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.”

Jesus had spoken directly into her spiritual wound, spoken directly into the broken places within her heart.