Tuesday: The Lesson of the Fig Tree, Temple Controversies (March 31, AD 33) Matt 21:20-25:46; Mark 11:20-13:37; Luke 20:1-21:36 On the following day, Jesus and His disciples pass by the fig tree Jesus had cursed the previous day. When Jesus’ followers notice that the tree had withered, Jesus challenges them to have faith in God;… Read More
Daily Readings for Holy Week: Monday (March 30, AD 33)
Monday: Jesus Curses a Fig Tree, Clears the Temple (March 30, AD 33) Matt 21:12-19; Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48 As Jesus returns to Jerusalem the next morning, He spots a fig tree. Promptly, He curses it due to its failure to bear fruit. In the Old Testament, Israel is often depicted as a fig tree… Read More
Daily Readings for Holy Week: Palm Sunday (March 29, AD 33)
Palm Sunday: Jesus Enters Jerusalem (March 29, AD 33) Matt 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-44; John 12:12-19 After three and a half years of public ministry, Jesus’ messianic activity is now reaching a major climax. As Jesus’ brothers had told Him earlier, anyone who claimed to be the Jewish Messiah must reveal Himself to be… Read More
10 Things You Should Know about Christmas
1. Jesus is the reason for the season. The primary purpose for observing Christmas is remembering Jesus’s birth. At Christmas, we celebrate Jesus’s birthday, not the little drummer boy or Santa Claus! 2. Jesus preexisted with God in the beginning before the world began. Jesus’s birth as a baby in a Bethlehem manger doesn’t mark… Read More
John’s Appropriation of Isaiah’s Signs Theology: Implications for the Structure of John’s Gospel
Abstract: The present article explores John’s distinct use of “signs” as part of his “theological transposition” of the Synoptic Gospels by which John transforms the Synoptic concept of “miracle” into that of “signs” pointing to Jesus’s messianic identity. The article proposes that Isaiah was the source for John’s signs theology by demonstrating significant links between… Read More
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