"We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, (Mark 10:39)
The sentence with ‘the cup and the baptism’ continues here. James and John answered that they could drink the cup Jesus drinks and be baptized with the baptism Jesus would be baptized with. Agreed with their answer, Jesus said, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.”
Just prior to this, Jesus said that James and John did not know what they were asking for. Then now he accepted their answer as it was. Is there not a contradiction between his former word and the present one? It is not. James and John surely did not know what the meaning of Jesus’ life was. However, eventually they went the way of the disciples. They were finally martyred.
Though other disciples were also ordinary people like James and John who did not know what they were asking for, later they became great people of destiny drawn into vortex of a certain powerful history. The answer to drink Jesus’ cup was an empty words but unknowingly it became a reality in their destiny.
Isn’t it a mystery of history that an insignificant incident changes into a great incident which man cannot perceive it before hand? It means history is proceeding not by a mechanical development but by an intervention of accident. An eventuality is God’s power. The destiny of a personal, nation and even of a species called human can be framed by such power.
How will our destiny be? Will it be going well according to our plan? How shall be our destiny after death? What do we anticipate and plan for this? There is no other choice except entrusting our destiny on Jesus. Lord, have mercy on me.
The sentence with ‘the cup and the baptism’ continues here. James and John answered that they could drink the cup Jesus drinks and be baptized with the baptism Jesus would be baptized with. Agreed with their answer, Jesus said, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.”
Just prior to this, Jesus said that James and John did not know what they were asking for. Then now he accepted their answer as it was. Is there not a contradiction between his former word and the present one? It is not. James and John surely did not know what the meaning of Jesus’ life was. However, eventually they went the way of the disciples. They were finally martyred.
Though other disciples were also ordinary people like James and John who did not know what they were asking for, later they became great people of destiny drawn into vortex of a certain powerful history. The answer to drink Jesus’ cup was an empty words but unknowingly it became a reality in their destiny.
Isn’t it a mystery of history that an insignificant incident changes into a great incident which man cannot perceive it before hand? It means history is proceeding not by a mechanical development but by an intervention of accident. An eventuality is God’s power. The destiny of a personal, nation and even of a species called human can be framed by such power.
How will our destiny be? Will it be going well according to our plan? How shall be our destiny after death? What do we anticipate and plan for this? There is no other choice except entrusting our destiny on Jesus. Lord, have mercy on me.
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