Treachery

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people. Luke 22:1-2

It was the strangest irony, the people stood between the evil plans of the authorities and the intended victim. But Jesus was there to allow the murderous intentions of those authorities to take place and He did it willingly. The chief priests and Judas carried out the worst treachery in history, and yet it was our Lord's intention to lay down His life to save us from our sin. They hold the Passover observance in the same chapter of Luke, but when Jesus points out His betrayer no one gets it. Peter states that he will follow Jesus to prison and death, but Jesus knows what the man will do in his own strength. Between the priests, soldiers, betrayers, and even the disciples, we as humans do not come out looking good in Luke 22. Oh yes, that mob of people the authorities feared, they too would turn on Jesus later and allow His death even to the point of taking the blame on them and their children. We look at Judas and say, "treachery!" but would any of us have done better than Peter, or the other disciples, or the priests, or even Judas? And yet, there is our Savior in this same chapter in complete control following His Father's plan from start to finish.

Everything in our time may seem upside down and backwards, but our Lord is in control.

Bucky