Awake Us Now

This teaching is from Matthew 26:1-28.

As we come to these final chapters of Matthew we are exploring the final days of Jesus' ministry on earth; His time with the disciples, His suffering, His death, His resurrection. These are days that truly have changed the world and that's not hyperbole - it's fact.

In today's reading - Jesus tells the disciples yet again of His coming crucifixion. He continues to let them know what's coming and what's ahead so that when it happens they will remember He had told them these things and they can then begin to put the pieces together.

In verses 3-5 we read of the chief priests and elders scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill Him. But they decide to wait until after the Passover festival is over to avoid rioting by the crowds that are in Jerusalem during the festival time frame. BUT something happens to change their minds from that decision to a decision of "let's do it now!"

It is no coincidence the timing of what's coming for Jesus in the timing of the Passover Festival.

The day before Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem - what we call Palm Sunday - Jesus is at a dinner at Simon the Leper's home. While Jesus is dining, Mary pours perfume on Jesus' head. When the disciples call it a waste of money that could have gone to the poor, Jesus says, "When she poured this perfume on my head and body, she did it to prepare me for burial." Yet another way of letting the disciples know what's to come.

Next we read about the reason the Chief Priests change their minds to arresting Jesus earlier than originally planned. Judas, one of the disciples, comes to them and asks what they would give him for delivering Jesus one to them. He was given 30 pieces of silver and then began to watch for the opportune time to hand Jesus to them.

As the day for the Passover meal approaches, the disciples ask Jesus where He wants to make preparations to eat the meal. They gather around the table of an upper room for the Passover meal at the place the disciples had secured according to Jesus' directions. During the meal, Jesus mentions more clues of what is to come, "My appointed time is near."

During the dinner Jesus announces, "Truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me" and gives a harsh word of judgement.

As the Passover meal continues, Jesus institutes the "Lord's Supper" as a New Covenant. He takes the bread and wine of the Passover meal and reveals Himself as the Passover Lamb, the body (bread) and blood (wine) of the Passover Lamb meal.

There are multiple correlations between the Passover Festival activities and activities of Jesus during His last week on earth.

Jesus is the perfect, unblemished Lamb of God.

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This teaching is from Matthew 25:31-46 with a review of Matthew 24:3, 30-31 with 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

Pastor Dodge opens on the topic of the "Rapture?" Yes, he adds the "?" as his purpose is to plant in our minds' questions that need to be addressed around the topic of the rapture.

The word rapture is not used in the New Testament, but Pastor takes a look at the teaching in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 in the light of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 24:3, 30-31.

Many believers hold to a quiet, unannounced, silent rapture that's only noticed after people have disappeared and that happens before the tribulation.

The Rapture is a young teaching going back to the 1830s by John Darby who brought forth the teaching of the a Pre-Tribulational Rapture.

Pastor believes in a rapture - but does not believe it will be silent or unseen, nor does he believe it will take place before Jesus' final appearing. Why? He bases his view on scripture and draws a comparison between the two sets of verses using some of the original Greek words to impart additional insight that shows both are talking about the same day - the final coming of Christ. - Not a quiet or unobserved coming but rather something all will see and hear. (Take a listen to the teaching for further insight by going to the link below.)

Pastor then moves on with our progression through the book of Matthew by exploring Matthew 25:31-46 - the Parable of the Sheep and Goats.

Pastor shares a personal story that taught him the difference between sheep and goats. There are physical differences like sheep graze, eating grass and goats are browsers, eating anything and everything. Sheep tails go down, goat tails go up. But there are other significant differences: Goats butt heads to gain control, they go off on their own and are fiercely independent. Sheep view the shepherd as in control, follow him and thrive under his care and put themselves under the authority of the shepherd. As we dig deep into the differences between sheep and goats it becomes very apparent why Jesus chose the illustration of sheep and goats for this parable on His Return.

Now let's examine the story. The parable tells how when Jesus returns He will separate the goats from the sheep. Goats to His left and sheep to His right. He separates them not by what they have done but ON WHO THEY ARE and whose they are. The sheep belong to Him, the goats do not.

