Today, we begin our look at the most important week of history since Genesis. This is the week that Christ was born to live through, die at the end of, and rise at the beginning of the next. There are many complexities in the Christian life. There is a lot of theology that we need to wrestle through, personal ethics that we need to consider (especially as we begin James in a couple week), matters of wisdom to think through, but we must never forget the center: the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Jesus is not the founder of Christianity; He is the object of its worship. 

The entire Bible has been building up to and looking back at this moment. So we do well to sit up, consider this moment afresh, especially if your walk with Christ has been wobbly lately. Consider this your opportunity to be reawakened to what is really important in life, what our main goal is. 

Today we are going to see Jesus do two things: Jesus produces the hope of the Old Testament and Jesus previews the hope of the New Testament.