Do you ever have the situation either when you were a kid toward your parents or if you are a parent toward your kids where the kid side of the relationship was like but why is it

like that and then the adult side of the relationship would be like because I'm the mom and

now that was it it was like because of my authority in the situation,

the correct next steps to take are clear and absolute.

And now we're moving forward.

Sort of likewise, but not necessarily likewise in tone, so we see Jesus in this enormously

important commissioning

that he is giving the disciples now that he's come back

from the dead and they've met up in Galilee,

I think probably at the site of the sermon on the mount,

but on some mountain up there in Galilee was

prearranged maybe in Jerusalem Jesus told him exactly which one they're all

there and they're all gathered around and now Jesus is fully aware that they

are doubting that they are struggling they all have questions

about the scale of this enterprise and what is next

surely every last one of them has questions about their own ability to pull this off

and play the role that they need to play and

Jesus is going to hit them with this gigantic commissioning to go and take on a

gigantic task but the reason or the thing out of which the whole

commissioning is going to flow is his authority and it's kind of an odd thing to hit because didn't he just get subjected to the

authority of others all the way to death? I mean pilot is a man in authority and he said, hey, all you underlings go and take this guy and

flog him and then crucify him and they did exactly what they were told.

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