Page 4A The Kings Mountain Herald Wednesday, November 23, 2011
3 love is taken from us. Peter made his famous confession that Perhaps this is why Jesus’ response
Do not be afr aid to speak of death Yet, even though this is so, there is Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the to Peter is so breath-taking: “Get be:
a strange kind of irony about death that living God,” Jesus began to tell Peter hind me Satan! (for) You are not on the
In Shake- father in the dust; thou know’st ‘tis takes place in the church, for although and the others that he was going up to side of God, but of men.”
speare’s Hamlet - common; all that lives must die, pass- our faith forces us to face the reality of Jerusalem and would be killed. Peter Peter probably wanted Jesus to go
there is a line ing through nature to eternity.” death; we still find it hard to talk about responded with what sounds like to Jerusalem, become king, defeat
§ that Hamlet’s To this Hamlet replies, “Aye, death in church. ; anger. : Rome, and then usher in a golden age
JB | mother speaks Madam, it is common.” Oh, we do it at funerals, but most of “This shall never happen to you!” like the days of David, but Jesus had a
SD B| in an attempt to His mother then responds, “Ifitbe, us come to church to talk about life In all likelihood, what Peter was bigger plan. Jesus intended to face
i console her son why seems it so particular with thee?” . rather than death. We don’t want any most upset about was not Jesus’ death, death directly, because death is very
Dr. Jeff Hensley’ Who is grieving Although Gertrude’s remark sets mention of failure, defeat or death at but his own, or at least about the death much personal for all of us, but re-
Pastor over the death of forth rather matter-of-factly and accu- church. In fact, you would get the im- of his dream of what Jesus would demption is equally personal and this
Kings Mountain his father. While rately the truth that death is a reality of = pression from some television preach-. do. Let’s face it; it is much easier to is what Jesus came to bring, Now I
Bapti . Hamlet is look- life, her apparent lack of empathy to- - ers that the Christian Gospel is really follow the victorious warrior-king than don’t like to speak of death any more
ptist Church : A x : This : :
ing dejectedly at ward her son's gr ief 1s striking, forthe about success, prosperity and achieve- itis to follow a suffering servant who than anyone else, but I don’t fear
the ground, his truth is that death is particular to all of ment, chooses to die on a cross, and Peter did ~~ speaking of death, for I know that Jesus
mother Gertrude says, “Do not forever us, It is truly particular or personal and In Matthew 16 Jesus asked his dis- not yet understand what Jesus intended faced it and defeated it on my be-
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