Passover is the most important Jewish festival – without Passover there would be no Israel; this one in Mark 14 is the highlight of their history, with Messiah expected to show up and untold thousands have arrived in Jerusalem for this momentous event!
Hang on...
What are these 71 Sanhedrin elders doing?...trying this man Jesus late at night with no reliable witness and the sentence of death already decided!
What sort of justice is this? Moses told Israel that the nations will marvel: “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people”.
He continued: “For
what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them...that has statutes
and judgments so righteous?”
God manifest in Jesus is right in front of them, while they break their own rules...
- A trial at night
- False witnesses
- Intimidation to force defendant to incriminate himself
- The High Priest rends his garment
- Violent abuse and spitting
The
Man of Isaiah 53 remains silent until agreeing with the truth:
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of ‘the Blessed’...
“I AM and you shall see the Son
of Man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven”
...just as Daniel saw Him by vision over
500 years before!
