Wednesday, October 25, 2023
“The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him” (John 12:19 KJV).
Behold, the lamentation of professional religious leaders whose system is in jeopardy!
Today’s Scripture regards Palm Sunday, the weekend just before Jesus’ crucifixion: “[12] On the next day much people that were come to the feast [Passover], when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, [13] Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna [Save!]: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. [14] And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, [15] Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. [16] These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. [17] The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. [18] For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. [19] The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.”
Israel’s apostate religious leaders are outraged! They cannot stand the fact someone else is at the center of attention in Jerusalem. Crowds have not come to visit them or celebrate them, but rather have assembled to praise the Lord Jesus Christ! These unbelieving spiritual authorities brood and pout, as people have forgotten about them… for there is a more prominent Spiritual Teacher in their capital city! How these evil religious leaders have tried so hard to scheme to arrest and kill Him—to no avail. In the words of Paul, “For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth” (2 Corinthians 13:8). Regardless of what sinful man does to try and stop it, indeed, the truth of God’s Word will increase and prevail….
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