WHEN JESUS COMES TO TOWN (18 OF 31)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: John 12:12-19
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When Jesus Comes to Town (18 of 31)
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
John 12:12-19
Please turn to John 12. As a church, we’ve been in a series for some time now, looking at the life and ministry of Jesus. Our desire is to meet Him, learn from Him, then by taking these first two steps, we would begin to trust and believe in Him with greater focus and faithfulness. John 12 is kind of the pivot point of the entire Gospel. The first 11 chapters are dedicated to the last three and a half years of Jesus’ life and ministry here on earth. As chapter 12 opens with the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, John begins to slow down his narrative. It’s as if he’s aware that the culmination of Christ’s life-His death, burial, and resurrection-are coming soon. Therefore, the next ten chapters don’t span years, months or even weeks; they actually span just days. Then in the final chapter of John we learn about the 40 days that followed Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. It’s not that the other things John covered in the earlier chapters weren’t important. but clearly John wanted us to focus with greater intensity on what he puts into the last chapters of his Gospel.
Once again, we find Jesus in Jerusalem. This wasn’t the first time He was there; it’s the fourth or fifth visit John tells us about. Nor is this the first festival John records that Jesus was part of. However, this is the crème de la crème festival, the Passover, the pinnacle of the Jewish calendar. This is the celebration of God’s deliverance of His people from their captivity in Egypt. It commemorates the time God allowed His death angel to pass over the homes of the Jewish people because of sacrificial lambs. In the springtime of every year, the people of God dedicated this festival in memory of that deliverance. As a result, tons of people came to Jerusalem. Most scholars believe over a half million people attended the festival the year Jesus was there. The first century historian, Josephus, t ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
John 12:12-19
Please turn to John 12. As a church, we’ve been in a series for some time now, looking at the life and ministry of Jesus. Our desire is to meet Him, learn from Him, then by taking these first two steps, we would begin to trust and believe in Him with greater focus and faithfulness. John 12 is kind of the pivot point of the entire Gospel. The first 11 chapters are dedicated to the last three and a half years of Jesus’ life and ministry here on earth. As chapter 12 opens with the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, John begins to slow down his narrative. It’s as if he’s aware that the culmination of Christ’s life-His death, burial, and resurrection-are coming soon. Therefore, the next ten chapters don’t span years, months or even weeks; they actually span just days. Then in the final chapter of John we learn about the 40 days that followed Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. It’s not that the other things John covered in the earlier chapters weren’t important. but clearly John wanted us to focus with greater intensity on what he puts into the last chapters of his Gospel.
Once again, we find Jesus in Jerusalem. This wasn’t the first time He was there; it’s the fourth or fifth visit John tells us about. Nor is this the first festival John records that Jesus was part of. However, this is the crème de la crème festival, the Passover, the pinnacle of the Jewish calendar. This is the celebration of God’s deliverance of His people from their captivity in Egypt. It commemorates the time God allowed His death angel to pass over the homes of the Jewish people because of sacrificial lambs. In the springtime of every year, the people of God dedicated this festival in memory of that deliverance. As a result, tons of people came to Jerusalem. Most scholars believe over a half million people attended the festival the year Jesus was there. The first century historian, Josephus, t ...
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