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Matthew 21

Matthew 21. Significance of Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem. Unity with the kings of Israel Fulfill the prophecy of Zechariah To show he was not a military leader To show humility. How did the people react to his entry? When do we celebrate this in the Church year?

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Matthew 21

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  1. Matthew 21

  2. Significance of Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem • Unity with the kings of Israel • Fulfill the prophecy of Zechariah • To show he was not a military leader • To show humility

  3. How did the people react to his entry? • When do we celebrate this in the Church year? • What part of this passage do we say in mass on a regular basis?

  4. Passover lamb • Taken into Jerusalem at the same time as Jesus coming into Jerusalem

  5. Cleansing the Temple • Cheating • House of prayer for all nations • If you were a Sadducee in charge of the Temple, how would you feel about Jesus?

  6. Parable of the Tenants • Tenants=Jews • Son=Jesus

  7. Kingdom of God (MT 22:1-14) How does Jesus compare Heaven to a Wedding feast?

  8. Greatest Commandment (MT 22:37-39) • Love God • Love neighbor • How does this commandment relate to the 10 Commandments? • Are you better at loving God or loving your neighbor???

  9. Pharisees • Focus on law instead of Love • Practiced exclusion instead of inclusion • How does Jesus feel about them? • If you were a Pharisee, how would you feel about Jesus?

  10. Lament over Jerusalem (MT 23:37-39) • What is meant by Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem? • How does Jerusalem respond?

  11. Apocalyptic literature • A biblical style of writing that was developed during the exile • Gives hope to the persecuted and was highly symbolic

  12. Parousia • The glorious return and appearance of Jesus as judge of the living and dead at the end of time (2nd coming)

  13. Great Tribulation • Generation=40 years • 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem • End of Jewish world (Temple was a microcosm of the world) • Foreshadowed the end of the world

  14. Matthew 25 • 10 Virgins • Talents • Judgment of the nations

  15. Matthew 26 • 30 pieces of silver=price for a slave • Betrayed by Judas Iscariot

  16. Passover • Why do you think Jesus would choose a Passover as his last meal?

  17. 4 cups at a Passover meal • Cup of solemn blessing (followed by bitter herbs that symbolized the bitterness of captivity in Egypt) • Passover story cup (Passover story of Exodus was read, PS 113 sung) • Cup of Blessing (After the main meal eaten) • Cup of Consummation (PS 114-118 sung and the Passover came to its climax when the 4th cup was drunk)

  18. Last Supper • Apostles realized what Jesus meant when he said they would have to eat his body and drink his blood. • After the Last Supper, Jesus and his Apostles went to the Mt. of Olives (Garden of Gethsemane). Judas did not go.

  19. Sanhedrin • Jewish governing council

  20. Caiaphas • High priest

  21. Blasphemy • Jesus is accused of Blasphemy (the crime of profaning God, claiming to be God or have God-like characteristics.)

  22. Peter’s denial • 3 times • Charcoal fire in John’s gospel

  23. Death sentence • Sanhedrin did not have authority to issue a death sentence • Only Rome could issue a death sentence

  24. Matthew 27 27: 1-10. How is Judas’ response to sin different than Peter’s?

  25. Pilate • Governor of Judea

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