“By Stealth…”
“By Stealth…”
Blessings folk!
Jesus had an intense encounter with the scribes, Pharisees (he called them hypocrites).
Upon leaving the Temple after the encounter, some of His disciples had asked questions.
That is what we have seen in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21.
We continue through Mark.
Chapter 14 gives timing elements that help us to see when all of this was occurring.
Mar 14:1-2
Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;
for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.”
Two day until Passover and Unleavened Bread.
These are two of the seven feasts that the Lord gave to Israel.
Passover is the first of the seven.
It occurs on Nisan 14…in the spring our March/April.
Unleavened Bread begins at sundown on Nisan 15.
These are important.
Knowing the truth about the feasts will allow us to have a proper understanding of all the Lord has done, i.e. that the Lord was dead three days and three nights, not just a portion thereof.
Two days from these special days and what were the religious rulers doing?
Seeking how to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
Well, there’s a righteous bunch.
The only thing that kept them from killing Jesus was there fear of the people.
Religionists today are the same way.
They fear the people more than they fear the Lord.
They still move in stealth seeking how to destroy the move of God.
Beware of them.