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S.1 Ep.13: The Biblical Story: Jesus, Jerusalem, Cross, And Ressurection
1. Jesus and the temple
Jesus goes to the temple and stops all activity. He calls down the same curse Isaiah delivered. Calling it a den of brigands. Why?
1) the temple had become a center built on greed, power, and vindication for the ruling elite. It had lost its purpose as the center of worship and become a corrupt, injustice, and broken symbol.
2) it was used by rebels to vindicate their acts of violence against their enemies.
3) Jesus saw himself and his disciples as now replacing the temple.
2. Last Supper
This is the last time Jesus will spend with his disciples.
Jesus washing feet (the kind of King Jesus is and the people he is calling us to be) The restructuring of the great exodus story around himself (cup and bread). Abide in me and I in you (an invitation into new life and friendship with the creator!)
3. Garden of Gasemane
in the garden, we get a glimpse of Jesus' humanity. He is afraid, he is alone, and he wants to escape what is coming. Yet, we also see the greatest example of faithfulness with the powerful and humbling utterance “Not my will but yours be done”. We also see the deep betrayal of a friend. Jesus knows what it means to be stabbed in the back.
4. Jesus on Trial
The Sanhedrin are looking for a charge to get Jesus. Seeking to know if he is the Messiah Jesus takes it another step claiming that they will see him taking his place right next to God. (Claiming similar authority and power) They cannot stand to hear this and thus use this as their means of justifying their actions.
5. Roman’s “justice” system. Blasphemy wasn’t a charge the Romans cared about. So, the priests and leaders needed a Political one. A messiah has a political, kingly aspect to it. Thus they have Jesus brought to the Romans with this charge. That reason is why Jesus often avoided that title unless in private or outside of a Jewish context.
6. Jesus on the cross
Why did Jesus need to die? Substitution: The “curse” of sin (missing the mark) is death. But what mark is missed? IMAGE BEARING. This takes us back to Gen. 1. Outside our created purpose (bear the image of God into creation) all roads lead to death. Thus the curse of missing the mark of this purpose is death. God is the author of life. Outside of him, it doesn’t exist. Our corporate missing the mark of image bearing was meant to be dealt with by covenant. Yet the covenant family failed. But instead of throwing them away God actually became Israel’s king in order to fulfill Israel’s end of the covenant. Thus new life can break out through the promised family after all. That is why God became man. Because the whole creation project was always meant to be fulfilled by God’s image bearers, human beings.
Jesus the perfect image of God thus takes on the curse on behalf of all people so that the “curse” of death no longer needs to apply to those who come under his kingship. Before the cross, the “pagan” nations lived under the powers of darkness. Idols, witchcraft, etc. They were enslaved to these powers. But on the cross, Jesus took on their full strength. Subduing them by the same means he preached. Self-giving love. (John 12:31-33) He extinguished their greatest tool, death. He took on himself the fullness of our broken systems. Broken justice (Rome) broken religion (priests), broken means (violent revolution).
7. Resurrection
None of what we discussed really makes sense however without the day Jesus was raised from the dead. The resurrection was the vindication by the Father proving Jesus and his entire way of life to be God’s life after all. It became the means by which death no longer had the final word. It is the overcoming of evil in all its forms. It is the revelation that Jesus really was the Messiah and thus the rightful Lord of the world. Exile, not just for the Jews, but for the whole world is over. All can now embrace the presence of the creator God. The new way of being human has arrived.
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By Jacob Johnson1. Jesus and the temple
Jesus goes to the temple and stops all activity. He calls down the same curse Isaiah delivered. Calling it a den of brigands. Why?
1) the temple had become a center built on greed, power, and vindication for the ruling elite. It had lost its purpose as the center of worship and become a corrupt, injustice, and broken symbol.
2) it was used by rebels to vindicate their acts of violence against their enemies.
3) Jesus saw himself and his disciples as now replacing the temple.
2. Last Supper
This is the last time Jesus will spend with his disciples.
Jesus washing feet (the kind of King Jesus is and the people he is calling us to be) The restructuring of the great exodus story around himself (cup and bread). Abide in me and I in you (an invitation into new life and friendship with the creator!)
3. Garden of Gasemane
in the garden, we get a glimpse of Jesus' humanity. He is afraid, he is alone, and he wants to escape what is coming. Yet, we also see the greatest example of faithfulness with the powerful and humbling utterance “Not my will but yours be done”. We also see the deep betrayal of a friend. Jesus knows what it means to be stabbed in the back.
4. Jesus on Trial
The Sanhedrin are looking for a charge to get Jesus. Seeking to know if he is the Messiah Jesus takes it another step claiming that they will see him taking his place right next to God. (Claiming similar authority and power) They cannot stand to hear this and thus use this as their means of justifying their actions.
5. Roman’s “justice” system. Blasphemy wasn’t a charge the Romans cared about. So, the priests and leaders needed a Political one. A messiah has a political, kingly aspect to it. Thus they have Jesus brought to the Romans with this charge. That reason is why Jesus often avoided that title unless in private or outside of a Jewish context.
6. Jesus on the cross
Why did Jesus need to die? Substitution: The “curse” of sin (missing the mark) is death. But what mark is missed? IMAGE BEARING. This takes us back to Gen. 1. Outside our created purpose (bear the image of God into creation) all roads lead to death. Thus the curse of missing the mark of this purpose is death. God is the author of life. Outside of him, it doesn’t exist. Our corporate missing the mark of image bearing was meant to be dealt with by covenant. Yet the covenant family failed. But instead of throwing them away God actually became Israel’s king in order to fulfill Israel’s end of the covenant. Thus new life can break out through the promised family after all. That is why God became man. Because the whole creation project was always meant to be fulfilled by God’s image bearers, human beings.
Jesus the perfect image of God thus takes on the curse on behalf of all people so that the “curse” of death no longer needs to apply to those who come under his kingship. Before the cross, the “pagan” nations lived under the powers of darkness. Idols, witchcraft, etc. They were enslaved to these powers. But on the cross, Jesus took on their full strength. Subduing them by the same means he preached. Self-giving love. (John 12:31-33) He extinguished their greatest tool, death. He took on himself the fullness of our broken systems. Broken justice (Rome) broken religion (priests), broken means (violent revolution).
7. Resurrection
None of what we discussed really makes sense however without the day Jesus was raised from the dead. The resurrection was the vindication by the Father proving Jesus and his entire way of life to be God’s life after all. It became the means by which death no longer had the final word. It is the overcoming of evil in all its forms. It is the revelation that Jesus really was the Messiah and thus the rightful Lord of the world. Exile, not just for the Jews, but for the whole world is over. All can now embrace the presence of the creator God. The new way of being human has arrived.