all are made to stumble, yet I will not be.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tJesus said to him, \u201cAssuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tBut he spoke more vehemently, \u201cIf I have to die with You, I will not deny You!\u201d <\/p>\n

\tAnd they all said likewise. (Mark 14:22-31)<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tSomething borrowed, something old, and something new. Jesus did something new and different with the old familiar patterns of the annual ceremony that celebrated God\u2019s victory over Egypt. He took the normal matzo\u2014a hard, cracker-like bread made without yeast\u2014and said it represented his body. The wine he compared to his blood.<\/p>\n

\tDid the disciples understand what Jesus meant by the changes he introduced into the familiar ritual? Not at the time. Instead, they thought they were about to overthrow the Roman Empire. As God had overcome Egypt, so he\u2019d overcome Rome. When Jesus told them that he would not drink wine again until the day he drank it in the kingdom of God, they thought that Jesus meant that the next time they celebrated Passover, Jesus would be sitting on a throne in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

\tPeter was not alone in his willingness to die for Jesus. All the disciples believed the same. They had seen Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead. If they died in the coming war of liberation, then so what? Jesus could raise them just as easily. Why did Jesus think they would be scattered? How could Jesus believe that they would deny him?<\/p>\n

\tJesus knows who we are and what we need, better than we know ourselves.<\/p>\n

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