Luke 13:31-35

When God gives up on them

Most of us would run from a death threat but Jesus says the cross will be the completion of his work. In terms of Luke’s big question about why some enter the kingdom and some don’t, the door is narrow because it is cross-shaped. Those who think they are ‘first’ are excluded by their self-sufficient pride whereas those seen as ‘last’ can enter because Jesus died in their place.