We enter Passion Week. Sunday includes the triumphal entry as the Servant King and retirement to Bethany (11:1-11). Tuesday sees Jesus curse the fig tree and cleanse the Temple (11:12-19). Wednesday Jesus returns to the Temple. He and the disciples pass the withered fig tree. God's covenant curses hang over Israel. Forgiveness is a high mountain to climb. You must have faith in God (11:20-26). Jesus counters the challenge to His authority to cleanse the Temple (11:27-33). He retells the parable of the vineyard (Isaiah 5) and quoting Psalm 118 He charges the religious establishment of rejecting 'the chief corner stone' infuriating His detractors (12:1-12). Jesus shows Himself to be greater the Solomon by answering a trick tax question and countering the Sadducees attempt to use of the Law to disprove the resurrection (12:13-27). He affirms the status of a Scribe as close to the Kingdom and presents Himself as Lord and King in Psalm 110 (12:28-37). Who is this Jesus? He is the King rejected by His own who presents Himself to us as our King and Lord and master.
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Denny Prutow grew up in southern New Jersey. After high school and one year at the University of Delaware, he attended the US Military Academy at West Point. After graduating in 1963, his first tour of duty was in South Korea where he came to faith in Christ through the ministry...