17. The Triumphal Entry.pptx

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Lesson #17The Triumphal Entry

(Matthew 21: 1 46)


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Lesson #16 began with Discourse #4, the Charge andAuthority of the Church (E) and it continued the heros

journey motif as Jesus left Galilee and headed toward

Jerusalem and the cross (D), his final test.

As the heros journey continued, Jesus probed ever-deeperinto what it means to be the Messiah, the Son of Godfor

him, for his disciples, and by implication, for us.


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In Lesson #17 Jesus and his disciples, followed by a huge crowd,

ascend the old Roman Road from Jericho (900 below sea level) toJerusalem (2,500above sea level).

As he summits the Mount of Olives, Jesus enters Jerusalem on the

most crowded day of the year, the beginning of Passover, A.D. 32

the largest of three annual pilgrimage festivals, during which the

population of Jerusalem swells from 100,000 to 1,000,000 people.

Jesus enters Jerusalem, not as a humble servant, but as a king to

the cheers of thousands: Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is

he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest!

(21: 9). At a time of escalating political tension; at a time ofmounting religious turbulence; at a time of civil terrorismJesus

actions are utterly incendiary.

And then he lights a match.


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Jericho

Mt. of OlivesJerusalem

Old Roman Road

Bethphage/Bethany


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From Jericho the old Roman Road ascends 3,400 feet in elevation to Jerusalem.

Photography by Ana Maria Vargas


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The road clings to the southern wall of the Wadi Qelt.



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Near the top, the 4th-century St. Georges monastery clings to the northern wall.



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Todays view from the top of the Mt. of Olives, with the golden Dome of the Rock,

3rdholiest site in Islam, where the Jewish Temple stood in Jesus day.



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The Temple in Jesus day, as he would have seen it from the Mt. of Olives.

(1.50 scale model of 1st-century Jerusalem, Israel Museum.)



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Palm Sunday road


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Walking down the Palm Sunday road, the path that Jesus walked as he entered

Jerusalem on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden, to the cheers of the crowd.



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To the left (on the way down) is a vast 3,000-year old Jewish cemetery.



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Southern steps of the Temple where the money changers and merchants were

located and where Jesus taught.

Southern Steps


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Dr. Creasy taught on the Southern Steps, too!

(Mt. of Olives at the top left.)

Mt. of Olives


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Caesarea Maritima

Jerusalem


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Giotto. Pontius Pilate, detail from Mocking Christ (fresco), 1305.

Scrovegni Chapel (south wall), Padua, Veneto, Italy.


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Caesarea Maritima, residence of Pontius Pilate

and a portion of the 10thRoman Legion.


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Archaeological remains of Herods palace, residence of Pontius Pilate.


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Remains of the palaces freshwater swimming pool and mosaic flooring.


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Caesarea Maritima

Jerusalem

Joppa


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The Temple in Jesus day.(1.50 scale model of 1st-century Jerusalem, Israel Museum.)


Antonia Fortress

TempleSouthern Steps

Golden GateEastern Wall

Royal Portico


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Pietro Lorenzetti. Jesus Entry into Jerusalem (fresco), 1380.

Basilica of San Francisco de Assisi (southern transept), Assisi Perugia, Italy.


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Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

Fig tree in early spring.


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Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

Fig tree just beginning to bud.


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1. Is there any evidence in Matthew to suggest that

Jesus staged his entry into Jerusalem?

2. What connotations does Jesus, of Nazareth

carry?

3. Given the very public nature of Jesus arrival, what

might the Roman and Jewish authorities have

thought?

4. What did Jesus hope to accomplish by cleansing

the Temple?5. How would you describe Jesus attitude toward

the religious leaders in Jerusalem?


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