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•32他们行路上耶路撒冷去。耶稣在前头走，门徒就希奇，跟从的人也害怕。耶稣又叫过十二个门徒来，把自己将要遭遇的事告诉他们说：33“看哪，我们上耶路撒冷去，人子将要被交给祭司长和文士，他们要定他死罪，交给外邦人。34他们要戏弄他，吐唾沫在他脸上，鞭打他，杀害他。过了三天，他要复活。”

每当我读到这些经文时，我总是感到惊讶，我惊讶的是，耶稣经常清楚地告诉门徒将要发生在他身上的事，他的受难和复活，而他们却总是不明白。他们忘记了耶稣的话，他们在耶稣死去的第三天并没有等待他的复活。但是，如果我是当时的门徒，我能更好地理解耶稣关于受难和复活的预言吗?可能并不会。今天我很容易就判断门徒的错误，因为耶稣早已经复活了。我看得清清楚楚，因为我去过那座空墓。

这就像你在旅行的途中迷路了，一而再再而三的迷路，但最后到达了目的地。当你回顾你的旅程时，你会惊讶地发现你错过了所有指向正确方向的标记和指示牌。我相信当门徒们回顾耶稣的预言，回顾自己当时是如何的不明白，他们心里会说:“我们怎么没注意到呢?”

这就是为什么耶稣的复活如此重要。如果耶稣没有复活，那么他只是另一个宗教老师。如果耶稣没有复活，他的死只是一场悲剧。如果耶稣没有复活，我们所信的便是徒然无用的，我们仍然会在我们的罪中(哥林多前书15:17)。所以我今天感谢我的救主，为他的死，尤其是他的复活而感谢。他从来没有退缩。他从没有偏离天父给他的使命。他对我们的爱使他按照天父为他画的拯救罪人的蓝图前行，这张蓝图的终点不是十字架，而是空坟墓。

祷告:主耶稣，感谢你为我们铺设了通往十字架和空坟墓的道路。也感谢你带领我走上救赎之路。阿们。

Mark 10:32-34: They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. ³³ “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”  (NIV)

I am always amazed, every time I read these words, at how often Jesus told the disciples plainly what would happen to him—and they didn’t get it. They weren’t waiting for the resurrection on the third day. But would I have understood it any better? Probably not. It’s easy for me to judge the disciples because I am on the other end of the resurrection. It’s perfectly plain for me to see, because I have been to the empty tomb.

It’s like being on a journey and getting lost, and lost again, and finally reaching your destination. When you look back at your journey, you are surprised that you missed all the markers and signs that pointed you in the right direction. I am sure the disciples looked back and said to themselves, “How did we miss that?”

That’s why Jesus’ resurrection is so important. Without the resurrection, Jesus was just another teacher. Without the resurrection, his death was only a tragedy. Without the resurrection, our faith would be in vain, and we would still be in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). So I thank my Savior today for his death and especially his resurrection. He never flinched. He never veered from the mission his heavenly Father sent him on.  His love for us made him follow the map his Father had drawn for him, a map that did not end at the cross, but at the empty tomb.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for paving the way that led to the cross and to the empty tomb. Thank you also for leading me on that path that leads to salvation. Amen.