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76. The New Heaven and New Earth

Revelation 21:1-27

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J. Scott Duvall

... s people (e.g., Moses on Mount Sinai in Exod. 19, Ezekiel’s vision in 40:1–2, Isaiah’s prophecy of the coming Jerusalem in Isa. 25:6–26:2, Jesus’s transfiguration in Mark 9:2–13, and Jesus’s apocalyptic discourse on the Mount of Olives in Mark 13). Theologically, Mount Zion (a common Old Testament term for Jerusalem) also contrasts with the seven mountains on which Babylon sits (17:9).2The heavenly city is described here as the “bride” (nymph?—21:2, 9; 22:17) and “wife” (gyn?—19:7 ...

77. The Lord's Supper

Mark 14:12-26

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Larry W. Hurtado

... the consummated kingdom of God. In the translation until that day when I drink it anew, the word anew refers to the joyous situation of the fully realized kingdom of God of the future. 14:26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives: The Passover was concluded usually by the singing of the second part of the Hallel (Pss. 113–118), and this is probably the hymn mentioned here. They went out to a quiet garden lying outside the city wall (14:32), where it would be cooler, for continued ...

78. The Time of Our Visitation

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Leonard Mann

... multitudes who were keeping the Passover. And Jesus came! This is the Palm Sunday scene. Jesus came, riding on a borrowed burro, riding into the city of Jerusalem, and the record paints the scene this way: "As Jesus was drawing near, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen" (Luke 19:37). By this time they had seen many. But their mood of exuberant praise was one the Pharisees did ...

79. “O Absalom, My Son, My Son!”

2 Sam 18:1–19:8

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... dimensions of the event: divine deliverance and divine discipline. 18:33 He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. The description of David’s response to the news of Absalom’s death echoes an earlier scene, when David went up the Mount of Olives, “weeping as he went” (15:30). On that first occasion he mourned because Absalom was threatening his throne and his life. Now ironically he is mourning the death of this one who has threatened him. But perhaps the two events are linked, for David ...

80. Toward the Cross

Luke 19:28-44

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John E. Harnish

Bethpage. Little has changed since the days of Jesus. It still sits perched on the rugged ridge of the Mount of Olives. If you look back down the narrow path, you can see the equally small village of Bethany and the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus where Jesus turned for respite and retreat in preparation for the week ahead. If you look ahead across the narrow valley, you can see the ...

81. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

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James Merritt

... that this story does belong in the Bible, not the least of which, the story rings true to what we know about Jesus Christ and it fits the context of what comes before it and what comes after it. The story goes like this: "But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they ...

82. The Time Is Now!

Luke 24:50-53

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... says the ascension takes place in Bethany, but in Acts 1:12 the same author records that Mount Olivet was the place. Is it really a discrepancy? No. In fact, anyone who has visited the Holy Land soon discovers that if someone is on the Mount of Olives, he can be said to be at Bethany. The two locations are so close in proximity that the two names are used interchangeably, even today. We celebrate Ascension Sunday one day each year on the church calendar. However, we affirm Christ's ascension every time ...

83. God Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

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King Duncan

... in heaven what is yet to be accomplished on earth. Christ is gone, not to forsake us, but to continue to redeem us. He has gone to take charge, to rule, to put all things under his feet." Deus Ascendit. God has ascended. (1) The setting is the Mount of Olives. Jesus has broken bread with his disciples. He has announced to them that soon they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit, and when the Holy Spirit has come upon them, they will be given power to be witnesses for him, not only in Jerusalem, not only ...

84. Jesus Taken Up into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

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David J. Williams

... by Rome itself, and on that basis Luke adopted the program of this verse as a framework for his narrative. 1:9 When these forty days of instruction were over, Jesus was taken up. They had taken the familiar path across the Kidron to the Mount of Olives (cf. v. 12), and somewhere in this vicinity the summit of Jesus’ life was attained. Because the Jews thought of heaven as “above” and earth as “below,” the movement of Jesus from the visible to the invisible world is expressed in terms of his going ...

