from Pastor Bridgette's reading of
the events of Holy Week.
Sunday
4/13/25 New Chapel.
(and maybe some that weren't read during worship
but read the next day :-).
Reference from Scofield KJV
(among others)
and some of my own :-).
Yes, we are to that point these days.)
and selected excerpts from commentaries
on the resonating verses and their references
with an unexpected conclusion
(not where this was intended to go)
at the end.
ENJOY.
LUKE 19:29
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany,
at the mount called the mount of Olives,
he sent two of his disciples.
(Reference:
Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Joshua 2:1
Rahab and the Spies
2 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
A team it would seem, goes first.)
LUKE 19:37
And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
LUKE 19:40
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
(References:
Habakkuk 2:11
The stones of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
I was thinking more along the lines of:
Matthew 3:9
And do not think you can say to yourselves,
‘We have Abraham as our father.’
I tell you that
out of these stones
God can raise up children
for Abraham.)
Israel prophecies vv.41-44
(Via Scofields KJV)
LUKE 19:43-44
43 For
the days
shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies
shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee round,
and keep thee in on every side,
(References:
Luke 21:20
“When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies,
you will know that its desolation is near.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee,
and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing:
Romans 11:26
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer,
and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:)
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground,
and thy children within thee;
and they shall not leave in thee
one stone upon another;
because thou knewest not
the time of thy visitation.
(References:
Matthew 24:2
And Jesus said unto them,
See ye not all these things?
verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here
one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
John 12:35
35 Then Jesus said unto them,
Yet a little while is the light with you.
Walk while ye have the light,
lest darkness come upon you:
for he that walketh in darkness
knoweth not whither he goeth."
"The Pharisees
were scared of Jesus,
the people
had declared him
the messiah."
(Pastor Bridgette's commentary inserted)
Luke 22:17-20
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood,
which is shed for you.
(The very moment when
Christianity came into being,
from that instant forward
it was no longer a Jewish sect)
Luke 22:31
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold,
Satan hath desired to have you,
that he may sift you as wheat:
Luke 22:35-37
35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that
this that is written
must yet be accomplished in me,
And he was reckoned among the transgressors:
for the things concerning me
have an end.
(All of them,
"the things concerning me"
eventually
and that also includes,
but isn't usually thought of here:
His second advent.
Judgement.
Millennial Kingdom etc.)
Luke 22:38
And they said,
Lord, behold,
here are two swords.
And he said unto them,
It is enough.
(The most, "Whoa? What?"
Verse of the day.
I thought
gonna have to do some digging on that one
Sell your cloak and buy a sword
and it makes sense, as the fulfillment of prophecy
"according to which I would be put in the ranks of criminals (Luke 22:36-37).
The idea of fighting with just two swords is ridiculous.
(Not in Revelation 11 it isnt.)
The swords are enough, however, to justify the accusation that Jesus is the head of a band of brigands."
You should already know where I am going.
Two swords was enough to get him accused, true,
but they will most certianly
"be enough"
later on as well:
Reference;
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 11:5
5 And if any man will hurt
them,
fire proceedeth
out of their mouth,
and devoureth their enemies:
and if any man will hurt them,
he must in this manner be killed.
Which is Foreshadowing:
Revelation 19:15
15 And
out of his mouth goeth
a sharp sword,
that with it he should smite the nations:
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and he treadeth the winepress
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges commentary:
"as though two would be of any use
against a world in arms !"
(They will be in Revelation 11 :-)
"Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Our Lord gave notice of
a very great change of circumstances
now approaching.
(Like right now.)
The disciples must not expect that their friends would be kind to them as they had been. Therefore, he that has a purse, let him take it, for he may need it.
They must now expect that their enemies
would be more fierce than they had been,
and they would need weapons.
At the time the apostles understood Christ to mean real weapons,
but he spake only of
the weapons of the spiritual warfare.
The sword of the Spirit
is the sword with which
the disciples of Christ
must furnish themselves."
(I think it was more both, real weapons
so as to be considered a criminal
in fulfillment of prophecy
AND
spiritual weapons
for what is coming
after the
change of circumstances
as noted.)
also see:
"...he sent two of his disciples."
