The Angelic Health Care Plan.

And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God. (Luke 4:9-12)

During Jesus’ last temptation in the desert, Jesus is offered an Angelic Health Care Plan in which he would be protected from all worldly harm by an army of angels. This same temptation will reoccur during Jesus’ ministry right before his Crucifixion and yet Jesus turns down the offer yet again, but why?

If Jesus would have taken up the offer for a safe passage then he would have missed out on the most important teaching that the desert had to offer; the teaching that at times in this world bad things happen to good people and at times horrific things happen to perfect people like Jesus. The entire desert orated this message as loud as it would be yet we always miss it. Why was Jesus brought out to the desert to be tempted, he did nothing wrong. Why did he thirst and has hunger pains, he seemed to be a hard worker. Why did Jesus die an early death, he wasn’t reckless with his life. This world isn’t safe, not for good people, and especially not for the perfect person. Protection by the angels was unnecessary because the Gospel, the message of Jesus Christ, the reason for life is much greater than being too cautious to jump off a temple, or being radical and reckless with our life to the point we wind up on a cross. Protection by the angels is unnecessary because the Gospel, the message of Jesus Christ, the reason for life is much greater than life itself.

Jesus turned down the jump and the angelic protection. Jesus turned down being cautious and reckless. Jesus turned down death and yet embraced death when it approached him to display, to enact in, to be a part of the Gospel, to be a part of the Love unstoppable and incorruptible.

In the name of the Great Physician who heals the soul and the body,