85. The Messianic Anointing of Jesus

Mark 14:1-11

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Grant R. Osborne

... (followed by Matthew) follows a thematic order, placing it here to contrast the woman’s action with Judas (for the issue of chronology, see the sidebar “Introduction to the Passion and Resurrection”). Bethany was two miles away on the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives, and Jesus was staying there for Passover week (11:1, 11), probably in the home of his close friends and followers Mary (John 12:3 tells us she was the woman), Martha, and Lazarus. We know nothing more about Simon, but the occasion ...

86. Sleeping through a Revolution

Mark 14:32-42

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Donald B. Strobe

... a strange law that the city’s sacred soil might not be polluted with manure for the gardens.” (William Barclay, Daily Study Bible, MARK; Phila: Westminster Press, 1956, p.360) But some rich and well-to-do people owned private gardens out on the Mount of Olives, opposite the Holy City. Evidently Jesus had some wealthy friend who allowed Him the privilege of using the garden as a place of refuge and prayer at night. Jesus wanted His closest friends to be with Him through His time of agony of spirit. That ...

87. The Necessity of Vigilance in Light of the Parousia

Mark 13:32-37

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Grant R. Osborne

... second coming [see below]), and the sayings in verses 32–37 relate to the return of Christ. Interpretive Insights 13:28 lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out . . . summer is near. As William Lane points out, the Mount of Olives had fig trees as well as olive trees, so this is a natural metaphor.1There were two types of fruit: an “early (green) fig” in March/April and the fully ripe fig in May (see on 11:13). Most likely Jesus refers to the early figs with ...

88. Live Spelled Backward

Matthew 26:14-27:66

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... than a conqueror." Yes, Jesus chose Judas to demonstrate that good is ultimately more potent than evil. I can imagine that Jesus selected Judas for at least one other reason. He wanted to teach us how to deal with evil. Come with me to Bethany, on the Mount of Olives. It is the last Thursday Jesus will be the Son of Man. Already the shades of evening are beginning to fall and he stands there in the company of his disciples and looks across Kidron Valley to the city of his destiny, Jerusalem. He looks the ...

89. Cheering Stones

Luke 19:28-44

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Herchel H. Sheets

... ourselves. In Commitment Our cheers, however, must not be mere sounds. Noise is not enough. There must be in them the authentic ring of commitment. Christ heard this ring in some of the shouts which came to his ears as he rode over the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley, and into the city of Jerusalem. Some of the people, naturally, were not cheering from their hearts, but others were. They were presenting their hearts to him, and he welcomed their cheers. Principal James Denney wrote once of hearing ...

90. Jesus Is Tested in Gethsemane

Mark 14:32-42

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Grant R. Osborne

... is set in contrast to the desertion of the disciples and the denials of Peter. Interpretive Insights 14:32 a place called Gethsemane . . . Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” There were several olive orchards on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, and “Gethsemane” means “oil press.” Jesus and his disciples had often come to the “garden” there (John 18:1–2), perhaps to be alone away from the crowds, and it may have been owned by a follower. During Passion week they had ...

91. Singing at the Table

Joel 2:21-29

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John E. Harnish

... and after the washing of feet; after the breaking of bread and the word of betrayal, and just before the prediction of denial and the agony of the Garden; in the looming shadow of the cross, Matthew says, "When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives." (Matthew 26:30) Just imagine…in the light of all that was happening and all that lay ahead, they sang a hymn. For Jesus to be able to sing in this moment…it's incredible. Don't you wish you knew what the hymn was? Perhaps it was the ...

92. Peter, Our Folk Hero

Mark 14:27-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... immediately wanted to grab hold of the situation. “Lord,” he said, “Let’s build three tabernacles here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. We just stay here forever. Impetuous Peter! Now here we are with him out on the Mount of Olives. Jesus had celebrated Passover with them – His last supper – they sang a hymn together and moved toward Gethsemane – out there on the Mt. of Olives, Jesus spoke that shocking word “all of you will fall away.” I can feel with Peter his shock and ...

