During Jesus’ ministry there is key phrase that reveals Jesus’
determination. Luke records in 9:51 that Jesus “set his face” to go to
Jerusalem. What is so significant about this? It is clear in all the gospel
accounts that Jesus knew that crucifixion awaited him in Jerusalem. He
tells his disciples several times that he would beaten, humiliated, and
killed when he went there. One one of these occasions Jesus even gets
reprimanded by Peter! (it did not turn out well for Peter). No matter how
much his followers tried to dissuade him, and no matter how much his human…