Bible Studies
Luke 13:31-35 – Mother God
Key Verses: (NRSV)
- 31: “At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’” – Herod had killed many, including John the Baptist, but the Pharisees were not worried about Jesus’ safety. They were attempting to derail his ministry by instilling fear and hoping that Jesus would flee for His life.
- 32: “He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow…’” – Jesus is being a bit ‘foxy’ himself for He knows that the Pharisees would not be running to Herod with a message, but He wanted them to know that He would follow through with God’s plans and finish what had been started.
- 34a: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it!” – Jerusalem, the capital city and the center of their religious world, had become a symbol of religious bureaucracy, inflexible and rigid to ideas of change and transformation.
- 34b: “How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” – Consider the power of this maternal side of God’s love…desiring, above all else, to shelter and protect us. Yet, we continually attempt to leave His protective arms in order to exert our free will in satisfying our own perceived needs.
- 35: “See, your house is left to you…” – We live in judgment for what we create.
- Are you easily derailed?
Promises of the Gospel:God has given us free will and with that we can choose to follow any life-style we please. When we choose to fulfill our own desires and focus entirely on the Self, we have, in fact, turned from God. We have stepped out into the wilderness rejecting God’s love and His desire to keep us from harm. Jesus, in His discussion with the Pharisees, illustrates both a life that is focused on following God’s plan, “I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow…” and an amazing element of God’s love – a protective love as maternal and committed to our well-being as any we could possibly need. The choice is ours.
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