Bad News - Good News
What we heard in parables is now fully out in the open. Coming off the transfiguration, in the disclosure of His death and resurrection, Jesus now spells it out in plain English. What is fascinating is not the revelation itself, but how the disciples take it. They are clearly disturbed by the revelation and don't know how to process it. I think sometimes when we read the Gospels, we leave our empathy on the table and look at scripture from a purely intellectual vantage point. And of course we have the benefit of hindsight. But to empathize just a little, imagine that this is maybe your first significant other. That person has come to you and said, I'm going to die. NOTHING else you hear after that will get processed. You're devastated. This is the state of mind of the disciples in this moment.
We, of course, know the rest of the story so we don't want to leave the listener in the same state of confusion. We dig into why Jesus must go to the cross and what His death and resurrection do for all believers. The disciples could only hear the bad news, but the very word Gospel means Good News. So, we fill in the blanks for you, so you are not left hanging.
Episode link:
https://www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com/bad-news-good-news/
