Passion Week Daily Devotion 2019

The Second Day of Passion Week Introduction: On the second day, Jesus and His disciples left Bethany and headed for the temple in Jerusalem. Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. The fig tree had no value because it had no fruit. After that, Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.  He wouldn’t allow them to turn the temple into a filthy trading place, and said to them: “My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a ‘den of thieves.’” Jesus cleansed the temple so that people could truly honor God.  However, the unbelieving chief priests and the teachers of the law not only disobeyed the authority of Jesus, but instead sought to kill him. Key Events: Events/Facts Location Matthew Mark Luke John 1 Jesus cursed the fig t...

2019 Passion Week Daily Devotion Passover was a festival set by Jehovah for the Israelites to commemorate that God had freed them from the Egyptians. “… And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.” (Ex 12:13b-14) The Jews never thought that the blood of the lamb symbolizes Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became the Lamb of the Passover.  He bore the sin of the world, was crucified on the cross and rose from the dead on the third day. From then on, churches began to commemorate Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. According to church traditions, the week before the Resurrection is known as Passion Week or Holy Week, and the day of his resurrection (Sunday) became the beginning of our week. According t...