Arrested! The Lord and Savior, the King of the Jews? The Messiah and the Son of God? How could this ever happen? What did He ever do to deserve the treatment that He got from His own people? He was innocent and He committed NO Crime, yet, HE WAS ARRESTED?
Jesus Christ was arrested in the Garden of Gathsemene, the night of the Last Supper, the Night of Passover, because He spent His ministry preaching the Word of God. He was teaching the people what it was the God wanted them to hear and to learn, not what it was that He alone was teaching. He said to the people, "You now arrest me? I preached in your synagogues and I preached in your temple, and you did nothing to Me. Yet, now you come and take me away?
He was certainly right. It made absolutely no sense. Now, many years ago, growing up a Conservative Jew, I would have thought differently. We were taught that Jesus Christ was a blasphemer, but was I ever wrong. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He was brought to earth as God Himself in the flesh. He went to the Cross as God in the flesh. However, all of this had to be done so that prophesy could be fulfilled.
What would you have done if you were in the shoes of Judas Iscariot? What would you have done if you were in the shoes of the Jewish High Priests? These are easy questions if prophesy was to be fulfilled. At the same time, do you not think that the Jewish people were scared that Jesus was right?
Here is another video for your viewing and I hope that you enjoy it. Feel free to leave me any comments that you would like as long as they are kept clean and they are good for discussion.
Jesus is Arrested Video 1
http://youtu.be/-SoO1FkTxEg
Jesus is Arrested Video 2
http://youtu.be/bV53y-14DCI
Happy Mother's Day to all of the great mother's out there. I also say Happy Mother's Day to my mother who nearly 2 years ago succumbed to Polysythemia Vera which in the end turned into Acute Leukemia. May you rest in peace mom!
Jesus Christ was arrested in the Garden of Gathsemene, the night of the Last Supper, the Night of Passover, because He spent His ministry preaching the Word of God. He was teaching the people what it was the God wanted them to hear and to learn, not what it was that He alone was teaching. He said to the people, "You now arrest me? I preached in your synagogues and I preached in your temple, and you did nothing to Me. Yet, now you come and take me away?
He was certainly right. It made absolutely no sense. Now, many years ago, growing up a Conservative Jew, I would have thought differently. We were taught that Jesus Christ was a blasphemer, but was I ever wrong. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He was brought to earth as God Himself in the flesh. He went to the Cross as God in the flesh. However, all of this had to be done so that prophesy could be fulfilled.
What would you have done if you were in the shoes of Judas Iscariot? What would you have done if you were in the shoes of the Jewish High Priests? These are easy questions if prophesy was to be fulfilled. At the same time, do you not think that the Jewish people were scared that Jesus was right?
Here is another video for your viewing and I hope that you enjoy it. Feel free to leave me any comments that you would like as long as they are kept clean and they are good for discussion.
Jesus is Arrested Video 1
http://youtu.be/-SoO1FkTxEg
Jesus is Arrested Video 2
http://youtu.be/bV53y-14DCI
Happy Mother's Day to all of the great mother's out there. I also say Happy Mother's Day to my mother who nearly 2 years ago succumbed to Polysythemia Vera which in the end turned into Acute Leukemia. May you rest in peace mom!
