Unwavering Resolve “When the time came for Him to be taken up, He set His face resolutely to go to Jerusalem. And He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. But they did not receive Him, because His face was set toward Jerusalem. When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, ‘Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?’ But He turned and rebuked them, and they went on to another village” ( Luke 9:51–56 ). As we meditate on this passage, we desire to receive the lessons that it gives us: (1) First, we meditate on the words, “When the time came for Him to be taken up” (Lk. 9:51). (a) Here, the phrase “when the time came” comes from the Greek word συμπληροῦσθαι ( symplērousthai ), which is the present passive i...