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151. A Taste Of Life

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . The events surrounding that night became the acid test of true discipleship. Jesus ate a Passover meal with the twelve disciples, announcing that someone within that inner circle would betray him. After singing a hymn, the whole group went to the Mount of Olives, where Jesus warned that all of them would desert him. As he prayed in Gethsemane, his closest companions fell asleep. Then, while Jesus was still chastising the sleepy disciples, Judas appeared with a gang of thugs, and betrayed the Lord with ...

152. The Agony And The Ecstasy Of The Family

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... resurrection of Jesus. We don't know how it happened. We only know that it happened. We pick up the story in Acts 1:12. The disciples had seen Jesus crucified, resurrected, and ascended. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day's walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot ...

153. Jesus Clears the Temple

Mark 11:12-19

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... . 534–60.) For information on the use of temple imagery in the NT, see NIDNTT, vol. 3, pp. 781–94. Those who were buying and selling: Ancient Jewish evidence indicates that there had been markets for the purchase of sacrificial animals on the Mount of Olives overlooking the temple for some time, under the jurisdiction of the Jewish Council (Sanhedrin). In about A.D. 30 or so, the high priest seems to have authorized the setting up of similar businesses in the temple precincts, and this is possibly what ...

154. Christ Is King

John 12:12-19

Sermon

... . They had no Lincoln Continentals. And the people cried, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel." Notice how Saint John lines up events that immediately preceded Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem from Bethany, around the Mount of Olives. The chapter just ahead of this records the story of the Savior’s kingship over death, the raising of his good friend Lazarus at Bethany, one who had been ill and who had died, whom Jesus summoned from the tomb and freed not only ...

155. Palm Sunday (Prologue)

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... “the salvation of the world depended upon the faltering footsteps of a donkey.” Luke’s account of the Palm Sunday parade begins in Bethany, which was sort of a bedroom community for Jerusalem, located just two miles east of the Holy City, over the Mount of Olives. Bethany is where Jesus usually stayed when in the Jerusalem area, probably at the home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus. On this particular morning, as Jesus started for Jerusalem, He sent a few of His students on ahead to secure for Him a ...

156. Stay in the City

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... we will look at that doctrine using the gospel lesson for this morning, Luke's description of that event. According to Luke, Jesus appeared to his disciples during the forty days following the Resurrection. On the fortieth day he gathered them at the Mount of Olives, told them, "Stay in the city, until you receive power from on high." Then he disappeared into the heavens, he ascended, to be "at the right hand of God the Father." Some people look upon the Ascension as a rather impressive bit of aeronautics ...

157. Josiah Renews the Covenant

2 Kings 23:1-30

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... . 23:13 The Hill of Corruption: It seems likely that this is a deliberate corruption of the name of this hill, analogous to the kind of corruption we find elsewhere in personal names (cf. the discussion in the introduction, note 21). “Mount of Olives” (Hb. har hammišḥâ) has been altered to Hill of Corruption (Hb. har hammašḥîṯ) to express the authors’ distaste for what went on there. “Topheth” in 23:10 (taking the vowels of bōšeṯ, “shame”) is probably another example of the same ...

158. Prophetic Actions—The Temple Condemned and the Fig Tree Cursed

Mark 11:12-19

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... contain images (the god Melkart on one side and an eagle on the other), they were not as offensive as other, Roman coins. One problem was bringing such coins into the temple itself. The Sanhedrin had set up a money exchange on the Mount of Olives, but Caiaphas and the Sadducees had placed one in the temple complex (more convenient to travelers) in direct competition. The mercenary nature of this was obvious, and many felt with Jesus that this desecrated the temple. There was also great need for sacrificial ...

159. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

George Bass

... small band of the disciples who proclaimed Jesus' claim to the crown of Israel. Without their quoting of scripture, the so-called "triumphal entrance" of Jesus would have been quite silent. Luke's story emphasizes: "As he was now 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, saying, 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the ...

160. On Doing Beautiful Things

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ’ “triumphal entry” into the Holy City on that first Palm Sunday and His arrest, it is believed that Jesus spent His evenings among His friends in Bethany, which was sort of a “bedroom community” for Jerusalem, located about two miles East, just over the Mount of Olives ridge. One of these evenings as He was dining with His disciples in the house of a man named Simon, a woman entered the room with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus’ head. The identity of the woman ...

161. Christmas Is Out of Control

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

John Jamison

... made a comment about how grand the temple building was. Jesus turned to him and said: “Truly I say to you, there will not be one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” He then walked down the path, across the Kidron stream, and up the Mount of Olives to the place they were staying. As they walked, Jesus tried to explain more about what was going to happen. Can you see Simon’s face now? In my mind, he keeps looking behind them to see if anyone was following them. His hand was on his sword ...

162. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... feel but are unable to put into grammatical sentences. This morning we celebrate Palm Sunday. It is the sabbath day when we celebrate the joyful entry of Jesus into the city of Jerusalem through the east gate as he came down from the Mount of Olives. Sitting in the pews before me is a worshiping congregation that spans the ages from toddlers to octogenarians. But, on this sabbath day every person of every generation has something in common — we share in the same Palm Sunday experience. As we participated ...

163. A Bethany Blessing

Luke 24:44-53

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... this event, still in Bethany, Jesus begins his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. Maybe the donkey belonged to Lazarus, who knows. But Jesus initiated the very first Palm Sunday parade there in Bethany. He made the ride down Palm Sunday road on the Mount of Olives which ended with His entrance into the Temple. We know that was the first step toward his betrayal, arrest and crucifixion. So many significant events took place in Jerusalem. And so many of those events either took place or had their beginnings ...

