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Reflections on Holy Week |
Reflections on Holy Week
Zechariah 9:9
The triumphant entry of Jesus riding into Jerusalem was predicted by the prophet Zechariah more than 500 years before it happened. This
and many other prophecies come to life in the New Testament especially during this week.
The week before Easter is known as Holy Week and it also brings the Lent season to close. This was the most intensive week in the life of
our Savior Jesus Christ.
On Palm Sunday, it began with a marvelous praise-filled entrance into the city of Jerusalem. Jesus riding into
the city on a donkey is symbolic of peace. The people spread their coats and palm branches along the road for Jesus and shout "Hosanna."
The Jewish people have not had a king in many, many years and they are jubilant about the "Messiah" who enters the city. The people were
correct to recognize Jesus as a king, but they failed to recognize that his kingdom was in heaven.
As the week continues, Passover begins and Jesus meets with the 12 men who have been by his side for three years. One of these men would
betray him in a few hours. During the supper, Jesus talks about a new covenant. He establishes the first holy communion and asks us to do
it often in "remembrance of him."
As His imminent death draws near, Jesus goes off to the Garden of Gethsemane. His human side agonizes over the task he must endure for
humanity. It states his agony was so great that his "sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. (Luke 22:43)." Yet the power of
the Holy Spirit encouraged him..."Yet not as I will, but as you will."
His betrayer kisses him as he steps from the Garden. Jesus is arrested and taken away by the soldiers. His followers run and leave
him. Peter denies the same man he called the "Son of God" not once, not twice, but three times. Jesus is slandered before the Sanhedrin,
beaten, spit upon and a crown of thorns is added to his head. The same people who praised him as he entered Jerusalem, now demand his
death. The coward Pilate did nothing but wash his hands in a bowl of water.
That old rugged cross ... nails through the wrists...nails through the feet...placed between two criminals under the hot rays of the
sun...blood drips down his face from the wounds caused by the crowned thorn...he promises the thief beside him entrance into the kingdom...
his pain and agony is watched by many...insults are hurled at him.. God has turned his back..."My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?"...he thirsts..."It is finished!"
This week spend time reflecting on the most intensive week in Jesus Christ's life. Do you know He went through this for you and me?
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tyora Moody is the creator of the Faithwebbin Network. Feel free to use the above study for your personal or group bible study. For
permission to use the Edibles for the Soul above in a publication, please contact her at
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Scripture used from the New International Version Bible (NIV) and New King James Version (NKJV).
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