<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 14;26-28<div><br></div><div><b>26. &nbsp;And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.</b></div><div><b>27. &nbsp;And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’</b></div><div><b>28. &nbsp;But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>In reading the accounts of the&nbsp;resurrection of Jesus, there is a span of forty days which passes before Jesus ascends into heaven. Throughout those days, Jesus showed Himself physically alive, to the disciples by “<i>many proofs” </i>(Acts 1;3),&nbsp;risen from the dead. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Although&nbsp;Scripture passes over most of those days, it&nbsp;spends&nbsp;most of its’ time on the things that Jesus said and did on Easter Sunday, (by the tomb to Mary, on the walk to Emmaus, and that evening to the disciples in the upper room). &nbsp;Jesus also showed Himself alive to Peter privately on Easter Day, but we know nothing of what He said,&nbsp;(if anything), to Peter. All these accounts belong to Easter Sunday and Easter evening.</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Scripture&nbsp;then fast forwards&nbsp;eighth days to&nbsp;when Jesus shows Himself to doubting Thomas, and the other disciples, still in Jerusalem and still in the upper room, and says, </span><i>“Have&nbsp;you believed because you have seen Me? &nbsp;Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe.” &nbsp;</i><span>(John 20;29)</span></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><span>Then, the Gospel&nbsp;of Mark skips&nbsp;forward to the Ascension, and never mentions Jesus and the disciples meeting in Galilee.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span>Luke also skips directly&nbsp;from Easter to Ascention.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>&nbsp;For us to learn about Jesus and the disciples in Galilee&nbsp;we must go to two brief verses in&nbsp;the Gospel of Matthew 28;16&amp;17 where we read, <i>“Now the eleven&nbsp;</i></span><span><i>disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. &nbsp;And when they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.”</i></span></div><div><span><i><br></i></span></div><div><span>And, the Gospel of&nbsp;</span><span>John chapter 21. &nbsp;The entire chapter is devoted to&nbsp;Jesus appearing to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberi-as. &nbsp;In this account, we have Jesus reminding the disciples that He called them to be <i>“fishers of men” </i>not fish. &nbsp;He does this by&nbsp;asking&nbsp;Peter, <i>“Do you love Me?” </i>three times, and each time when&nbsp;Peter answered, Jesus command</span><span>, </span><i>“Feed My lambs”, “Tend my sheep”, </i><span>and, </span><i>“Feed my sheep.”</i></div><div><br></div><div>Then Jesus tells Peter that in obeying Him, he will indeed suffer, saying, <i>“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go. &nbsp;(This was to show by what&nbsp;</i><i>death he was to glorify God.) &nbsp;and after this, he said to him, ‘Follow me’.” &nbsp;Peter turned and&nbsp;saw following them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain&nbsp;close to his breast at the supper and had said, &nbsp;“Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” &nbsp;When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about this man?’</i><i></i></div><div><i>Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!”</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Why the Lord did not inspire&nbsp;Mark in his Gospel to&nbsp;address the events and words of the meeting in Galilee we do not know. &nbsp;But, knowing them is essential. &nbsp;By the meeting in Galilee Jesus reminds us all that we are to be evangelists and teachers, AND that in doing our Lord’s will we will suffer. &nbsp;By our devoted obedience we indeed glorify God.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, bless us to be ‘Fishers of men’ and faithful teachers,&nbsp;no matter the cost. In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><span><i></i></span></div><div><i></i></div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 14;26-28
26.  And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.27.  And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’28.  But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
In reading the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus, there is a span of forty days which passes before Jesus ascends into heaven. Throughout those days, Jesus showed Himself physically alive, to the disciples by “many proofs” (Acts 1;3), risen from the dead.  
Although Scripture passes over most of those days, it spends most of its’ time on the things that Jesus said and did on Easter Sunday, (by the tomb to Mary, on the walk to Emmaus, and that evening to the disciples in the upper room).  Jesus also showed Himself alive to Peter privately on Easter Day, but we know nothing of what He said, (if anything), to Peter. All these accounts belong to Easter Sunday and Easter evening.
Scripture then fast forwards eighth days to when Jesus shows Himself to doubting Thomas, and the other disciples, still in Jerusalem and still in the upper room, and says, “Have you believed because you have seen Me?  Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe.”  (John 20;29)
Then, the Gospel of Mark skips forward to the Ascension, and never mentions Jesus and the disciples meeting in Galilee. Luke also skips directly from Easter to Ascention.
 For us to learn about Jesus and the disciples in Galilee we must go to two brief verses in the Gospel of Matthew 28;16&17 where we read, “Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.  And when they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.”
And, the Gospel of John chapter 21.  The entire chapter is devoted to Jesus appearing to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberi-as.  In this account, we have Jesus reminding the disciples that He called them to be “fishers of men” not fish.  He does this by asking Peter, “Do you love Me?” three times, and each time when Peter answered, Jesus command, “Feed My lambs”, “Tend my sheep”, and, “Feed my sheep.”
Then Jesus tells Peter that in obeying Him, he will indeed suffer, saying, “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.  (This was to show by what death he was to glorify God.)  and after this, he said to him, ‘Follow me’.”  Peter turned and saw following them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said,  “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”  When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about this man?’Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!”
Why the Lord did not inspire Mark in his Gospel to address the events and words of the meeting in Galilee we do not know.  But, knowing them is essential.  By the meeting in Galilee Jesus reminds us all that we are to be evangelists and teachers, AND that in doing our Lord’s will we will suffer.  By our devoted obedience we indeed glorify God.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, bless us to be ‘Fishers of men’ and faithful teachers, no matter the cost. In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”




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