Day 40

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. John 3:14-15 Today’s passage is the last in this Lent series, not a return to the famous John 3:16 ‘For God so loved the world …’,…

by Nick April 16, 2022April 6, 2022

Day 39

This is my blood of the covenant                   Matthew 26:28 Four cups of wine are drunk as part of the Seder, the Passover meal, representing four ‘I will’ statements from God ahead of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt: I will bring you out, I will deliver you, I will redeem you and I will take…

by Nick April 15, 2022April 6, 2022

Day 38

Take, eat this is my body.                               Matthew 26:26 What we remember as ‘the Last Supper’ must have come as quite a shock to the disciples.  After Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his dramatic displays in the temple, his successful rebuttal of every question put to him by the Jewish elders, here they were, the favoured…

by Nick April 14, 2022April 6, 2022

Day 37

Jesus then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer   Mark 8:31 Matthew, Mark and Luke all record how Jesus began to teach his disciples that he must suffer, be rejected, be killed and rise on the third day.  It signals a turning point in the gospels as he sets his sights…

by Nick April 13, 2022April 6, 2022

Day 36

Look, the lamb of God!                      John 1:36 Reference to Jesus as the Lamb of God is of enormous significance.  From our vantage point this side of the Cross, it connects the death of Jesus to that of the Passover lamb, and thereby to the entire, elaborate system of animal sacrifices under the Levitical priesthood.  In…

by Nick April 12, 2022April 6, 2022

Day 35

‘He himself bore our sins’ in his body on the cross               1 Peter 2:24 As we draw progressively closer to the Cross through this week, we leave behind us the ‘Did God really say?’ scriptures and the somewhat thorny topics that came with them.  We also move from the question of why Jesus came (to…

by Nick April 11, 2022April 6, 2022