“Fall, Raised, Go Ahead”
“Fall, Raised, Go Ahead”
Blessings folk!
Jesus and His disciples had a meal.
Jesus told them that someone would betray Him.
Jesus then made a new covenant with them…eat His flesh, drink His blood.
They then left.
Watch what Jesus says next…
Mar 14:26-28
After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, because it is written,
‘I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED.’
“But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
They went to the Mount of Olives, apparently one of Jesus’ favorite places.
Not only would one betray Him, now He tells them that they all would fall away.
ALL!
It had been prophesied…
Zec 13:7
“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the man, My Associate,”
Declares the LORD of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Jesus reveals the prophetic fulfillment of this Zechariah passage.
He would fulfill it.
They would fall away.
But, there is hope!
“After I have been raised…”
Jesus had been telling them that He was about to die at the hands of the religionists…and that He would be raised.
Mar 8:31
And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mar 9:31
For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”
Luk 9:22
saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”
Now He is telling them again that He would be raised from dead.
Not only would He be raised again, He would go ahead of them to Galilee.
There was more to occur after His death!
He would arise!
He would go ahead!
These are truths we must remember.
He has risen
He has gone ahead of us.
As we remember and celebrate His coming the first time…His birth…may we aggressively await His coming again.
He has gone ahead, He will return.
Jhn 14:1-3
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;
if it were not so, I would have told you;
for I go to prepare a place for you.
“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, there you may be also.