Passion week Part II

Cleansing the Temple & Challenged Authority Mark 11:12-25

Be a Good Berean, study often and with eagerness

Aim to Comprehend(exegete peel back the layer), Apply (BELIEVE and do as the Lord instructs), and Grow (draw nearer to God as result)

Ask questions!!!

Push back!!!

Let’s learn and grow together!!

Mark tells us a story, paints a Picture in a Picture using a Mark sandwich to reveal a deeper meaning of the cleansing of the temple. 

Breba Mark Sandwich aiōn (age)

aiōn- age or the era or season

Picking back up on the next day (12-14)

Jesus comes across a fig tree with leaves but No fruit (this is Odd)

durring the Breba season fig tree will produce first fruits on the old branch in the late spring early summer

Jesus human hungry took him to a realization about Israel and there condition.

he curses the tree for the season.

Later that day Jesus Clears and cleanses the temple (15—19)

Jesus throws out deceptive and greedy merchants and money changers

the temple had a separate gate for now Israelite believers and the temple authority took advantage of them (go into More detail about the sacrifice monopoly)

this Leads Jesus to quote Isa 56:7 and Jer 7:11

Jeremiah 7:11 CSB

Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 56:7 CSB

I will bring them to my holy mountain and let them rejoice in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

This Leaders the offices to become even more weary of Jesus

The Following morning when the disciple notice that the same tree was whithered up christ defines what the where true faith and the fruits of those faith is and how to treat one another (22-25)

Jesus Authority is Challenged (1-8)

they challenge him and quickly begin to come to the realization that he is the Messiah and they choose ignorance over submission and receive a harsh judgement because of it.

Vinyard parable (9-19)