The Days Before You Die
How would you feel if you knew that death was but a day or two away? In the last few days and weeks we had a senseless murder in our town, we lost a vibrant and young friend to death through a blood clot from a muscle injury, and a young father left behind his wife and two young children, losing a 3 month battle with cancer.
We all think about death and dying sometimes. It is the one sure thing, life on this earth is terminal.
And so it was, even for Jesus, the Son of God. He knew that He too would die the death of mortals, that it was the plan from the beginning that the sacrifice of His life will set free His people. Jesus was scared but resigned. Like all of us. The difference is that Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen, and when He would die. None of us, except those on death row maybe, know that.
