SLIDE: Resurrection Rumors

 

Our journey towards Easter begins

 

Resurrection

 

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7-8pm.  Wednesday night SHARE YOUR STORY – EVANGELISM

 

Christmas 2xs – EASTER 4xs

½ the gospel – “going to Jerusalem” – Jesus

 

 

“Resurrection Rumors”

 

SLIDE: Cambridge Dictionary:

An unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented and quickly spreads from person to person

 

Jews and Resurrection

Traditional Jews believe that during the Messianic Age, the temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem, the Jewish people ingathered from the far corners of the earth and the bodies of the dead will be brought back to life and reunited with their souls.

 

The Mishnah states that those who don’t believe in resurrection “have no share in the world to come.”  A prayer recited 3xs daily  by traditional Jews includes a blessing praising God as the resurrector of the dead.

 

Sadducees vs Pharisees

GOSPEL OF MARK – reading in a year

Matthew 16:13

SLIDE: Mark 8:27-33 Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

²⁷ Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

²⁸ They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹ “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

³⁰ Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

Jesus Predicts His Death

³¹ He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

³³ But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

 

“around Caesarea Philippi”

The water cave –  head waters to the Jordan river

Spirits access to our world.

Gates of Hades – gates of hell

Matthew 16: ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷ Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. ¹⁸ And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the “gates of Hades” will not overcome it.

 

The temple of Augustus, the temple of Zeus,  Court of Nemesis – the goddess of revenge, Several  temples to the god goat pan

 

SLIDES: PICTURES – 3 Cave – grotto and  grotto  

 

Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

 

Messiah – Hebrew to Greek – Cristos – Romanized Christ

Jesus – Christ = a title or an office

 

³⁰ Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

Jesus Predicts His Death

³¹ He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

³³ But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

 

8 / 16 chapters:  Talk of his death burial and resurrection

 

³² He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

³³ But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

 

“You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

 

SLIDE: Daniel 7:13-14  Son of Man

¹³ “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,  coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.¹⁴ He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

 

14xs – son of Man

I must be crucified and then I will rise from the dead

SLIDE: Mark 9:2-15 The Transfiguration

² After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. ³ His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. ⁴ And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. …

⁹ As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰ They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

 

 

SLIDE: Mark 9:30-32  Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time

³⁰ They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, ³¹ because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” ³² But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

Cannot hear what is being said –

 

SLIDE: Mark 10: 32  Jesus speaks of his resurrection again

They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,34who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”

COMPASS TOWARDS JERUSALEM – TO DIE

SLIDE: Mark 14:27-29  Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

²⁷ “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

²⁸ But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”²⁹ Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”

SLIDE: Matthew 27: The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. ⁶³ “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ ⁶⁴ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

EVERYONE KNEW JESUS SAID – 3^RD DAY!

 

SLIDE: Luke 24:5-8 The Women at the tomb

In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ⁷ ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” ⁸ Then they remembered his words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLIDE: FEET TO YOUR FAITH

 

 

1. Jesus “Christ”- means Messiah
2. Christ – means resurrection
3. ½ of each Gospel focuses on resurrection
4. Easter is all about resurrection
5. Easter is the point – not Christmas