THE TRIAL AND DENIAL (46 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 14:53-72
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The Trial and Denial (46 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 14:53-72
Let's open our Bibles to Mark 14. Mark 14:53-72 (READ).
Two different people. Two separate trials. Two incredible verdicts. Let's get right to it.
TRIAL #1: THE EXAMINATION OF THE INNOCENT LAMB.
Remember this is the Passover holiday. The temple priests would sacrifice up to a ¼ of a million lambs on behalf the Jews offering an atoning sacrifice for their sins. Each one of those lambs would have been thoroughly examined by the priests to make sure it was spotless, without blemish or defect. Each lamb had to be declared flawless in order to be a sacrifice for the people.
Jesus, the Messiah, is the last and ultimate Lamb of God. All the previous sacrifices were a foreshadowing of the Lamb who would come and end the need for any other sacrifices. But this Lamb, too, had to be examined to ensure His perfection. He had to be spotless to be an acceptable sacrifice.
This trial, though meant for evil by sinful men, is a platform used by God to have the perfection of His Son examined and proclaimed. Look at V53.
V53: ''And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.'' These religious leaders will exam Jesus before He is sacrificed.
This group of priests, elders, and scribes were known as the Sanhedrin. They were 71 leaders that were kind of the Supreme Court of Judaism in Jerusalem. They were to make sure that God's people followed God's Word God's way. Unfortunately, by this time, the Sanhedrin had become morally and spiritually bankrupt and were focused on carrying out their own will rather than God's will.
So after Judas alerts them that the arrest of Jesus is about to take place, the Sanhedrin gather for a makeshift trial. It's important to understand that this trial of Jesus is a complete sham. It wasn't legal according to their own laws. In the Jewish legal system, a person had ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 14:53-72
Let's open our Bibles to Mark 14. Mark 14:53-72 (READ).
Two different people. Two separate trials. Two incredible verdicts. Let's get right to it.
TRIAL #1: THE EXAMINATION OF THE INNOCENT LAMB.
Remember this is the Passover holiday. The temple priests would sacrifice up to a ¼ of a million lambs on behalf the Jews offering an atoning sacrifice for their sins. Each one of those lambs would have been thoroughly examined by the priests to make sure it was spotless, without blemish or defect. Each lamb had to be declared flawless in order to be a sacrifice for the people.
Jesus, the Messiah, is the last and ultimate Lamb of God. All the previous sacrifices were a foreshadowing of the Lamb who would come and end the need for any other sacrifices. But this Lamb, too, had to be examined to ensure His perfection. He had to be spotless to be an acceptable sacrifice.
This trial, though meant for evil by sinful men, is a platform used by God to have the perfection of His Son examined and proclaimed. Look at V53.
V53: ''And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.'' These religious leaders will exam Jesus before He is sacrificed.
This group of priests, elders, and scribes were known as the Sanhedrin. They were 71 leaders that were kind of the Supreme Court of Judaism in Jerusalem. They were to make sure that God's people followed God's Word God's way. Unfortunately, by this time, the Sanhedrin had become morally and spiritually bankrupt and were focused on carrying out their own will rather than God's will.
So after Judas alerts them that the arrest of Jesus is about to take place, the Sanhedrin gather for a makeshift trial. It's important to understand that this trial of Jesus is a complete sham. It wasn't legal according to their own laws. In the Jewish legal system, a person had ...
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