Swat Bible Study

This week, Jesus fulfills Scripture prophecy by riding a donkey down from the Mount of Olives to the Temple. He is heading into passion week and the last week of His life. The reaction of the crowd was celebratory and exalting, but not for the right reasons. Instead of recognizing Jesus as God’s Messiah and sacrificial lamb, they were trying to claim Him as their National Messiah and deliverer from Rome. Matthew and Mark dedicate 40 percent of their Gospel to the passion week. Luke devotes 25 percent and John over 50 percent to the week where Jesus is rejected, betrayed, scourged, crucified, buried, and resurrected. This is the main point of Jesus’ ministry. It is the week of Passover- the celebration of Israel being delivered from Egyptian bondage. It is during this week, that would-be messiahs would often appear in Jerusalem sparking riots and unrest. Rome would often beef up security. The Old Testament sacrificial system was a foreshadowing of Jesus coming to this moment. Jesus dies at Passover.