Readings: Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45
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The author of Hebrews calls Jesus the “great high priest who has passed through the heavens.” Priests offered sacrifices, and Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice. He allowed himself to be killed in a painful and humiliating way. In Isaiah, he truly became the Suffering Servant: “…through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear.”

But James and John simply didn’t get it. They saw their glorified Lord as an emperor on a throne and themselves as his closest advisors, placed above all the other disciples. They had already heard Jesus speak of his coming suffering and death, but they could not have been paying attention. Or they only remembered the part about his resurrection, the happy part. Jesus went on to warn them that they would be “baptized” with the same baptism as he, but they still didn’t get it.....Read more here