Ash Wednesday’s focus was on Luke 9:51 - “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem”. He had started on the road to the cross. I’d never really looked properly at this verse before but it struck me how human Jesus can be at times. He ‘set his face’ sounds to me similar to he ‘gritted his teeth’. Not that he ever considered not going towards that cross, but that he was human, and was not looking forward to that sacrifice. He was God on earth 100% but had to also be 100% human to be a suitable substitute for us on that cross. And his human side was sad.
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