164. About Donkeys and True Greatness

Mark 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” And that is exactly what happened. As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why ...

165. From Deep Unto Deep

Luke 22:14--23:56

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... route from where they were having that last meal to the prayer garden was and still is a simple one. Take any gate on the south side of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem; follow the Jericho Road across the Kidron Valley to the Mount of Olives. The Garden of Gethsemane is partway up the steep hill. Jesus’ experience in the quiet garden of prayer was marked by anguish. Those trusted apostles had the attention spans of small children. They lost interest and fell asleep. How disappointed Jesus was in them ...

166. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 2

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... Use pages 10-11. 7. A CHORAL SELECTION DEPICTING THE BETRAYAL - Choir Peterson, John W., "No Greater Love." Grand Rapids, Michigan: Singspiration Inc., Zondervan Publishing House, 1958. Use pages 42-44. 9. A CHORAL SELECTION DEPICTING THE MOUNT OF OLIVES SETTING - Choir Peterson, John W., "Hail Glorious King!" An Easter Cantata. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Singspiration Inc., Zondervan Publishing House, 1964. Use pages 19-20, ladies only. 12. THE PROCESSIONAL AND CRUCIFIXION - Choir and Drama "Weary Marching Up ...

167. Ten Days of Prayer

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... into a tremendously powerful force in the world. What did the disciples do during those ten days as they awaited the gift of the Spirit? The writer of the book of Acts tells us: “Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and ...

168. A Good-bye Topping All Others

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... a reasonable expectation. The long-suffering Christ paid the price and continues to pay it from his heavenly throne. There was confirmation that we were witnesses. We are led through his concise statement and then taken as far as Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, about two miles east of Jerusalem. His Word was spread among them and hopefully heard by most of his disciples. Soon they would receive power from on high. After all was prepared, the ascension occurred. Those who were present at these singular ...

169. OUR LORD FORSAKEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... to have heard of the things that had happened in Bethany, how Lazarus, dead and buried four long days, had been released from the tomb. And the crowds waited in excitement for the Lord’s coming. John remembered how, as they neared Jerusalem, as they stood on the Mount of Olives, Jesus had sent two of the disciples into a small village, saying, "There you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him and bring him. And if any one say to you, Why do you do this? Say to him, the Lord has ...

170. Confusion Over a Questioned Book

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... ? I don't know and I don't feel the need to know. Will that mean a golden age? I don't know and I don't feel the need to know. Is that not precisely what Jesus is saying to his disciples as they sat there on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Kidron Valley and the walls of the temple? "You don't need to know these things and don't bother about them. Your concerns will be much more immediate - your discipleship and your witnessing." What is the nature of that discipleship and witnessing? For Daniel, as you ...

171. The Passion of Our Lord

2 Corinthians 5:21

Sermon

... His love for us, we will hopefully realize more deeply the love that God has for us, for you and for me. Let us begin: His agony in the Garden The physical Passion of Our Lord begins in the Garden of Gethsemane, the place called the Mount of Olives. St. Luke, a physician, the writer of the third gospel, reports this: that Our Lord sweated drops of blood. "And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and His sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the ground." On different occasions Our Lord ...

172. Ascension

Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 110:1-7, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, 2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... ascension - but without a fiery chariot - to heaven. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Luke 24:44-53 (L, C); 24:46-53 (RC); 46:49-53 (E) and 2 Kings 2:1-15 (E) - "Jesus, Where's Your Chariot?" Years ago, I saw a little building near the summit of the Mount of Olives, which housed a sacred stone within it. That was supposed to be the spot from which Jesus ascended into heaven; the stone has an indentation in the top of it, which, it is claimed, was made when Jesus "took off" into the heavens. It suggests that Jesus exerted ...

173. The Passover Meal Of The Last Supper

Mark 14:12-26

Bulletin Aid

... , grant us your peace. 4. This is the night of feasting and sorrow, Night of betrayal, night of despair. Table to garden, waiting the morrow, Lone and forsaken, cross waiting there. Amen. Benediction L: "And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives (Mark 14:26)." On that first Maundy Thursday, the disciples went from the table to the cross. It is the cross which has brought us to this table tonight. Our Passover meal has ended, and we are called again to follow our Lord. Follow in ...

174. Jesus, the Suffering Messiah

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... will betray me, one who is eating with me!" They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?" (Mark 14:18-19). Not one of them was above suspicion! After the supper, Jesus went with his disciples to the Mount of Olives. "And Jesus said to them, ‘You will all fall away ...’ " (Mark 14:27). The disciples were not above suspicion for a simple reason. Jesus knew that they would all betray him. Peter, of course, the leader, denied it with vigor. " ‘Even though they all fall away ...

175. Paul in Chains

Acts 21:27-36

Sermon Aid

CSS

... that came to the Roman tribune was that the riot had been started by "The Egyptian," a zealot who shortly before this had goaded the Jews into an abortive rebellion against the Romans. He had led 4,000 "Assassins" to a rally on the Mount of Olives, promising them that the walls of the city would fall down at his command. Roman forces moved in and dispersed the crowd with much bloodshed. The "Assassins" were the extreme right wing of the zealots, terrorists who advocated violent resistance to Roman rule ...

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