Mark 14:1-52
The Passover lamb is readied for
sacrifice. The woman anoints Jesus head. The disciples do not understand this
meaning and Judas agrees to betray Jesus. The Lamb is ready for sacrifice and
his body and blood are given freely for the covenant which it symbolized. Even
now the Disciples still continue to miss the point. Death is coming and all
will fall away for death is not coming for them, only Jesus. The Disciples must
live on. The Disciples who insisted they would walk to death with Jesus could
not even walk in prayer with him. But Judas and the religious leaders could
walk with death and gather against Jesus, for night has come. All scatter
before the crowd at the arrest of Jesus. Possibly they were expecting a
rebellion and Jesus to rise up against Rome, but that was never Jesus teaching,
nor his purpose.
In the night with a kiss, Jesus is
betrayed. This darkness Jesus saw coming and was prepared for it. But dawn
cannot come except after night and darkness as passed away. The dark night still
looms ahead for Jesus. He is alone. His friends have deserted him. The bitter
cup of tears has been presented.
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