Journey
Read Mark 8: 27-38
Jesus and his disciples are journeying from place to place when Jesus asks his disciples just who the people think he is. There are crowds following them. The disciples name several of their ancestors, prophets and so on who have special connections to God. But Jesus also wants to know what his disciples think about him.
When Peter answers, “You are the Messiah, the son of the living God,” he seems to understand that Jesus is the anointed one of God, the one prophesized about, the one who is going to be King and save the nation.
But Jesus goes on to teach them about the future suffering he is going to endure and tells them that he is going to be murdered, but that he will rise again.
Peter takes Jesus aside and begins to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.”