After the separation, He talks about what each did or did not do showing the difference between those who have received Him as Savor and Lord (sheep) and those who have not (goats).

Followers of the Lamb vs Those who are followers of the devil

To those on the right (where the sheep are - the ones who have put themselves under the authority of the Good Shepherd.) Jesus gives them an inheritance, eternal life forever with Him.

To the goats on the left (those who did not hear or heed the Shepherd's voice) He commands them to depart from Him to eternal punishment.

Noteworthy: Jesus does NOT say, "I know my goats and my goats know me." He does Not say, "I lay down my life for my goats." And He does NOT say, "I am the good goatherd."

Jesus is the Good Shepherd who knows His sheep and who laid down His life for His sheep and we, as His sheep, will follow Him.

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The enemy has altered our core beliefs with well-crafted lies, not just influencing us in our homes and communities, but yes, even in our churches. Join us as we explore the lies and open our hearts to being Rescued by Truth. In week 14, Pastor shares the truth of being imperishable and immortal.

Up To Jerusalem - Teaching 8 Scripture - Matthew 24:15 - Matthew 25:13

Luke 21, Mark 13 and Matthew 24-25 all have the story of Jesus' Mt. Olivet Discourse with His disciples.

In today's opening verses in Matthew 24:15ff, we hear Jesus answering the questions we left off with last week.

The two questions the disciples asked Jesus: 1. When will these things you are telling us happen to the temple 2. What will be the sign of your return They are thinking that these two questions coincide one with the other…. As we now know - that was not the case.

Jesus is giving a forewarning of what would befall Jerusalem. (The fall happened in the year 70AD when the Roman General Titus laid siege to Jerusalem and ultimately leveled it to the ground.)

Jesus' answer contains responses for both the questions.

The Abomination that causes Desolation - three options of what this might be were shared last week - but only one seems to fit the time frame: An event in winter 67/68AD - the temple was profaned by Jewish insurgents. Pastor reads about the event from Josephus' writing: The Jewish War. During this event the insurgents caused division within the Jewish community. It's a good possibility that this event caused believers in Jesus in the city of Jerusalem to begin fleeing the city by those who took Jesus' words literally. They left because they could see what was coming and Jesus had warned them about what was coming. They fled across the Jordan River and they were protected from the siege by Titus which began shortly after the insurgent uprising. Those who fled were protected from all that followed. Over 1 million people died in the siege of Jerusalem.

In Luke 21:20-24 we read: "When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."

UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES ARE FULFILLED - This passage in Luke has been fulfilled in our day. Pastor shares a brief history of the city of Jerusalem from 70AD to the mid 20th century of when the city of Jerusalem was dominated by gentiles. Romans Byzantines Persians Byzantines Crusaders Ottoman Turks WWI British control WWII - The Jewish people were given a homeland in 1948 Six Day War - 1967 City of Jerusalem came under control of the Jewish people and has remained in their control in an uneasy peace. THIS IS SOMETHING JESUS SAID AND IT WAS FULFILLED IN OUR LIFE TIME.

"The times of the gentiles are fulfilled"... what does that mean? Does that refer simply to gentile control of Jerusalem? Or does it mean far more? Romans 9, 10, and 11 talk about the Jewish people returning to the Messiah. When they return to Him - the end comes! We don't know the day or hour - but He tells us when we see these things happening, look up because our redemption is drawing near.

Jesus' final return will be like lightening filling the sky. He will come on cloud in great glory!

As the discourse continues in Matthew 24 - 25 we read about the following: ⁃ Fig Tree Imagery - Jesus prophesies that the end is near when we again see Israel beginning to flourish then we know "summer is near" (the end is coming) ⁃ Jesus says, "This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened." THIS GENERATION - generation in Greek has multiple meanings - one meaning refers to "this people" the other to "this nation" and in Aramaic (Jesus' language of the day) the word for generation and the word for nation are the same word. It may well be that what Jesus is declaring is that the Jewish people will not come to an end - they will survive. And they have. ⁃ Judgement by fire ⁃ Be awake! ⁃ Do not grow weary in doing what is right ⁃ Follow Jesus - receive Him as King, Savior and Lord ⁃ Last days and times will be difficult - so we are called to walk close to God ⁃ Then Jesus shares several parables to emphasize what He has been teaching. ⁃ The Parable of the Ten Virgins - Be ready for Jesus' return. Pastor shares what Jewish weddings were like in Jesus' day and how knowing that brings insight to this parable to be encouraged to be awake and to be ready for Christ's return.

