Day 81: December 12, 2025 – Luke 19-24

I always remain amazed at the length of chapters that cover the passion of Jesus. The last week of Jesus’ live is given more space than his birth, much more space. It is also given almost as much space as his 30 years of ministry. It should remind us that this passion of Jesus, this last week of his life, where we see him ride into Jerusalem, spend time in the temple, take the Passover with his disciples, and be arrested and killed and rise from the dead, all within the span of a week, is vitally important to understanding who Jesus really is.

The lesson on the resurrection earlier in this reading is not by chance, it is given to us to remind us that the resurrection is not only real, but it is very different from what we think or what we might expect. It is not like what we think it is. Fortunately for us Paul takes a lot more time to describe the perfect body and the being in the presence of God in a way that is not fantastical, but rather mundane. This is to what we look forward in our own resurrection.