Musing Through Matthew – Jesus’s Death And Resurrection(Matthew 17:22-23)

Let us muse again today from Matthew 17: 22 – 25 and the theme of Jesus The Kng. It is here in these verses Jesus will deal clearly with His death and resurrection. It is in our text that Jesus pours cold water on all the dreams of the deciples that He would now set up His throne and reign as king. He says instead that He will be betrayed by men and be killed by them. Sturgeon said “He sugared the bitter pill of His death with the sweetness of His assured resurrection”. The truth to watch in this text was the disciples were exceeding sorry. When we understand and hear only portions of what God says to us it can cause great grief of heart. When our Lord speaks let us listen carefully most often there will be an encouraging word included in a hard word from Him.