Setting the Scene
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· 2 viewsAn introduction to the setting of the passion week with historical background.
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Black Panther
Black Panther
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Intro Video: Black Panther: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8nxdAGg2FY
The majority of Black Panther takes place in Wakanda, somewhere in Africa. This opening scene helps us to grasp the bigger picture of what is about to take place.
As we set our scene for the passion week, try to put yourself there, experiencing what is happening through the eyes of a witness.
Sensory Experience
Taste-Pomegranate Juice, Olives, Grapes, Bread
Touch-Smooth Stones (Simulate Pavement), Sand
Smell- Frankincense
Sound-Ancient Middle East (dropbox)
Intro
Intro
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Octavius (Augustus Caesar) ruling Rome through political moves instead of military promoting Pax Romana.
Judea not important economically but important strategically to place a buffer between Rome and the Parthians in Mesopotamia.
Octavius takes over as Roman Emperor in 27BC while Herod the Great is in charge of Palestine.
Shortly after Herod’s death, Rome installs it’s own prefects to rule.
Coming in to our setting Pontius Pilate rules as prefect (procurator)
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’ ” And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”
And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’ ” And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”
And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’ ”
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
1. Jesus sets the scene with compassion.
1. Jesus sets the scene with compassion.
Jesus and his disciples are beginning the journey to Jerusalem from Jericho.
It is appropriate that Jesus final trip to Jerusalem should begin in the first city that was conquered by Israel upon entering the promised land.
As they are leaving, Jesus grants his final healing request. (Healing Bartimaeus of blindness)
The Temple guard is healed according to Luke after his ear is cut-off, but not by request.
Although Jesus is setting up the most important work of redemption in the history of mankind, he stopped to heal an individual who asked.
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2. Jesus sets the scene by fulfilling prophecy.
2. Jesus sets the scene by fulfilling prophecy.
Jesus rides on a colt, claiming His kingship.
The significance of the colt comes from
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and Damascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel,
and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
Tyre has built herself a rampart
and heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down her power on the sea,
and she shall be devoured by fire.
Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
I will take away its blood from its mouth,
and its abominations from between its teeth;
it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
so that none shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again march over them,
for now I see with my own eyes.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
The Lord of hosts will protect them,
and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.
On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.
Zechariah 9
The eternal leader of Judah rides a colt.
The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
The people spread their cloaks, recognizing Jesus’ claim.
Spreading of Cloaks is an ancient practice of recognizing a king found in
Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.”
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3. Jesus sets the scene with authority.
3. Jesus sets the scene with authority.
Jesus surveyed as a king.
As Jesus entered the temple, he was inspecting the state of things much as a king would inspect his kingdom on return from a trip.
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Closing
Closing
Jesus has invited us to be a part of His story. What will He find when he arrives to inspect us? A wedding guest clothed in the garments He has offered or someone who has superficially accepted the invitation but without the change in our hearts?
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.
12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Jesus has invited us to be a part of His story. What will He find when he arrives to inspect us? A wedding guest clothed in the garments He has offered or someone who has superficially accepted the invitation but refuses to truly be a part?
Jesus has invited us to be a part of His story. What will He find when he arrives to inspect us? A wedding guest clothed in the garments He has offered or someone who has superficially accepted the invitation but without the change in our hearts?
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