The Redeemer by Linda Rios Brook

Author:Linda Rios Brook [Brook, Linda Rios]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Suspense, ebook
ISBN: 9781616382063
Google: 0PlAK3r-2yoC
Amazon: 1616382066
Publisher: Realms
Published: 2011-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

I WAS FASCINATED WHENEVER Jesus talked about the kingdom that was coming, although I wished I understood its purpose or how it was going to happen. One day He said it was like a mustard seed. The next day it was a pearl, then a field, then a net, and then a king. Hard as I tried, I couldn’t figure out what the common denominator was. The disciples listened, nodded, and amen’d as if they knew all about it, even though they didn’t. That was one of their core problems. They did not know what they did not know, and they did not ask enough questions. Guess who was the worst.

I wondered if Jesus ever had second thoughts about giving Peter the keys to this new kingdom. It never occurred to Peter to ask for more information because he was so certain of things he knew nothing about. That’s why he made such public blunders, like trying out his new authority by bossing Jesus around.

One day we were near Jerusalem where Jesus was teaching about the kingdom. The people were captivated by His words.

“Did I mention He gave me the keys?” Peter bragged to an old fishing partner who was in the crowd.

“You don’t say? And what do the keys open?”

“What do you mean?”

“That’s what you do with keys, open locks.”

“Oh, well,” Peter shuffled, “these are a different kind of keys. They bind and loose things.”

“Like what kind of things?”

“Look, you’d have to be close to Jesus to understand.”

“You have no idea, do you?” The friend chucked and moved on.

John and Matthew came over to join Peter just as a man came pushing his way through the crowd and calling out to Jesus in an urgent voice.

“Rabbi, I bring an urgent request from Your friends Martha and Mary.”

My ears perked up, because I remembered those women and their brother as some of Jesus’ closest friends.

“What is it?” Jesus asked as the man made his way forward.

“It’s Lazarus; he’s sick. He may not last the night. Martha wants you to come right away.

“Tell Martha not to worry,” Jesus said. “This sickness will not end in death. It is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it. Tell her I’m coming.”

Oops. I bet You didn’t mean to say that if You don’t want anyone to know who You are yet.

I thought we would be leaving right away since we were less than two miles from Bethany, where they lived, and we could easily make it by late afternoon. I knew Jesus would be anxious to get on the road, so I expected Him to tell the disciples to start disbursing the crowd. Guess what He did instead?

He kept right on healing people—business as usual. He didn’t so much as mention Lazarus to the boys and stayed in Jerusalem several more days.

He must have realized His mistake in tipping His hand to the messenger about being God’s Son and changed His mind about going.

Wrong. A couple of days later He called everyone together and told them about Lazarus.

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