SABBATH SCHOOL Lesson 13 || Crucified and Risen

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Jesus knew that his destiny included crucifixion. He prophecied that, "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” (Luke 24:7, NKJV)." From childhood Jesus was conscious that He had come to this earth to fulfill His Father’s will (Luke 2:41-50). Throughout His life Jesus knew about the inevitability of the cross. Many times in the Gospels, the word must is used in relationship to the sufferings and death of Jesus (Luke 17:25, 22:37, 24:7, Matt. 16:21, Mark 8:31, 9:12, John 3:14). He must go to Jerusalem. He must suffer. He must be rejected. He must be lifted up, and so on. Nothing would deter the Son of God from going to Golgotha. He denounced, as coming from Satan (Matt. 16:22, 23), any suggestion to reject the cross. He was convinced that He “must go . . . suffer . . . be killed, and be raised” (vs. 21, NKJV). To Jesus, the journey to the cross was not an option; it was a “must” (Luke 24:25, 26, 46), a part of the divine “mystery . . . kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people” (Col. 1:26). He taught, healed, and ministered with an unwavering commitment to obey the Father. After celebrating the Last Supper with His fisciples, time had come to walk alone, to affirm God’s will, to be betrayed and denied, to be tried and crucified, and to rise victorious over death.