"...Sent two spies.")
Luke 22:46
And said unto them,
Why sleep ye? rise and pray,
lest ye enter into temptation.
(Like the church at the start of the tribulation.
Sleeping, after having gotten drunk with the world.
Who is speaking out against Trumps coming police state?)
Luke 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple,
ye stretched forth no hands against me:
but
this is your hour,
and the power of darkness.
MacLaren's Expositions
"...there is emphasis laid on ‘your,’ and
that hour is thereby designated
as a time in which
they could do as they would.
It was their opportunity,
or, as we say in our colloquialism,
now was their time when,
unhindered,
they might carry into effect their purposes."
Sound familiar?
Sure does to me.
As in right now:
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work;
but the one who now holds it back
will continue to do so
till he is taken out of the way.
Luke 23:5
And they were the more fierce, saying,
He stirreth up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry,
beginning from Galilee to this place.
(Bout fell out lol
Me and Honey?
Were in good company then:-).
Luke 23:28-31
28 But Jesus turning unto them said,
Daughters of Jerusalem,
weep not for me, but weep for yourselves,
and for your children.
29 For,
behold,
the days are coming,
in the which they shall say,
Blessed are the barren,
and the wombs that never bare,
and the paps which never gave suck.
(Resonates...a lot,
I'm sure it does for honey as well:
Reference
The Future Glory of Zion
“Sing, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,”
says the Lord.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11 “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[a]
your foundations with lapis lazuli.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be their peace.
14 In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you,
it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you
will surrender to you.
16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.
(And Scofield doesn't cross reference Luke 23:28 with Isaiah 54?
??????????)
Ive only written commentaries on four chapters of the bible.
Isaiah 54 just happens to be one of them.
"More Yet!" lol.
Back to Luke 23:30-31
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,
Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
(Reference:
Revelation 6:16-17
They called to the mountains and the rocks,
“Fall on us and hide us[a] from the face of him
who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
17 For the great day of their[b] wrath has come,
and who can withstand it?”
Revelation 9:6
During those days
people will seek death but will not find it;
they will long to die, but death will elude them.)
31 For if they do these things in a green tree,
what shall be done in the dry?
'Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The best saints,
compared with Christ,
are dry trees;
if he suffer,
why may not they expect to suffer?
(Thats always been my question
for the Pretribulationist Rapture types BTW.
That whole concept just goes against the grain of:
"pick up your cross and follow me")
And what then shall the damnation of sinners be!
Even the sufferings of Christ preach terror to obstinate transgressors.
I personally think
the event below
does not get the attention
that it rightfully deserves:
Luke 23:45
And the sun was darkened,
and the veil of the temple
was rent in the midst.
Reference:
Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain
was a room called the Most Holy Place,
(The Holy of Holies, the place where the ark of the covenant was kept, and where the high priest would enter once a year to offer sacrifices and burn incense to atone for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 10:19-20
A Call to Persevere in Faith
Therefore, brothers and sisters,
since we have confidence
to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way
opened for us through the curtain,
that is, his body,
Simply put?
The curtain was split into.
It simply wasnt needed anymore.
And it wasnt exactly some lil flimsy sheet.
"There was a thick veil (curtain) the high priest had to pass through to do this. The curtain had many layers and formed a maze for the high priest to enter. Early Jewish tradition describes the outer veil as thick as a man's hand (about four inches), sixty feet tall, and thirty feet wide. It was so heavy that it took three hundred priests to manipulate it. The curtain was renewed each year and was said to be strong enough that if horses were tied to each side of it, they could not pull it apart."
It was ornate,
it was thick,
it was tall,
and it was split into
meaning all now had access
through Christ their high priest
who gave himself
as a Holy and living sacrifice.
and it happened
the moment he drew his last breath
and his spirit exited.
As is stated in the next verse:
VS 46
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice,
he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:
and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Interesting to me also
the role of women:
See Luke 23:27,49, 55
27 And there followed him a great company of people,
and of women,
which also bewailed and lamented him.
