As I was reading the account of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem this morning, I noticed something I hadn't before. Luke 19 records the story of Jesus riding through the cities of Bethpage and Bethany on His way into Jerusalem on a donkey, but it starts by saying "After telling this story, Jesus went on toward Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples." After what story? The story of the "Ten Minas" or "Ten Servants".
Here' s what I never saw before: Jesus is about to begin Holy Week. A week that will see him tell the future about the fall of Jerusalem and the death of some of the disciples, eat the last supper, and culminate in his death. Putting this popular story of investment right before Holy Week spins the meaning (at least from how I always heard it). It's not about money. It's about how to invest your life. Jesus was about to show in one potent week everything he'd been teaching for his entire life: love is sacrifice and I am love. Invest in me and the people I made as I'm about to do.
Not sure if that hit you like it did me, but I had a moment.
Here' s what I never saw before: Jesus is about to begin Holy Week. A week that will see him tell the future about the fall of Jerusalem and the death of some of the disciples, eat the last supper, and culminate in his death. Putting this popular story of investment right before Holy Week spins the meaning (at least from how I always heard it). It's not about money. It's about how to invest your life. Jesus was about to show in one potent week everything he'd been teaching for his entire life: love is sacrifice and I am love. Invest in me and the people I made as I'm about to do.
Not sure if that hit you like it did me, but I had a moment.
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