93. Peace Through Sacrifice

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Alan Bacon Bond

... . Today's step on the Sevenfold Path is the sixth, which suggests that peace comes through sacrifice. First, some biblical perspective. Jesus approached Jerusalem on Palm Sunday from the east. He arrived from Bethany, having come around the southern flank of the Mount of Olives, through the olive grove, such as the one still there on the edge of the Kidron Valley. According to Luke's rendition of the story, it would have been in that vicinity he would have received the enthusiastic greetings from the crowd ...

94. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Raised"

John 20:1-18

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... News which Mary and the Disciple discovered, and the Good News for us, the Good News that brings us here today is: THE TOMB IS EMPTY. There are four places that I know of which some claim to be the tomb of Christ. There is one on the Mount of Olives, the hill directly across from Jerusalem. One author claims that near the place known as Ascension Hill is the real place Jesus was buried. Another claims that there is a tomb in the Garden of Gethsemane, the olive garden where Jesus spent so much time with the ...

95. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

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Leonard Mann

... him, he cried as other babies cry; and you may be certain, too, that, years later, it actually hurt when they drove those large anvil-hammered nails through his hands and feet, and that those were real tears he shed that day when he looked down from the Mount of Olives and beheld the city of Jerusalem and wept over it, and that it was real sweat which fell from his brow that night in the Garden of Gethsemane. Always remember this: When you go forth on your journey, and he says, "I am with you," you may be ...

96. Lent 1

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Betty Lynn Schwab

... ... "Look, your king is coming to you ... mounted on a donkey ...!" (Matthew 21:2-5). Reader 2: During the Festival of Booths, the Old Testament book of the prophet Zechariah was read. This prophet tells of the coming of the Christ or Messiah to the Mount of Olives and of his ride into Jerusalem on a donkey. Reader 1: According to Zechariah, the Messiah would remove the guilt of the people and bring in a new reign of peace with streams of living waters flowing out to all the world from Jerusalem. And in ...

97. Paul Speaks to the Crowd

Acts 21:37--22:21

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... not a negative question, but one that expects a positive answer: “Are you, then, that Egyptian fellow …?” This was the Egyptian of whom Josephus also wrote on two occasions, a “false prophet,” who in about A.D. 54 had led thirty thousand men to the Mount of Olives to make an assault on Jerusalem. The procurator Felix had ordered an attack on the Mount, and the Egyptian had fled, leaving the “majority” of his followers to be either captured or killed (War 2.261–263; see disc. on 23:34 for the ...

98. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

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Larry Powell

... -finding, while George was preoccupied with worship. We are probably safe in assuming that she had gathered in no more of the sermon than the disciples had absorbed in the upper room. Giving In to Our Fatigue Following the meal, Jesus led the disciples to the Mount of Olives. "And when he came to the place he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not enter into temptation’ " (Luke 22:40). Calvary was imminent. He knew it. And yet he did not ask them to pray for him, but for themselves that they might not ...

99. Hope in the Shadows

Mark 13:1-31

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Darrick Acre

... comment on the magnificence of the temple. Jesus turns to them and says there is coming a day when “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down” (v. 2). The disciples and Jesus then journey up to the Mount of Olives, and a small group of disciples—Peter, James, John, and Andrew—gather near to Jesus and say, “Tell us, when will these things happen?” (v. 4). So Jesus tells them. He tells them about nation rising up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom (v. 8 ...

100. The Passover as Eucharist: Jesus’s Body and Blood Given for Us

Mark 14:27-31

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Grant R. Osborne

... scene. The “hymn” was the last part of the Hallel (Pss. 115–118 [see on 14:18]), which concluded the Passover Seder. The apostolic band (minus Judas) then followed Jesus out of the city, across the Kidron Valley, and onto the slopes of the Mount of Olives to spend the night. They did not return to Bethany because for Passover they needed to stay in the environs of Jerusalem, and the mount “fell within the boundaries of greater Jerusalem.”8 14:27 You will all fall away. The discussion in verses ...

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