Isaiah 50:4–9a; Philippians 2:5–11; Luke 19:41–44; Luke 23:33–34a
Jesus hoped his prophetic ministry would turn his people back to God. But in the end, even his best was not good enough (Luke 19:41–44). So he entrusted his fate and his people’s fate to God on the cross. There, praying, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34a), Jesus, the prophet, became the world’s Savior, too.
