Mar 14:51 | KingComments | STEP | When the disciples see that the Lord lets Himself be bound and does not use His power to deliver Himself, they all flee, as He foretold ( ). He goes the way completely alone. We are all at a great distance, as once the people stood at a great distance when the ark entered the Jordan ( ). There is still a young man who wants to follow Him. But the way the Lord goes can only be gone by those who are called to it. One’s own will will always fail. He must go this way alone. He has asked in Gethsemane to pray and keep watch with Him. It did not happen there. Now it doesn’t have to and can’t be done. The further a person dares, without the power of the Holy Spirit, to go on the path where the power of the world and death are, the greater the shame with which a person escapes. If God at least allows the possibility to escape. The young man flees undressed. The “linen” from which the garment is made is also seen in the piece of “linen” in which Joseph of Arimathea wraps the Lord Jesus ( ). It is a shroud. The young man had to leave it behind.

‏ Mark 14:51

All Flee

When the disciples see that the Lord lets Himself be bound and does not use His power to deliver Himself, they all flee, as He foretold (Mk 14:27). He goes the way completely alone. We are all at a great distance, as once the people stood at a great distance when the ark entered the Jordan (Jos 3:3-4).

There is still a young man who wants to follow Him. But the way the Lord goes can only be gone by those who are called to it. One’s own will will always fail. He must go this way alone. He has asked in Gethsemane to pray and keep watch with Him. It did not happen there. Now it doesn’t have to and can’t be done.

The further a person dares, without the power of the Holy Spirit, to go on the path where the power of the world and death are, the greater the shame with which a person escapes. If God at least allows the possibility to escape. The young man flees undressed. The “linen” from which the garment is made is also seen in the piece of “linen” in which Joseph of Arimathea wraps the Lord Jesus (Mk 15:46). It is a shroud. The young man had to leave it behind.