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From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.\u00a0Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, \u201cGod forbid\u00a0it,<\/em>\u00a0Lord! This shall never happen to You.\u201d\u00a0But He turned and said to Peter,\u00a0\u201cGet behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God\u2019s interests, but man\u2019s.\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0(Matthew 16:21-23, NASB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This account is from Apostle Matthew.  He was an eye witness as Jesus began to prepare the disciples for what was about to take place, His arrest, torture, crucifixion, and resurrection.  Other Gospel accounts speak of the apostles’ grief, or their failure to understand.  But Matthew’s story tells of Simon Peter’s “rebuke,” and Jesus’ declaration that Peter was a “stumbling block.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus’ prophecy of His own coming demise must have been hard to understand.  He had been telling the disciples that He was the Son of God.  He had performed miracles and healed the sick and the crippled.  How could the authorities arrest this Man and put Him to death?  And what was this about being “raised up on the third day”?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter to the rescue!  He wouldn’t let the prediction of Jesus’ demise come true.  He, along with the Zebedee brothers, was part of Jesus’ inner circle.  He would be Jesus’ bodyguard.  Jesus would have nothing to worry about.  He would talk some sense into Jesus, straighten Him out.  What could go wrong?  Wait, what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Get Behind Me Satan.”\u00a0 Found at Catholic for Life,\u00a0https:\/\/www.catholicforlife.com\/tag\/get-behind-me-satan\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan?\u00a0 Jesus rebuked Peter’s rebuke by calling him “Satan.”\u00a0 “A stumbling block.”\u00a0 That he was “not setting [his] mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”\u00a0 Many of Israel’s people were looking for a political Messiah Who would expel the Roman occupiers and rule Israel with justice.\u00a0 The disciples, despite all the time they spent with Jesus, didn’t comprehend what this was all about.\u00a0 Jesus didn’t come to the earth He created to free them from Rome, He came to free them from their sins.\u00a0 To do that, He had to go to Jerusalem, and present Himself as the Lamb of God, a sacrifice acceptable to God the Father.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine how Peter felt at Jesus’ rebuke.  Not long before this, during a discussion about Who Jesus is, he had confessed that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  (Matthew 16:16)  Jesus praised him, and was ready to hand him the keys to the kingdom of heaven.  Now the Christ was calling him “Satan”!  Did Peter have a demon?  I don’t know.  Perhaps Jesus was giving him a wake-up call.  After all, He had The Plan, The Big Picture, and He wanted Peter on board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, God had a plan of redemption to bring men and women back to peace with Him.\u00a0 He would eventually send His Son to earth, and He would act as a sacrifice.\u00a0 He would take the punishment we deserve as a substitute for our salvation.\u00a0 We deserve to die for our sins.\u00a0 Jesus paid the price for us.\u00a0 Our part is to accept His sacrifice, and ask Jesus into our hearts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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