Today mentions that it was approaching the Passover, and huge feast and time of commemoration for the Jewish faith. The religious leaders were still focused on killing Jesus, but were freaked out about doing it. Judas is possessed by Satan, and forumlates his plan with the religious leaders to arrange Jesus’ arrest.
All I could really take away from this today was that He knew what was coming. He knew they were plotting, He knew even that Judas would turn Him over to the authorities, He knew what was about to happen…He knew.
I’ve heard and read a lot of people turn this into some sort of guilt response (how can you not follow Him after that), but I don’t even want to go there, because a guilt response is a fake response. I just want to appreciate it today…appreciate His action for its true significance. It’s become trite in today’s culture. It’s a symbol we wear around our necks, or place on top of church buildings. We forget what it’s about. We get used to it. It gets common.
I’m not sure how to keep it from becoming that, but I’m looking for a way.