To Jerusalem
{ON THE WAY TO JERUSALEM}
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- His Transfiguration - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 9:2-13 - The Transfiguration was the divine confirmation of his status as Messiah and of the necessity for Jesus to suffer death before he received his revealed glory)
- The Disciples Stumped by Unbelief - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 9:14-29 - Unbelief hindered the ability of Jesus to heal and deliver, not any lack of fasting or other ritualistic practices)
- The Meaning of Discipleship - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 9:30-37 - To be the Messiah meant suffering and death for others. To be his disciple means self-sacrificial service to the weak and insignificant)
- Faithful and Unfaithful Disciples - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 9:38-50 - To follow Jesus is to live in conscious service to others, especially to the weak, the powerless, and the persecuted)
- A Question About Divorce - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 10:1-16 - Opponents questioned Jesus about divorce to trap him; however, he used the issue to teach the higher ways of the Kingdom)
- The Young Rich Man - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 10:17-31 - To follow Jesus is to surrender one’s entire life - Past, present, and future - To walk wherever he leads, no questions asked)
- His Imminent Death - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 10:32-34 - Jesus was “on the way” to Jerusalem to suffer arrest, trial, his and execution)
- Greatness in the Kingdom of God - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 10:35-45 - To be a member of the kingdom of God requires a life of self-sacrificial service for others)
- Blind Bar-Timaeus "Saved" along the "Way" - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 10:46-52 - Jesus restored the sight of a blind beggar while “on the way” to his death in the city of Jerusalem)
- The Triumphal Entrance in Jerusalem - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 11:1-11 - At the end of his journey, the destination of Jesus was the Temple in Jerusalem)
- A Barren Fig Tree - The Fruitless Temple - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 11:12-26 - The cursing of a barren fig tree symbolized the coming destruction of the Temple due to the fruitlessness of Israel)
- Confrontations in the Temple - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 11:27-12:40 - Before his final departure from the Temple, several confrontations occurred between Jesus and the religious authorities)
{OLIVET DISCOURSE}
- The Temple Setting of the Olivet Discourse - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 12:41-13:4 - Jesus gave his ‘Olivet Discourse’ after his final departure from the Temple)
- The Geographic Range of the Discourse - {PDF Copy} - (The ‘Olivet Discourse’ presents two key events linked to different geographic contexts – Regional and Global)
- Deceivers and Rumors of War - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 13:5-8 - Jesus warned us not to heed claims by deceivers who pointed to manmade and natural catastrophes as “signs” of a rapidly approaching end)
- Testimony, Mission, Endurance - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 13:9-13 - Jesus warns that persecution will provide the disciples with the opportunity to testify to the nations for him)
- The Abomination of Desolation - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 13:14-21 - When disciples saw the “abomination of desolation standing where it ought not,” they were to flee Jerusalem without delay)
- The Key Sign of the End of the Age - {PDF Copy} - (Matthew 24:14 - Jesus declared, definitively, that the “end” will not come until “this gospel of the kingdom of God is proclaimed to all nations”)
- Three Repeated Warnings - {PDF Copy} - (Three specific warnings were repeated by Jesus in his Olivet Discourse to help his disciples avoid deception)
- Knowing Times and Seasons - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus did not command his disciples to know and calculate the “times and seasons” of his return in glory - Acts 1:6-8)
- Coming on the Clouds of Heaven - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 13:21-27 - The whole earth will witness the “Son of Man” arriving on the clouds to gather his “elect” to himself)
- The Flourishing Fig Tree - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 13:28-29 - The parable of the budding fig tree pointed to the destruction of the Temple predicted by Jesus)
- "This Generation" in the 'Discourse' - {PDF Copy} - (The “generation” contemporary with Jesus would see all the events leading up to the destruction of the Temple – Mark 13:30-31)
{HIS PASSION}
- The Identity of Jesus - Calvary - {PDF Copy} - (Only in his sacrificial death can the identity of Jesus and the nature of his messiahship be understood - Mark 15:29-39)
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Jerusalem - Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash |