If Jesus were to make a list of “Things to Do and Say before You Die,” what would you find on that list?
Matthew, in Chapter 21, recalls things Jesus did, and said He would do, as He completed the Earth side of His Mission.
27. I will play out on my way to my Mount Olympus – Calvary – the Prophet’s parody of Earthly power. My steed will be the unbroken foal of a Beast of Burden. Humbly I will ride into the City where I will ultimately be crowned with thorns, and enthroned on a cruel cross where all I am will be sacrificed. My acclaim will be the chants and songs of Children and the Childlike. Palm branches that cluttered the streets, and garments of the people will be my garlands and carpet my Royal way. My triumph will be the destruction of myself. The spoils of my conquests will be my robe and sandals. And those will be gambled away in a frivolous game of chance.
28. I will deal severely with the elitist, pietistic, self-serving, power-brokering, fruitless religious who’ve made a travesty of my Father and the things intended to honor Him and endear His people to Him.
29. I will extend mercy to people who know they’re powerless, living lives of complete chaos, longing for someone to rescue them; the Mary Magdalenes; the Marys of Bethany; the Matthews; Zaccheus and his ilk; Followers who’ve denied they knew me, abandoned me, run away and hid.
30. To those who follow me on the path of humility, rejection, and suffering, even those I rescue from hiding, I will give Authority and mountain-moving belief in God, which demonstrates over and beyond all time that We – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – are the true and sole source of Love, Knowledge, and Power.
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