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| Christ Carrying the Cross, Hieronymus Bosch, 1510-1535, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent. [PD-US] |
Jesus and his
disciples set out
for the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
Along the way he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that I am?”
They said in reply,
“John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others one of the prophets.”
And he asked them,
“But who do you say that I am?”
Peter said to him in reply,
“You are the Christ.”
Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
He began to teach
them
that the Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and rise after three days.
He spoke this openly.
Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples,
rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
He summoned the crowd
with his disciples and said to them,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake
and that of the gospel will save it.”
Mark 8:27-35
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This is an especially poignant verse in a day of naysayers and arguments, people pitted one against the other... and everyone so sure they're right and the others are wrong.
ReplyDeleteWe are so very human, even 2000 years later.
One would think we'd learn.
I was intrigued by the Bosch painting of "Christ Carryining the Cross," painted in the 1500s, yet it seems so modern. Ruthy's mention of people being pitted against each other seems to be revealed in the painting...and is something that is occuring today. I am heartbroken to hear people speak ill of other groups of people. Dividing a nation is never good. It undermines all that we hold dear. God protect us, unite us and keep our nation strong!
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