And, He LIVES ever to intercede for those of us who embrace Him! VICTORY IN JESUS!

He said to His disciples, ‘You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.’

“Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him. But they said, ‘Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people’” (Matthew 26:1-5).

The religious leaders--jealous, afraid, and intimidated by Your presence and power among the people--conspired to arrest You and kill You. Moved by a spirit directing their thoughts and passions and decisions, they planned out their timing in calculated evil. But they didn’t know their calculated evil was also predestined for good--for the greatest good and most powerful event of human history in Your crucifixion and resurrection.

“None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:8).

Though their choices were real and their decisions were evil, You’ve always known every choice that would ever be made and every evil decision that would ever be acted out. In the power of Your sovereignty and the wisdom of heaven, You would turn their evil into Your good, like You always do (Genesis 50:20). You would redeem their actions and cause all things--even evil things--to “work together for good for those who love (You), who are called according to (Your) purpose” (Romans 8:28).

Happy Easter