Jesus Makes a Statement “His Final Week But Our New Beginning”
Luke 9:51, “As the time approached for Him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.”
Luke 13:22, “Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way to Jerusalem.”
Luke 18:31-33, “Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, ‘We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock Him, insult Him and spit on Him; 33 they will flog Him and kill Him. On the third day He will rise again.’”
Mark 11:15-17, “On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as He taught them, He said, ‘Is it not written: “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations”? But you have made it a den of robbers.’”
- The outer court was for everyone interested in what the Temple represented — which was finding __________________, connecting with ___________.
Luke 5:32 (Msg), “Who needs a doctor, the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out.”
- The essence of Jesus’ moral outrage: They had made it a _____________________________________.
- The outer court is the ______________ of those who are in the inner court.