Mark 15:31-32 – 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! 32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
These were the teachers of the law and chief priests? What were they looking for?
In essence they were looking for what THEY wanted. They wanted the Christ that was going to make them #1 in the world again. Anything else was not acceptable. They had high standards and high hopes.
So where did they go wrong?
Self esteem and positive thinking is taught to be pretty important today. They were doing that. Work hard and don’t accept second best. They were doing that. Try to live by strict rules and only bend the ones that were beneficial. Today we are doing that and so were they.
So what did they miss? What happened that the priesthood would miss the Messiah and Savior of the world? Not only miss Him, but be responsible for crucifying Him?
It’s real simple. They weren’t interested in the Word of God or the scriptures.
The prophets all foretold of a suffering Messiah. To have known the scriptures one couldn’t miss who they were looking for. However, when you’re looking for something else, say something different than the Word of God, you can’t possibly know what to look for.
Today finding a church that accepts God’s Word as fact is hard to find. This world is ripe to not be ready for the return of Jesus.
Why? Because they don’t know what it says concerning the time of the end.
It was prophesied the first time Christ came that He would be betrayed and crucified. The second time he comes this is what Peter says the church has to say along with others.
2 Peter 3:3-4 – 3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
Without following God’s Word, man is always capable of not being ready or capable of not following what God’s wants from us.
How do you think the High Priests that actually were responsible for killing Jesus feel today? True their hearts were evil and were not seeking God, but billions of people have lived and they were there first hand and made the decision to execute the King.
We don’t want to be the ones caught off guard on His second coming. Know the Word. Know the signs. Get to know your Lord before your time is up here on this earth. There is a large remnant living in this world ,which are part of the Wide Road that leads to destruction. If it weren’t so the Bible wouldn’t say so. (Matthew 7:13-14)
Know the Word and get prepared.