Join us next time as we continue with the story of "Up to Jerusalem" as Jesus travels to the cross.

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Scriptures Psalm 22, John 19:24

God provides remarkable glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament.  Psalm 22 speaks to our hearts – when we feel abandoned by God. Psalm 22 speaks to our minds – foretelling the suffering of Jesus 1,000 years beforehand Psalm 22 is all about Jesus’ suffering but also about His triumph.

What happened to Jesus at His crucifixion is the fulfillment of prophesy. Jesus fulfilled all that was written about the Messiah in the Old Testament.

John, an eyewitness, the only one of the apostles who was there when Jesus was crucified, witnessed His cry from the cross, witness the agony Jesus suffered. The very things that that we read in Psalm 22 are witness by John and we read that in John 19. Take a look at John 19:24, “‘Let’s not tear it,’ they said to one another. ‘Let’s decide by lot who will get it.’ Now look at Psalm 22:18 which was written 1000 years earlier, “‘They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.’” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Psalm 22 is a remarkable word, prophetic words, and they truly do foreshadow Jesus’ suffering. But the good news is they don’t just foreshadow His suffering they also foreshadow His triumph. Listen to the way this Psalm ends. Psalm 22:24, speaking of this One who has cried out, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?”, speaking of this anguished sufferer who says that a company of evildoers have surrounded him, that they have pierced His hands and His feet, speaking of this One of whom it is said, “They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.”, it says of this despised sufferer, “He has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one.” In other words, God has not despised Jesus. He has not hidden His face from Jesus, but has listened to His cry for help. Verse 25, “From you comes the theme of My praise in the great assembly; before those who fear You I will fulfill my vows.” Then, verse 27, “All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD, and He rules over the nations. All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him – those who cannot keep themselves alive. Posterity will serve Him; future generations will be told about the Lord. They will proclaim His righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn; He has done it!” 

A quote from Dr. Michael Brown, “In Psalm 22, we see God answering the cry of the anguished sufferer with a deliverance so extraordinary that it results in 3 things:     1.    Worldwide praise and adoration     2.    The testimony of God’s saving power     3.    Turning of gentile nations to God”

Looking at these words from Psalm 22, anyone with an open mind who knows anything about the Lord Jesus would just naturally say, “Wow! This seems to be talking about Him.” Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to share these words with other people, people who had no idea where they came from, uniformly the response from Gentile and Jew alike has been, “Oh my, those words are talking about Jesus, aren’t they?” Then people are astonished when they find that they came from the Old Testament and they were written 1000 years earlier. This is a remarkable foreshadowing and it is not simply an object of academic interest. 

This has profound impact for you and for me, because it simply means that all along God has known what has laid ahead. It  means all along He was planning for the Messiah to suffer as He did on that cross, bearing in His own body the penalty for us all. It means that God knows how desperately you and I need forgiveness, that only a perfect sacrifice can bring. It means that without Jesus we have nothing, but that with Him we have everything. What a foreshadowing, what a Savior, and what a powerful word from God.

Psalm 22 shows us the measure of God’s love and that is powerful!

Jesus desperately wants you to know Him, and He invites you to receive Him by faith and to experience the joy of His presence and the Power of His Holy Spirit.

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When examined in light of 1st Century culture, the "scandal" of crucifixion, the visible empty tomb, and the transformation of lives in generations of believers, the Biblical evidence for the Resurrection supports only one conclusion: Christ is risen - He is risen indeed!

Up To Jerusalem - Teaching 7 Scripture - Matthew 23:1-39, Mark 12:41-42, Matthew 24:1-16, Psalm 51:10, 2 Timothy 3:11

Class opens with a teaching from Jesus on humility and His warning against hypocrisy.

