Scott LaPierre Ministries

In Exodus 12, the blood of the Passover lamb marked God’s people for deliverance from judgment; it ultimately points to Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, whose sacrificial death saves His people. Jesus had to be without blemish to serve as our Passover Lamb, but His sinless life alone was not enough—like the Passover lambs, He had to be sacrificed.

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Christ is our Passover Lamb because His sinless sacrifice delivers His people from judgment, just as the Passover lamb’s blood protected Israel in Exodus 12. According to Exodus 12:1-6, families were to get a lamb on the tenth day of the month of Nisan, examine it, and sacrifice it on the fourteenth. The days between the tenth and fourteenth look forward to the period between Christ’s triumphal entry and crucifixion, when our Passover Lamb was publicly examined.

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Jesus cleansed the temple because worship had been corrupted by commerce and exploitation. In Luke 19:45–48 He drove out those selling there and declared that God’s house should be a house of prayer rather than a den of robbers. This second temple cleansing is recorded in all three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 21:12–16, Mark 11:15–18, Luke 19:45–48). The first instance is only in John 2:12-25 right after the wedding at Cana when Jesus’ ministry began. The first thing Jesus did after his ministry began was cleanse the temple, and the first thing he did after making his triumphal entry into Jerusalem was cleanse the temple. These two cleansings serve as bookends on Jesus’ three-year ministry and reveal his heart for "pure and undefiled religion" (James 1:27).

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Jesus wept over Jerusalem because He knew the judgment that would come after the city rejected Him. Luke 19:41-44 records the scene after the triumphal entry: while the multitude shouted and worshiped, the King wept over the city that did not recognize the time of its visitation.

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Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah often place His suffering and His future kingdom side by side, even though they are fulfilled in two different comings. Many first-century Jews expected those prophecies to be fulfilled together, which helps explain why Jesus’s suffering, rejection, and crucifixion were so difficult for them to understand.

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In Luke 19:40, Jesus said the stones would cry out if his disciples were silent because their praise rightly welcomed him as Israel’s King. At the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the Pharisees asked him to rebuke his disciples (Luke 19:39). Instead, Jesus affirmed their praise: this was the appointed time for his public welcome as he approached the cross.

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Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem is one of the unique accounts that's found in all four gospels (Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:28-40, and John 12:12-19). The account fulfills the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 and reveals Jesus's Messiahship and Kingship.

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Romans 11:22 (ESV) says, “Note then the kindness and the severity of God.” God’s kindness is seen in His mercy and grace, while His severity is seen in His righteous judgment against unbelief and rebellion. We see the kindness and severity of God to two faithful servants and one wicked and lazy servant.

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In the parable of the minas, the servants have been “entrusted with the gospel” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). To be faithful stewards, we must preach the gospel so that the minas multiply. The servants are told they will be “over cities” (Luke 19:17, 19), which means ruling with Christ during the Millennium.

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Sometimes people wonder, “Is restitution needed for salvation? I committed all these sins before becoming a Christian. Do I need to do anything about them now?” If there’s one place in Scripture that could cause us to think restitution is needed for salvation, it is the account with Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10. Let’s look at it in detail to see what it does and doesn’t teach about restitution for salvation.

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