Monday, April 14, 2014

April 14 Devotion (Sample)

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Monday of Holy Week (There is more reading this week and less commentary from me). Allow the teachings of Jesus to speak to you.  Imagine you are in the crowd or among the disciples this week. What emotions do you experience? What range of thoughts and ideas run through your mind?  What ways do Jesus' words challenge you? What ways do the words and story comfort you?)

Read Matthew 21:18-46

Some "within the culture" context to know in better understanding this section:

The fig tree represents the nation of Israel, the Temple institution in particular.

The mountain that Jesus referred to was most likely the Temple mount. The Temple was to be a place of worship and prayer for all the nations.  Soon this Temple (70 AD) would be flattened. Like the fig tree, the mountain/Temple had ceased to be a place of fruit: where people of all nations could come to God.  God had come to man in Christ, and the message of the Gospel was headed to the nations through the new 12 (new Israel, the Apostles).

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