Flipping the Script: The Last Will Be First — July 3 [Description]Overview of Luke 13:22-33:In this passage, Jesus is journeying toward Jerusalem and teaching along the way. Someone asks Him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” Jesus responds not with a number, but with a challenge:“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door…” (v. 24)He emphasizes that entering God’s Kingdom isn’t about casual association with Him or religious activity—it requires personal commitment, urgency, and a humble heart. Many will assume they’re “in” because they’ve heard Him teach or were culturally connected to Him, but He warns that some will be shut out.Jesus flips expectations:“People will come from east and west... and will take their places... Indeed there are those who are last who will be first…” (vv. 29—30)Finally, Jesus laments over Jerusalem’s history of rejecting prophets, yet He remains focused and fearless, pressing on toward His purpose—death in Jerusalem. He is undeterred by threats (like Herod’s), showing us the courage and compassion behind His mission.This passage calls readers to wake up, take Jesus seriously, and follow with urgency and resolve—because the door won’t stay open forever. 365D 184

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Luke 13:22-33 365D 184.1

22 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 365D 184.2

23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, 365D 184.3

24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 365D 184.4

25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ 365D 184.5

26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 365D 184.6

27 But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 365D 184.7

28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 365D 184.8

29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 365D 184.9

30 And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.” 365D 184.10

31 ^{[i]NU In that very hour} On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.” 365D 184.11

32 And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be ^{[j]Resurrected} perfected.’ 365D 184.12

33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. 365D 184.13