End of Jesus Ministry and Entry Into Jerusalem

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• End of Jesus Ministry and Entry Into Jerusalem
• Matthew 2029 2117

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Matthew 171

• Israel in the New Testament

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• Review / Some thoughts that we can take from our
  last classes are
• Weve been discussing, over the last few lessons,
  the Rejection of The King in 2 parts. 1st Part
  was the Revelation
• Jesus revealing details about this Kingdom of
  Heaven and it being realized in the establishment
  of the church.
• Jesus revealing details about the plan in place
  to establish the Kingdom / church upon
  Jerusalem, betrayed, scribes Pharisees rulers,
  suffering, dying, raise up in three days.
• Reveals His reward.
• Reveals His 2nd coming.
• Revealed by certainty by transfiguration on the
  Mountain.
• 2nd Part was the Instruction
• Instruction about their faith.
• Instruction about His death 2nd time
  (1721-22). (1st was 1621)
• Instruction about humility.
• Instruction about causing offence parables.
• Instruction about forgiveness.
• Instruction about divorce.
• Instruction about wealth parables.
• Instruction about His death 3rd time
  (2018-19).
• Instruction about ambition.
• All of this was for the Preparation of the Kings
  Disciples

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End of Jesus Ministry and Entry Into Jerusalem

• The Blind Men Recognize The King Mt 2029-34
• Now at the end of Jesus ministry, and within a
  week of His death, Jesus performs a
• miracle of healing the blind.
• CQ (class question) a. Why would it be easy to
  understand that multitudes would
• be traveling, and why (at this time) would such
  blind men be positioned by the road?
• Consider multitudes would be traveling to
  Jerusalem for Passover.
• Consider the blind men could expect multitudes
  traveling by perhaps
• expect some charity.
• 1st What did the blind men appeal for from Jesus?
  
• Have mercy on us
• What does this reveal about them and their
  faith?
• They had faith in the power that Jesus
  possessed
• 2nd What titles did the blind men attribute to
  Jesus? ___________ ____________
• Lord Son of David (Psa 893-4)
• I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have
  sworn unto David my servant
• Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up
  thy throne to all generations.
• What did they believe about Jesus?
• Supreme Divine Authority
• Messiahship according to the promise made to
  David

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End of Jesus Ministry and Entry Into Jerusalem

• The Blind Men Recognize The King Mt 2029-34
• Now at the end of Jesus ministry, and within a
  week of His death, Jesus
• performs a miracle of healing the blind.
  CONTINUED
• 3rd What did they refuse to do?
  ________________________________
• Refused to hold their peace
• Cried the more krazo means to scream or
  shriek.
• POINT Their opportunity was not going to be
  wasted.
• Thought When we turn our thoughts to Jesus, at
  this very critical time, did we notice how He is
  interacting with the people? Do we truly
  appreciate how compassionate He is?
• Your thoughts to share in class go here
  ____________________
• With His impending death, He was not so
  preoccupied to yet be moved by compassion.
• Rom 915 For he saith to Moses, I will have
  mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have
  compassion on whom I have compassion.
• Journey to Jerusalem began at 171 and is now
  completed at 1934. What Matthew spends 2
  chapters on, Luke spends 10. Again, the wisdom of
  God using supplemental evidence.

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• Jesus Entry Into Jerusalem Mt 211 11
• Prophecy upon prophecy continue to be fulfilled
  with the entry of Jesus into
• Jerusalem. Riding upon an unbroken beast of
  burden symbol of humility and
• royalty / demonstration of authority over the
  animal kingdom. All eyes are on Him
• as He enters and proclamation of a King rings
  through the city.
• 1) What is Zion? _________________________________
  ________________
• A hill of Jerusalem.
• City of David 2 Samuel 57
• Isa 6211 Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto
  the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of
  Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh behold, his
  reward is with him, and his recompense before
  him.
• 2) What would the Lord set on Zion? Psalm 26
  ___________________________
• Psa 26 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy
  hill of Zion.
• 3) What would be established from Zion? Psalm
  1101-2 ____________________
• A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord,
  Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine
  enemies thy footstool.
• Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy
  strength out of Zion Rule thou in the midst of
  thine enemies.
• 4) How does Zechariah 99 fit into 215?
  _________________________________
• Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion shout, O
  daughter of Jerusalem behold, thy king cometh
  unto thee he is just, and having salvation
  lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt
  the foal of an ass.

