I Can Only Be Me

Scripture(s): Mark 14:58-62

"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.' " Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent. The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You not answer? What [fn] is it that these men are testifying against You?" But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying [fn] to Him, "Are You the [fn] Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN."

Commentary:
We have here Christ’s arraignment, trial, conviction, and condemnation, in the ecclesiastical court, before the great sanhedrim, of which the high priest was president, or judge of the court; the same Caiaphas that had lately adjudged it expedient he should be put to death, guilty or not guilty (Jn. 11:50), and who therefore might justly be excepted against as partial (Henry, 1996).

VI. When he was asked whether he was the Christ, he confessed, and denied not, that he was, v. 61, 62. He asked, Art thou the Son of the Blessed? that is the Son of God? for, as Dr. Hammond observes, the Jews, when they named God, generally added, blessed for ever; and thence the Blessed is the title of God, a peculiar title, and applied to Christ, Rom. 9:5. And for the proof of his being the Son of God, he binds them over to his second coming; "Ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power; that Son of man that now appears so mean and despicable, whom ye see and trample upon (Isa. 53:2, 3), you shall shortly see and tremble before.’’ (Henry, 1996).

Now, one would think that such a word as this which our Lord Jesus seems to have spoken with a grandeur and majesty not agreeable to his present appearance (for through the thickest cloud of his humiliation some rays of glory were still darted forth), should have startled the court, and at least, in the opinion of some of them, should have amounted to a demurrer, or arrest of judgment, and that they should have stayed process till they had considered further of it; when Paul at the bar reasoned of the judgment to come, the judge trembled, and adjourned the trial, Acts 24:25. But these chief priests were so miserably blinded with malice and rage, that, like the horse rushing into the battle, they mocked at fear, and were not affrighted, neither believed they that it was the sound of the trumpet, Job 39:22, 24. And see Job 15:25, 26 (Henry, 1996).

Reflection:
Jesus cannnot lie. Therfore, when we, someone else ask him a question, He will always tell the truth. He will not sugar coat anything that He says. He will always speak the truth in love. It is not in the nature, purpose or character of Jesus, to lie, or to color the truth. We can totally and utterly depend on Him to always be who He says that He is; for He is the way, the truth and the life. He is our example, to be who He has created us to be in His image. The truth of who Jesus is, drove him to his destiny; regardless of the cruelty of calvary. Therefore, He set an example for us to keep moving forward in our purpose. Let us not allow, anyone, or anything, to take our focus off of who we are in Him.

Strong's Concordance Definitions: (Mark 14:62)
Jesus: 2424
Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"
1) Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate
2) Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ
3) Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)
4) Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)
5) Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

I am: 1510
1) to be, to exist, to happen, to be present

and you shall see: 3708
1) to see with the eyes

2) to see with the mind, to perceive, know
3) to see, i.e. become acquainted with by experience, to experience
4) to see, to look to
a) to take heed, beware
b) to care for, pay heed to
5) I was seen, showed myself, appeared

the SON: 5207
2) son of man

a) term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality
b) son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts. In the book of Enoch (2nd Century) it is used of Christ.
c) used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human family, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind. Christ seems to have preferred this to the other Messianic titles, because by its lowliness it was least suited to foster the expectation of an earthly Messiah in royal splendour.

OF MAN: 444
1) a human being, whether male or female

a) generically, to include all human individuals
b) to distinguish man from beings of a different order
1) of animals and plants
2) of from God and Christ
3) of the angels
c) with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin
d) with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity
e) with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul
f) with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God
g) with reference to sex, a male
2) indefinitely, someone, a man, one
3) in the plural, people
4) joined with other words, merchantman

SITTING: 2521
1) to sit down, seat one's self
2) to sit, be seated, of a place occupied
a) to have a fixed abode, to dwell

AT THE RIGHT HAND: 1188
1) the right, the right hand

2) metaph.
a) a place of honour or authority

OF POWER: 1411
1) strength power, ability

a) inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth
b) power for performing miracles
c) moral power and excellence of soul
d) the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth
e) power and resources arising from numbers
f) power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts

AND COMING: 2064
1) to come

a) of persons
1) to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving and of those returning
2) to appear, make one's appearance, come before the public
2) metaph.
a) to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence
b) be established, become known, to come (fall) into or unto
3) to go, to follow one
WITH THE CLOUDS: 3507
1) a cloud

a) used of the cloud which led the Israelites in the wilderness

OF HEAVEN: 3772
1) the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it

a) the universe, the world
b) the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced
c) the sidereal or starry heavens
2) the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings

References:
Blue Letter Bible. "Gospel of Mark 14 - (NASB - New American Standard Bible)." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2010. 15 Mar 2010. http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mar&c=14&t=NASB

Henry, Matthew. "Commentary on Mark 14." . Blue Letter Bible. 1 Mar 1996. 2010. 15 Mar 2010.
http:// www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?
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Higgins, S. (2010). I Can Only Be Me. Devotions for Thought. Higgins Publishing. Http://www.devotionsforthought.blogspot, http://www.higginspublishing.com