EmmDev 2025-08-05 [Moments with Mark] The Lonely Road

The Lonely Road

They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because He was teaching His disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise." But they did not understand what He meant and were afraid to ask Him about it. (Mark9:30-32)

It's quite a thought that while a significant part of Jesus' ministry was to announce the Kingdom of God (which was Good News and came with healing, miracles, and people being delivered from demon possession) there were also moments where He had to talk about the cost of the coming Kingdom...

This is one of those moments.
Jesus took steps to avoid the seeking and pressing crowds so that He could spend time with the disciples and try to attune their hearts to what was coming: betrayal, execution and resurrection.

The passage tells us that the disciples just weren't able to process this.
It was unthinkable, unpalatable, and unacceptable.
They're in denial: They can't, won't, or don't understand and they're NOT going to ask about it either.

So Jesus walked a lonely road.
He alone fully grasped the Kingdom cost He was about to pay.

Take a moment to reflect on that.
It's amazing to think that He would love us so much...

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