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Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD
Jesus begins His trek to Golgatha. Once there, he will be nailed to the cross, crucified that we might be reconciled to our Creator and have eternal life. #Easter2023, 13/42
It’s Friday
It’s FridayJesus is prayingPeter’s a sleepingJudas is betrayingBut Sunday’s comin’ It’s FridayPilate’s strugglingThe council is conspiringThe crowd is vilifyingThey don’t even knowThat Sunday’s comin’ It’s FridayThe disciples are runningLike sheep without a...
The Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ (Note 1) describes the eighteen odd hours from when Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane (“… yet not as I will, but as You will”) until His death on the cross. During these hours Jesus is arrested, abandoned, tortured, tried, sentenced to...
Passover Circa 33 AD: Hallel
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new...
Passover, Jerusalem, 33 AD: A Drama in Three Acts
Act 1 - Dinner Reservations, The Last Supper Jesus knows His time as Son of Man on earth is nearing an end. It is time for the Passover. He instructs His disciples to prepare the Passover meal. "On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came...
Let’s Make a Deal: The Betrayal
Passover was approaching. The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people's reaction. Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, and he went to the leading priests...
Tuesday, Jerusalem, The Temple and Environs
It is Passion Week. Tuesday finds Jesus continuing to teach and heal. By Whose Authority? When He had returned to the Temple and was teaching, the chief priests and other Jewish leaders came up to Him and demanded to know by whose authority He had thrown out the...
Things Are Heating Up
In this final week before Passover, Jesus went to the temple every day to teach and heal. He knew that the time available for his earthly mission was running short. And His human patience was also running short. We witness an example of righteous anger. On Monday...
Palm Sunday: The King Comes to Jerusalem
As Jesus approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If...
Palm Sunday: The Beginning Of The End
This, then, is Palm Sunday, the beginning of the final week of Jesus’s ministry on earth, and the day of His triumphant entry into Jerusalem. It was Passover week. Multitudes were arriving in Jerusalem for the Passover celebration. The significance of the timing will...
Anointed
Saturday. Jerusalem. Circa 33 AD. Passover was near and the Jewish people were on their annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Jesus, too, neared the city. But His Jerusalem was to be unlike any other. Along the way Jesus and His apostles stop in Bethany to visit long time...
God’s Justice And Mercy Meet At The Cross
Tomorrow we rejoin Jesus on his journey to Jerusalem. To a Passover that would be unlike any other. In the greatest love-story of all time. We head to the cross. #Easter2023
Conversations With God
Our whole Christian life depends on an unceasing conversation between God and us through Scripture and Revealed Truth. And between us and God through prayer, where we resist becoming so fixated on what we want to say that we fail to quiet ourselves and allow space for...
Falling Short
When (not if) we sin and fall short, the first step in returning to right relationship with God is to acknowledge our sin before Him. We are often unwilling to admit our sin to God because we refuse to admit it to ourselves. If we are truly surrendered, it is easier...
The Penalty Of Sin
The penalty of sin is that little by little you get used to it, until you finally come to the place where you no longer even realize that it is sin.
Life And Sports: A Metaphor For Monday
For when the One Great Scorer comesTo write against your name,He marks-not that you won or lostBut how you played the game. (Note 1) Hugh Hewitt is a nationally syndicated talk show host, and an attorney, academic, and author. He is nominally conservative. And he is...
The Greatest Love-Story Of All Time
Last week we began our Easter 2023 series "The Greatest Love-Story Of All Time" as Jesus turned his face to Jerusalem and Passover: As the time drew near for His return to heaven, Jesus moved steadily onward toward Jerusalem with an iron will. Luke 9:51 TLB As we meet...
Peace
Peace is not being where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It is being in the midst of these things and still being calm in your heart. @nickygumbel
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