The Seven Woes - spoken against hypocrisy: 1. Verse 13 - roadblocks to the kingdom of heaven for people 2. Verse 15 - produce more hypocrites 3. Verse 16-22 - make a show of displaying how much they give to the temple 4. Verse 23-24 - neglect justice, mercy and faithfulness 5. Verse 25-26 - love to display outward cleanliness 6. Verse 27-28 - do things to look good 7. Verse 29-32 - act like they are better than others.

An outward show - as good as it may look to others - does not matter at all to God. In fact, it destroys a relationship with God. The seven woes are Jesus' call to us to make sure our hearts are right with Him.

This same kind of hypocrisy is just as present today as it was then. Jesus is reminding us that what God looks at is the heart - a heart committed to Him - and one that is humble before Him and humble before others.

God's work is to take the hard stony parts of our hearts and replace them with a renewed heart. King David says, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." Psalm 51:10. We are to come before God in humility and repentance through faith in Jesus and there we will find joy, peace and life.

Jesus emphasizes humility with the story of the Widow's Offering in Mark 12:41-42. Jesus is observing the people as they drop off their offerings. The rich are making a show of how much they are giving and then a widow places only a few cents in the bowl - but it was all she had - unlike the "leftovers" the others had been making a show of giving. She gave the greatest gift as she displayed living by faith and trusting God to provide.

We pick up the Up to Jerusalem chronology with Matthew 24:1-16 with Jesus telling of the temple's future destruction. The disciples then ask Jesus 2 questions: 1. When will the temple be destroyed 2. What will be the sign of Jesus' second coming

They didn't realize how separated the 2 events would be. Jesus answers by predicting deception, war and rumors of wars, earthquakes and famines and calls these the beginning of birth pains. Implying that as the end comes nearer, these things would be more frequent and greater. Jesus also shares that there will be persecution of the believers.

Jesus ends by telling that the Gospel message will be preached throughout the whole world and then the end will come. We can see the evidence of what Jesus said as we see the Gospel message into every continent today. The time of His coming is nearer and nearer and we are called to be awake and ready!

Jesus goes on to talk about the "abomination that causes desolation" and that when they see this happening to flee Jerusalem. Pastor shares several possibilities of what the abomination may have been. He also speaks to the question of whether Jesus' words speak to the last generation as well.

We end with seeing that the early believers did as Jesus said, they escaped the judgement that came on Jerusalem by leaving and fleeing as Jesus had said - and so we learn how important it is for us to hear and to heed God's Words, not fearing the future, but facing the future in faith.

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Scriptures: Daniel 9:1-26

Pastor opens class with a life history of Daniel. In today’s story, Daniel is an old man, probably in his eighties. Realizing that Jeremiah’s prophetic word is nearing completion, Daniel comes to the Lord in intercessory and confessional prayer, pouring out his heart to God, pleading for mercy for the people and then he receives an angelic visitation. 

The angel Gabriel comes to tell Daniel about the Messiah. The angels tells Daniel: “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.” Jewish and Christian commentators have said the 70 sevens refer to 70 weeks of years, 70 times 7 years, or 490 years. This word that Gabriel is speaking says that full atonement for Israel sins through the Messiah will be made during the time after the second temple is built.

The first temple was destroyed during Daniel’s lifetime. From Jeremiah, Daniel understood that the temple would be rebuilt and the angel is telling that during the time of that second temple, Israel’s sins will be atoned for, God will pay the debt for His people. (This is through the coming Messiah who will come to earth in the timing revealed to Daniel). 

Gabriel talks about the 62 sevens in verse 25 and pastor shares that this timing does bring us to the time of Jesus on earth. In verse 26 Gabriel shares that the Messiah, the anointed One will be killed and the second temple destroyed. (Yet it is through the death of the Messiah that our sins are paid for in full! Then He rises victorious over sin, death and the devil)

Pastor draws us into considering the truth around the second temple which according to Haggai would be more glorious than the first. What would make the second temple more glorious than the first? The answer: God Himself in the person.of Jesus the Messiah!

God predicted all through the Hebrew Scriptures that the Messiah would come, that the Messiah would pay for the sins of all of God’s people, that the Messiah would die and that judgement would come upon the temple and Jerusalem and this is what history testifies to.