(Scofield went EXACTLY where I would have
and referenced Luke 23:27 with:
Luke 8:3
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward,
and Susanna,
and many others,
which ministered unto him
of their substance.
It was the women who largely
provided the resources for his ministry.
Thats why they were wailing etc.
SO WHY DONT WE EVER
HEAR ABOUT THAT?
HUM?
49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
(Women mentioned three times in that chapter BTW, interesting.)
Now working toward the conclusion:
As shown previously
in great detail here:
Friday, December 27, 2024
Even in a prophecy of his birth
his second advent
is featured prominently
Micah 5:3
will he give them up,
until the time that
she which travaileth
hath brought forth:
Reference
Revelation 12:2
And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth,
and pained to be delivered.
along with:
Micah 5:5
And this man
(Referencing Christ)
shall be the peace,
when the Assyrian shall come
into our land:
and when he shall tread
in our palaces,
then shall we raise against him
seven
shepherds,
and
eight
principal men.
(Right In between the completion
(seven)
and the new beginning.
(eight)
as it were.
I Didnt catch that, that well in December
when I was writing about it BTW)
And now as demonstrated in this post
even at his death
we see his second advent
as having a prominent place:
LUKE 19:29
"he sent two of his disciples"
(Revelation 11:3)
LUKE 19:43
For the days
shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies
shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee round,
and keep thee in on every side
Luke 19:44
and they shall not leave in thee
one stone upon another;
Luke 22:18
I will not drink of the fruit of the vine,
until the kingdom of God shall come.
Luke 22:37
For I say unto you, that
this that is written
must yet be accomplished in me,
And he was reckoned
among the transgressors:
for the things concerning me
have an end.
Luke 22:38
And they said,
Lord, behold,
here are two swords.
And he said unto them,
It is enough.
(Revelation 11, two witnesses pericope)
Luke 22:46
And said unto them,
Why sleep ye? rise and pray,
lest ye enter into temptation.
(Like the church at the start of tribulation.
Sleeping, after having gotten drunk with the world.)
Luke 22:53
but
this is your hour,
and the power of darkness.
MacLaren's Expositions
"...there is emphasis laid on ‘your,’ and
that hour
is thereby designated
as a time in which
they could do as they would.
(Reference the hour spoke of in both:
Revelation 17:12
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
and:
Matthew 26:40
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?)
"It was their opportunity,
or, as we say in our colloquialism,
now was their time when,
unhindered,
they might carry into effect their purposes."
Sound familiar?
Sure does to me.
Like right now:
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the secret power of lawlessness
is already at work;
but the one who now holds it back
will continue to do so
till he is taken out of the way.
(You can most assuredly
put a check by that as having taken place.)
Luke 23:5
"...He stirreth up the people, teaching."
:-), no comment.
Luke 23:29
For, behold,
the days are coming,
in the which they shall say,
Blessed are the barren,
and the wombs that never bare,
and the paps which never gave suck.
(Reference Isaiah 54
How Scofield could have missed
that reference is just beyond me BTW.)
Luke 23:30
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,
Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
(Reference:
Revelation 6:16-17
They called to the mountains and the rocks,
“Fall on us and hide us[a] from the face of him
who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
17 For the great day of their[b] wrath has come,
and who can withstand it?”
Revelation 9:6
During those days
people will seek death but will not find it;
they will long to die, but death will elude them.)
CONCLUSION:
Trying to dance around the obvious
(His second coming)
is just not a viable option,
as it is an essential part
of the entire redemption story.
His second coming was important enough to be prophizised about when prophizing his birth,
Christ himself makes allusions to his second coming when speaking of the fulfillment of prophecies leading to his death.
SO WHY DO WE
TRY
AVOID IT NOW
WHEN IT IS AT OUR DOORSTEP?
James Nayler, at the beginning of his Quaker ministry responding to the accusations of Quaker opponents:
"...art not thou ashamed
to profess the Scripture
and deny what they witness?"
Because that is exactly
what people are doing today,
and its going to cost em.
LUKE 22:37
"...this that is written
must yet be accomplished
in me...
for the things concerning me
have an end."
Yes they do.
Period.
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