"And he came to Capernaum: and being in the
house he asked them, What was it that ye
disputed among yourselves by the way?

But they held their peace: for by the way
they had disputed among themselves, who
should be the greatest.

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and
saith unto them, If any man desire to be first,
the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

And he took a child, and set him in the midst
of them: and when he had taken him in his
arms, he said unto them,

Whosoever shall receive one of such children
in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever
shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him
that sent me." Mark 9:33-37

Despite the fact that Jesus had explained why
He was going to Jerusalem and it wasn't to
accept the earthly kingdom, but to be rejected
and killed. They still didn't seem to understand.

They couldn't see Him being taken from them.
So they assumed that His words were not to
be taken literally.

They did seem to realize that some profound
development was about to take place in His
ministry, but they were still believing it would
bring in the earthly kingdom they were hoping
for.

The fact that Peter's argument was due to his
love for Jesus, and he thought what he was
saying honored Him.

But actually it was inspired by Satan, and Jesus
had to rebuke him and tell him where it came
from.

Peter, most likely, wasn't convinced and didn't
understand what Jesus was telling him, until
after the resurrection.

It was remarkable that just a few minutes earlier,
Peter had spoken a revelation but had now come
under the influence of Satan and had become his
tool to such that Jesus had to answer him, calling
him Satan.

This shows how some ministers may speak great
truths under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and
yet when human pride or carnal bias comes over
their thinking, they do the works of Satan and
may not be aware of it.

Peter thought he understood and felt it was his
duty to set the Lord straight. Shocked over the
announcement, Peter took Him aside and said,
"Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto
thee."

Jesus knew that Peter was moved by love, but
He recognized the voice of Satan speaking to Him
through Peter and knew a rebuke was necessary
due to the temptation that was before Him.

The natural mind has an
odd way of rejecting
what it doesn't want to
believe. Jesus' words of
His death and resurrection
was like a lightning
bolt to His disciples.
It was foreign to every
idea that they had of His
mission as the Messiah.


The matter of Jesus' resurrection from the dead
was so mysterious that they questioned among
themselves what it could possibly mean (Mark
9:32).

Jesus was very happy to know that the disciples
had recognized who He really was. But even
though they knew that He was the Son of God,
He also knew that they had little concept of the
way His mission to the world was to be carried
out.

He started by trying to change their minds of
their hope of an earthly kingdom. He had already
hinted of the fact that death awaited Him (John
2:19; 3:14) but they had missed the meaning
altogether.

Then He plainly told them what was going to
happen, how that He would be rejected by the
rulers, be killed and would arise on the third day.

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"From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto

his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem,

and suffer many things of the elders and chief

priest and scribes, and be killed, and be raised

again the third day. Then Peter took him, and

began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee,

Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned,

and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:

thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest

not the things that be of God, but those that be

of men". Matthew 16:21-23