The Messiah provides reconciliation with the Father and He is returning! The Bible is not simply Bible stories. The Bible is divine truth, calling all people to repentance, to faith in the Lord Jesus, to life with the Living God, to be filled with the Holy Spirit, to understand that God is in control not only of the past but he’s in control of today and our future.  And the very scripture that predicted the coming of Jesus, His death and the destruction of the temple, are the same scriptures that predict He will return!

God has laid out His scripture al along as a clear roadmap of what He intends to do. And He does everything He promises!  He’s calling us today saying, “Don’t ignore this! There is nothing in all the world more important that knowing Me through faith in My Son, Jesus, the Messiah.”

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When Jesus rode into Jerusalem in fulfillment of scriptural prophecies, He was announcing that He was Israel's Messiah and the hope of the nations!

2 Year Gospel Study - week 64 (Friday, 03–21-25)

Up To Jerusalem - Teaching 6 Scripture - Matthew 21:45-46, Matthew 22:1-45, Revelation 7:9-17, Job 19:26, Isaiah 26:19, Daniel 12:2, Exodus 3:6, Mark 12:28-34, John 14:6, Micah 6:8

Today's teaching centers on Jesus' encounters with the religious leaders in the temple as recorded in the 4 gospels and enlightened by some of the latest findings of archeologists and others who have uncovered things that have been hidden for generations but that clearly testify to the truthfulness of God's Word.

We will see the display of absolute brilliance as Jesus encounters the religious aristocracy, as He answers the critics and as He clearly demonstrates the Divine plan to redeem the human race.

Jesus is in the temple courts teaching - This is where we start today - Matthew 21:45-46 "When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them. They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet." They wanted to arrest Him but also saw that the crowds were listening to Jesus and receiving Him with joy.

Normally the Chief Priests and Pharisees did not see things the same way, but they did as far as how they both felt about Jesus. Their desire to eliminate Jesus brought them together.

Jesus' Teachings ⁃ The Parable of the Wedding Banquet (wedding feast / resurrection life / our destiny as true believers in Jesus) This is a banquet we do not want to refuse to come to! In this parable Jesus also predicts the ultimate destruction of the city of Jerusalem which would happen in 70AD. Pastor dissects the part of the story about the man at the feast that wasn't dressed appropriately, in light of the teaching of Jesus found in Revelation 7:9-17. ⁃ Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar - following the Wedding Banquet parable the pharisees came together with the Herodians to lay out a plan to trap Jesus. Herodians were strong supporters of Herod's dynasty and of Rome and the pharisees hated Roman rule and their taxes. But the two groups unite to trap Jesus with this question that would force Him to choose either the Pharisees or the Herodians: "what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?" But to this hot button issue on Roman taxes - Jesus answers: "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought Him a denarius and Jesus asks, "whose image is this and whose inscription?" Their response is "Caesar's" Then Jesus said to them, "give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is Gods" When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away. Their trap had failed. ⁃ Marriage at the Resurrection - this onslaught against Jesus comes from the Sadducees with the story of seven brothers and the law in the Torah and Jesus again avoids their trap by confronting them with wisdom and scriptures. ⁃ The Greatest Commandment - "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." We are called to show love because God love us through His Son, Jesus. And then we read, "And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions." ⁃ Whose Son is Messiah? Now Jesus decides to ask a question, "Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David." Then Jesus adds a quote from King David. "David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: "'The Lord said to my Lord:"Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."' David himself calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?" Jesus is calling them to really think hard about what David is saying. Pastor shares an enlightened look at what David is saying and what Jesus is desiring for the crowd to understand.

The teaching concludes with a look at some archeological discoveries and a peek into next week's class.

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Up to Jerusalem is a study of the final weeks of Jesus' ministry concluding with His resurrection and ascension, using the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John together with material from ancient sources and recent discoveries. Up to Jerusalem is part four of our Two Year Study of the Gospels. Up To Jerusalem is the story of the plan of God to redeem the world, and the story of a Savior willing to obey the Father's plan. As we study Jesus' final days, we will be impacted as we discover the Love of God for each one of us.

This study is great for large group, small group or home group study and can be started at any time.