Awake Us Now

This teaching is from Matthew 26:1-28. As we come to these final chapters of Matthew we are exploring the final days of Jesus’ ministry on earth; His time with the disciples, His suffering, His death, His resurrection.  These are days that truly have changed the world and that’s not hyperbole - it’s fact. In today’s reading - Jesus tells the disciples yet again of His coming crucifixion. He continues to let them know what’s coming and what’s ahead so that when it happens they will remember He had told them these things and they can then begin to put the pieces together. In verses 3-5 we read of the chief priests and elders scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill Him. But they decide to wait until after the Passover festival is over to avoid rioting by the crowds that are in Jerusalem during the festival time frame. BUT something happens to change their minds from that decision to a decision of “let’s do it now!” It is no coincidence the timing of what’s coming for Jesus in the timing of the Passover Festiv