Monthly Archives: March 2023

Passion Week – Day #2

Posted on March 31, 2023 | Comments Off

John records that the next day following His stay in Bethany, where they had a meal and Mary anointed Him with oil, Yeshua made His way into Jerusalem (John 12:12). Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record that Yeshua came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, and there, He sent two unnamed disciples on to fetch a donkey and her colt that had never been ridden (Matt. 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:28-40). From there, Yeshua rode the colt into town. You know the story. People started laying their cloaks on the ground while others cut branches from the trees (Matt. 21:8), or from the fields (Mark 11:8). Luke only records the cloaks being laid down (Luke 19:36) with no mention of branches. Also, John is the only account to record that it was palm branches that were laid down (John 12:13).

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Tagged cleanse, clearing, cloaks, colt, Hosanna, palm branches, Temple, Triumphal Entry

Passion Week – Day #1

Posted on March 30, 2023 | Comments Off

Since the raising of Lazarus, Yeshua had left the region of Jerusalem because the Sanhedrin had sought to kill Him. Those that had gone to Jerusalem prior to the Passover for the period of cleansing were looking for Yeshua and not finding Him (John 11:55-57). As we saw Wednesday, Yeshua and His disciples had gone to Ephraim and stayed, and then traveled, or stayed, in Jericho on their way back to Jerusalem. John is the only one that records Yeshua going to Bethany first (John 12:1-8) where there was a feast given for Him. Martha helped serve the meal.

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Tagged Bethany, feet, Judas, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, meal, nard, perfume, plot to kill

Passion Week – Day #0

Posted on March 29, 2023 | Comments Off

Passion Week begins with Palm Sunday, this coming Sunday, April 2nd. But a lot that happened leading up to the Triumphal Entry gets overlooked as though it doesn’t have a connection to the crucifixion. For instance, the raising of Lazarus. Is there a connection? Let’s look.

The Messiah returned to Bethany before going into Jerusalem, but He had been gone from Jerusalem for a while. There are a few things to tell about His return that we’ll lump into this post. We’ll call this “day zero.” Wednesday.

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Tagged apologetics, Bethany, blind men, Hanukkah, Jericho, Lazarus, Luke, Matthew, perspective, young ruler, Zacchaeus

What is Passion Week?

Posted on March 28, 2023 | 1 comment

Surely you have heard of Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ.” The title comes from the idea that the Messiah was so passionate about His mission that nothing would stop Him from going to the cross. Passion Week is the cumulation of days during the week of the crucifixion, starting with the Triumphal Entry commonly known as Palm Sunday, and going through until Ressurection Sunday which everyone knows as Easter. But is it really a week long? Or longer? Or is it just a tradition of the Church? We’re going to look at each day leading up to the cross and beyond as it’s recorded in the Gospels. Let’s go.

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Tagged apologetics, challenge, crescent, defense, Easter, Hillel II, month, moon, Palm Sunday, Passover

Is This the New Year?

Posted on March 24, 2023 | 1 comment

Exodus 12:2 “This month will mark the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you.”

In the Exodus story, God tells Moses that THIS MONTH will be the first month of the year. That would seem to indicate that they were keeping a different calendar before this time. Of course, all of the Israelites alive then would have been born and raised as a slave in Egypt, so it would make sense that they followed the Egyptian calendar. And the Egyptian calendar is an interesting one with only three seasons. Actually, they had three calendars each based on the sun, moon, and agricultural seasons, but the beginning of the year may not be what you would expect.

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Tagged Abib, Adam & Eve, animal skins, Babylonian, calendar, Day of Atonement, Egyptian, Garden of Eden, Nisan, seasons, shedding blood, Tishri, year, Yom Kippur