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STEP 5: WEEK 19
Jesus knew that the cross [ though rather than being a cross as tradition states, it may well have been a simple stake or post as this is what the Romans used to crucify their victims] lay ahead of him, yet he 'set his face to go to Jerusalem'. You will find it interesting to follow this trail of references. Luke 9:51-53; 17:11;19:28, 37, 41, 45. Jesus was finally crucified outside the city (Hebrews 13:12-14). THE TEMPLE AND CITY The Temple of Herod was to be destroyed (Luke 21:6) and the city trodden down of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24). 'The stone (Jesus) rejected of the builders' (20:17) is the foundation of God's real House, the Temple the people in whom He will dwell (Ephesians 2:19-22). DAILY NOTES
MONDAY - Luke 19 - the establishment of the Kingdom is future - to be seen when the nobleman who represents Jesus (verses 11-12) returns. TUESDAY - Luke 20 - Jesus quotes Psalm 110 as a reference to himself as God's Son and David's 'Lord' (verses 41-44). WEDNESDAY - Luke 21 - The release of Jerusalem (verse 24) from non-Jewish domination will be accompanied by world wide disasters (verses 25-26) and heralds Christ's return (verse 27) THURSDAY - Luke 22 - Jesus looked forward to sharing bread and wine with his disciples in his Kingdom (verses 16-18). FRIDAY - Luke 23 - The thief (verse 43) believed in the coming Kingdom (verse 42) when the earth will be a 'paradise' (garden). SATURDAY - Luke 24 - Understanding the Old Testament involves seeing Christ through its teaching (verses 25-27, 44-45). The risen Christ still used the Old Testament; essential to true Christianity. |
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