DAY Seventeen of Twenty-one "Son of God"

DAY Seventeen of Twenty-one "Son of God"

Luke 22:69

69But from now on the Son of Man will be seated in the place of power at God's right hand.”

Luke 22:1-6

1The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching.

2The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people's reaction.

3Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples,

4and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them.

5They were delighted, and they promised to give him money.

6So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren't around.

Luke 22:66-71

66At daybreak all the elders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. Jesus was led before this high council,

67and they said, “Tell us, are you the Messiah?”

But he replied, “If I tell you, you won't believe me.

68And if I ask you a question, you won't answer.

69But from now on the Son of Man will be seated in the place of power at God's right hand.”

70They all shouted, “So, are you claiming to be the Son of God?”

And he replied, “You say that I am.”

71“Why do we need other witnesses?” they said. “We ourselves heard him say it.”

SORTING IT OUT Have you ever had to wait for something for a really long time? Not the sort of short-term waiting that has a definite end date, like waiting for Christmas or the birth of a child. When Christmas arrives, we know it. We’re not going to miss it.

But sometimes, when we’ve been waiting for something and we don’t know when it’s coming, we can miss it when it arrives.

The Israelites had been waiting for the Messiah for thousands of years - waiting for so long that the waiting itself probably felt like a part of them. But when Jesus finally came, they didn’t recognize Him. Jesus stood in front of elders, chief priests, and teachers of the Law - the promised Messiah, the very Son of God - and they didn’t recognize Him. He had come to His own people, and they didn’t even know who He was (John 1:11).

And for these people, who called Him a traitor and a fraud, Jesus was prepared to die.

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us” (I John 3:1, NIV). Even when we were so blinded by our own sin that we couldn’t recognize the Lord, Jesus loved us enough to die for us.

YOUR TURN Thank God that we know who Jesus is. Pray that He will help us to live as people who know Him.

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