Obeying or Rebelling?
As a newcomer, I just thought it was a parade. But something was wrong. The palace officials marching by seemed distraught. I silently watched as six hundred of the Royal Honor Guard went by my house. If it started out as a celebratory parade, something drastic must have happened in the meantime. His Majesty’s bodyguards looked extremely nervous. Why were they leaving the city?
I strained my eyes and sure enough there was the King himself and his family walking with them. The King’s shoulders were sagging. His head was down and he tried to keep it covered. He kept wiping his eyes. He had no shoes on his feet. My heart was touched. Why such sorrow? Why was the King weeping?
My neighbors helped me with the answers. They told me about
The King – a loving father was fleeing a rebellious son. Little wonder he wept as he left
And the king went out, and all the people after him.
And they halted at the last house….
And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron…..
David went up the ascent of the
And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
(2Samuel 15:17-31 ESV)
1023 BC: The
33 AD: A much smaller group leaves the same city, cross the same brook Kidron and climb the same hill.
The hour was late; the night was dark. Eleven men with their leader sang a hymn together and then with heavy hearts they left the upper room. They left the city. They too crossed over the Brook Kidron and climbed the
Watch Him kneel in the darkness. Now He is lying flat with His face to the ground. Agony. Deep sorrow. Scalding tears. Blood-like sweat falling to the ground. Stricken with grief.
Why such sorrow? Why was this King weeping? Was He rejected too?
What ever could be happening on the
And why? On behalf of whom? Pause, dear child of God. Is your heart cold? Linger at Gethsemane and then at
By way of the Cross, I have been placed as a son in the family of God. What kind of a child am I in God’s family? Am I like
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us
that we should be called the sons (children) of God.”
1John 3:1