Day 3: The Day of Controversy and Teaching in Parables.
On
Tuesday, Jesus personally confronts the authorities and defends His
claims to be the Messiah. The occasion for their questions was His
cleansing of the temple of money changers on Monday. Mark's gospel gives
the most detailed account (Mk. 11:27- 13:37). The day ends with Jesus
pronouncing a curse on the city and announcing that the Kingdom will be
taken away from the nation. He also explains the significance of the
cursed fig-tree. Jesus gives the great eschatological pronouncement in Matthew 23,
“Baruch haba b'shem Adonai!” or, “Blessed is He that comes in the Name
of the Lord!” On the return to Bethany the Disciples are loaded with
questions. Jesus stops at the Mount of Olives overlooking the temple,
and gives the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24,25; Lk.21:5ff.) The theme of
the Olivet Discourse is a detailed prophecy, largely about the second
coming of Jesus and the end of the present age due to the rejection of
Jesus as Messiah by the Jewish authorities.
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