Passion Week: Saturday - The "In-Between"
The man who, on Sunday, rode into Jerusalem being hailed as the Messiah and King was now, on Saturday, in the grave…or so it seemed.
Passion Week: Friday - The Beginning of the End
If the beginning of the end wasn’t when Jesus rode into Jerusalem as a king, it most assuredly was when Judas brought a crowd to arrest him. From that point forward Jesus would no longer walk freely throughout the land with his disciples. From here on out he’d be bound, either by chains or by nails to a cross.
Passion Week: Thursday - Our Last Time Together... Like This
For several years Jesus had been with his disciples almost all the time. There was little he did without them.
Passion Week: Wednesday - The Scheme
What do you do with a person who says and does things that invite others to believe that he is not only the king, but God in the form of a human being? If you don’t like his message of kingship and divinity, you come up with a plan to end all this nonsense by getting rid of him.
Passion Week: Tuesday - The Wisdom of Man vs. The Wisdom of God
What happens when someone like Jesus comes into a city being hailed as king, and then goes to the temple demanding things be different? Debates happen.
Passion Week: Monday - God Is the One in Charge
The day after Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem he went to the heart of the city. He went to the temple.
Passion Week: Sunday - The King Is Here
Passover was a week away. Jerusalem was beginning to grow to over 5-times its size. And a “new” king was coming to town.
Passion Week: Behold the Man
In the next few days, churches all over the world will begin to think about, preach on, and celebrate Passion Week. That is, the last week of Jesus’s life on earth (until his return).