No Can Do: Lent XXII

Where I am going, you cannot come.

 - From John 8

The narrative is important, because it describes an instance where Jesus said one plain statement, and the religious people around Him didn't understand it's simple meaning.

I believe it was David Dean, a long-time professor at Berkshire Christian College, who would be asked a question by his students: "What does it mean?" To which his replay was: "It means what it says. What does it say?"

And so, here.

Jesus says, "Where I am going, you cannot come." He's about to do something that no one else could do: Die, but live again.

They thought He was saying "Maybe He's going to kill Himself." But anybody can do that.

When we get Scripture wrong, we concoct interpretations that are fanciful, and that make it more complex than it is. It's actually quite simple. Let it remain simple.

His message was to the religious people, to the leaders, to the smart people, the popular, the powerful, the influential, the celebrity, the wealthy.

He says to the Koch Brothers, and to George Soros; to Barack Obama and to Donald Trump: You cannot do what I'm about to do.

So don't even try. Just follow Him.

It's quite simple.