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Open with Option 1 from curriculum.
“Easter Egg phenomenon w/Disney Mickey’s.”
It’s the same way with the Old Testament and Jesus.
We find these scattered everywhere.
Setup to to where we are at in the text.
Matthew the tax collector is writing.
Jesus and the disciples are on what’s called the Triumphant Entry.
We’ll explain that.
Jesus is on his way to being crucified.
He knows it.
Disciples aren’t really getting it.
The Text...
There’s a lot here, but there is one main truth we can work to hang onto from these verses.
GP “Points.”
One Main Truth - Jesus is the Savior who came to restore true worship.
He flips what we or what they thought and established true worship.
We see this in 3 ways from the texts.
These are examples of Easter Egg finds in the OT.
First one....
Matthew 21:
The “Easter Egg” here is in and .
The restoration and plot twist here is the humility Jesus is exemplifying in his arrival.
He’s on a donkey modeling humility.
Think about the way a donkey is viewed today.
It’s not very kingly or esteemed.
It’s just a work animal.
Well, Jesus is setting this thing up.
Secondly....
Solomon was an example of Jesus represented by his great kingdom.
He wasn’t Jesus, but he represented what Jesus’ kingdom would be like at his final return.
1 Kings 32-34
Jesus flips this restoration of true worship by modeling humility and fulfillment.
Second one...
Matthew 21:
The “Easter Eggs” here are , , and .
And also...
They were keeping the “foreigners” out of the temple by necessary sacrifice.
They instituted a means of making money by selling what the Gentiles “needed” to get into worship.
What was even worse about this was the fact that they made up extra regulations for the Gentiles to get in.
Oppression at it’s finest.
Jesus flips this restoration of true worship by rebuke!
He corrects their institution of segregated worship here by literally turning tables over!
Third one...
Matthew 21:
The issue here is the fig tree with no “fruit.”
Given Jesus’ response, the tree represented all it needed to produce and the fruit was expected.
However, for some reason it was a false representation and it was cursed!
Some scholars view this type of thing as Jesus reflecting on his authority combined with how Matthew recorded this.
He’s a King coming in restoring true worship and he will call those out who look like the plant, but are certainly unfruitful in their production.
Jesus flips this restoration of true worship by cursing false representation and rebuke!
Conclusion...
Does Jesus’ response in these situations surprise you?
How so?
How do you think you would have responded if you were with Jesus in the temple or when he cursed the fig tree?
Why do you think the prophecies of Jesus predicted that the King would enter the city on a donkey?
What does this say about Jesus?
What do you think motivated Jesus in his mission of cleansing the temple?
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