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• Jesus Entry Into Jerusalem Mt 211 11 CONTINUED
• 5) What does hosanna mean? _______________________
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• Save now! or Save, we beseech thee
• An exclamation of adoration
• 6) What does the title of Son of David imply?
  ____________
• Kingship Messiahship
• CQ b. Blessed be he ...
• That is, blessed be the Messiah. Passage is
  taken from Psa_11825-26.
• 7) What makes this a triumphant entry is the
  praise. What is the significance of the praise
  given to Jesus? i.e. who would be worthy of such
  praise?
• Only the one who has fulfilled the prophecy
  concerning the Son of God, the Sod of David, the
  Messiah.
• One who would be worthy of worship and praise
  God!
• CQ c. what did the multitude answer when all
  the city asked, Who is this?
• this is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of
  Galilee
• This multitude has been with Jesus and heard His
  teachings, listened to
• His parables, watched His discourse with the rich
  young ruler. He spoke
• about the Kingdom of Heaven, the cost of
  discipleship and the reward of
• eternal life. They saw for themselves the
  miraculous power of God!!!

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• Cleansing The Temple Mt 2112 17
• 1Ti 65 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt
  minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that
  gain is godliness from such withdraw thyself.
• Corruption and abuse in the church can come by
  those whose gain is
• godliness. To them godliness is worldly gain.
• 8) For what reason did Jesus go into the temple
  and cast out the moneychangers?
• but ye have made it a den of thieves
• The great redeemer was also a great reformer
  turning away
• ungodliness. Romans 1126
• Isa 567 even them will I bring to my holy
  mountain, and make them joyful in my house of
  prayer their burnt-offerings and their
  sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar for
  my house shall be called a house of prayer for
  all peoples.

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• Cleansing The Temple Mt 2112 17
• Tradition says, that his face shone, and beams of
  light darted from his
• blessed eyes, which astonished these
  market-people, and compelled them to
• yield to his command if so, the scripture was
  fulfilled, Pro_208 (Henry cmnt)
• A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment
  Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
• CQ d. What does Jesus say to justify Himself
  convict them?
• it is written - Quoting Isaiah 567
• True reformation can only take place when the
  focus is on the scriptures.

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• Cleansing The Temple Mt 2112 17
• 9) What had God put in His house?
  ______________________
• 1Ki 93 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard
  thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast
  made before me I have hallowed this house, which
  thou hast built, to put my name there for ever
  and mine eyes and my heart shall be there
  perpetually.
• 1Ki 1136 And unto his son will I give one
  tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp
  alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I
  have chosen me to put my name there.
• Point a spiritually pretentious and irreverent
  attitude will be accountable.
• 10) What does it mean to make His house a den of
  thieves? ________________
• Like those who hide out in the dens and caves and
  lay traps to rob others. It was
• an abuse and perversion of the intended use as
  laid out by God. A quote from
• Jeremiah 711 Is this house, which is called by
  my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?
  Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

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• Cleansing The Temple Mt 2112 17
• 11) What lesson (for today) can we take from this
  teaching with respect to Gods house
• and a den of thieves? ____________________
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• A couple of things
• Reverence and respect for the assembly of our
  worship.
• Personal Detail considering our bodies as the
  temple of God (1 Co 316),
• we each need to ask ourselves How is our temple
  maintained for service?
• 12) Why were the chief priest and scribes
  indignant? _______________________
• For His demonstration of miraculous power. (Acts
  416)
• For the praise given to Him by the children.
• Observations
• 1st He prefers the blind and the lame over the
  buyers and sellers in the temple.
• 2nd He prefers the children over the chief priest
  and scribes.
• 13) How did Jesus silence their objection? (see
  Psalm 82) ___________________
• Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
  established strength,
• Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest
  still the enemy and the
• avenger.
• The chief men are silenced by a scripture that
  applies to them.

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