Palm Sunday – The

Holy Monday – The

Beginning of the
Program Of The
Gospel of Jesus
Messiah
Christ

Holy Tuesday – The Holy Wednesday –

Pathway Of The The Purging of The
Messiah Servant-Messiah
"Jesus the
Suffering-Messiah" Maundy Thursday –
The Prophesies Of
The Servant-
Good Friday –

Looking at Jesus Messiah

from the Gospel according to Mark

Resurrection
Holy Saturday –
Sunday –
The Purging Of The
Servant - Messiah
Passage – Mark 11:1 to Mark 12:44
Read - Mark 11: 01 - 31
 “From the time the word goes out to restore
and rebuild Jerusalem.” (Daniel 9:25)

GABRIEL’S FORMULA
THE
TRIUMPHAL (7 x 7) + (62 x 7) = 49 + 434 = 483 years.
ENTRY
(or in the solar year: 476 years and 25 days)
“He Will Not Cry
Aloud Or Lift Up His
Voice,
Or Make It Heard In
The Street;”
He Would Not Seek
Out The Crowd
Isaiah 42:2
 HIS IDENTITY
Displaying
Three Aspects
Of The HIS AUTHORITY
Messiah

THE REJECTION
 “Hosanna!” - (Psalm 118:25–26)

FOR NOW, HE COMES - as a Man of Peace –

“riding on a colt” (Zachariah 9:9).

FIRST, THE
ONE DAY HE WILL COME - On a mighty war-
IDENTITY horse (Rev.19:11; Daniel 7:13)

Malachi 3:1-3 : “And the Lord whom you seek

will suddenly come to his temple…”
“Christ’s “triumph” would be the
victory of love over hatred,
truth over error, and
life over death.”
QUOTE: Warren Wiersbe
 THE CURSING OF THE FIG TREE

Mark 11:12- SYMBOLISM:

14 Like Israel in the days of Jesus,
it had the outward form but no fruit.
 THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE

PRESENT STATE: TEMPLE AS THE “DEN OF

Mark 11: 15 - THIEVES”
19 (Isaiah 56:7)

INTENDED TO BE: “House of Prayer”

(Jeremiah 7:11)
 FIG TREE
The condition of Israel on the outside.
(Jer. 8:13; Hos. 9:10; Nah. 3:12)
Mark 11: 12 -
19
CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
The condition of Israel on the inside.
 “Our Lord’s condemning of the tree
and cleansing of the temple
were both symbolic acts that
illustrated the sad spiritual condition
of the nation of Israel.”
Quote: WARREN WIERSBE
 HIS IDENTITY
Displaying
Three Aspects
Of The HIS AUTHORITY
Messiah

THE REJECTION
 Mark 11:27-28.
THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS QUESTION JESUS’
AUTHORITY
SECOND, By asking a question in return, Jesus confronts
JESUS them with two things about God.
SHOWS HIS
“Light received is revelation increased. Light
AUTHORITY rejected, is revelation taken away”
(Mark 4:24)
SECOND, Mark 12:1-12
JESUS PARABLE OF THE TENANTS
SHOWS HIS “Listen to Him”
(Mark 9:7; also Mark 1:11)
AUTHORITY
 “Nothing remains when Christ is refused.
No one else can be sent;
heaven itself contains no further messenger.
If Christ be rejected, hope is rejected.”
QUOTE: SPURGEON
 THE MESSAGE: THE LEADERS ARE REPLACED

Mark 12:10.
SECOND, Jesus quotes from the same Psalm (Psalm
JESUS 118)…
SHOWS HIS That the rejected stone will become the chief
cornerstone
AUTHORITY Psalm 118:22-28
(Acts 4:10-14; Romans 9:33; Ephesians 2:20-
22; 1 Peter 2:7-8; also. Isaiah 28:16)
 Mark 12.13-17
QUESTION #1: ABOUT LOYALTY
A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS Mark 12:18-27
THAT QUESTION #2: ABOUT ETERNITY
FURTHER
Mark Vv.28-34
CLARIFIES
QUESTION #3: ABOUT PRIORITY
HIS
AUTHORITY Mark 12:35-37
QUESTION #4: ABOUT HIS DEITY
 Mark 12: 38-40 - “BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES”

v.38 - BEWARE…because they liked to wear

their long robes.
THE v.38 - BEWARE…because they love greetings.
v.39 - BEWARE…because they loved the best
MESSIAH’S seats in the synagogue and at feasts,
WARNING v.40 - BEWARE…because they devour widows’
houses.
v.40 - BEWARE…because they for a pretense
make long prayers.
v.40b
“THESE WILL RECEIVE A GREATER
CONDEMNATION”

VV. 41-44
THERE IS A GREATER OFFERING
 HIS IDENTITY
Displaying
Three Aspects
Of The HIS AUTHORITY
Messiah

THE REJECTION
THIRD, THE There is implication to rejecting the Messiah
REJECTION
“All others who come after are counterfeit-
Christs.”

THE PRIESTHOOD AFTER THE ORDER OF

MELCHIZEDEK IS NOW HERE
WE HAVE TRAVELLED SO FAR WITH MARK IN
HIS GOSPEL NARRATIVE:
WILL WE…
Trust Him like the Poor widow with everything