Mark 8:31-33
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Jesus was telling His followers plainly that He must be killed to rise again, but Satan kept fighting to stop the inevitable by moving Peter to deny God's work, no matter his personal loss of his Master. The things of God outweigh the desires of man - whether comfort, friendship, acceptance, or any other good (but self satisfying above God's glory) thing. His ways and thought are not ours, and by faith we must accept and wait as we patiently seek the reason while it is out of reach.
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