“The phrase “the finger of God” is a powerful reassurance for us – that if you and I are in the hands of God, then we have nothing to fear. Because in the end, God wins. And, in the end, our all-powerful and loving God shall move His finger and make all things new.”

As Moses, in the first Exodus, led the people of God out of their slavery in Egypt and into the Promised Land, so Jesus will now, in this second and greater Exodus, lead the people of God out of their slavery to sin and death, and into the Promised Land of the Kingdom of God!

In this juxtaposition of the “majesty of God” and the foretelling of Jesus’ death – in the tension between these two seemingly contradictory claims – we find our theme for this Sunday. What exactly is “the majesty of God” revealed to us in Jesus Christ?

For just a moment, they were permitted to peek beneath the veil of His humanity to see the truth and glory of His divinity.

“Jesus calls us to Himself in order that we should be saved by His grace and nurtured in His love.”