60: Dr. Chuck Quarles | What's So Special About Easter?

Dr. Chuck Quarles and I chat about the significance of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey colt, the atmosphere during Jesus final week, the passover meal, the brutality of the crucifixion, and more.

4:56 Will you share a little of your faith journey with us?  How did you come to know Jesus?

"What would your answer be? And my sad response was, well, I've been baptized. I tried to keep the commandments. I try to fulfill the golden rule and he [pastor] gently but firmly said, 'And who is the subject of each of those statements? I. So who are you really trusting for your salvation and forgiveness of sin, Jesus Christ, or yourself? And that began the process of exploring what Scripture talks about the way of salvation and coming to an understanding of salvation by grace, rather than through our efforts."

7:18 Let's start simple, what is Holy Week and what events does it entail?

8:47 In Matthew 20, Jesus was going up to Jerusalem when He predicts His death to His disciples.  In Matthew 21, He instructs two disciples to find and bring back a donkey with her colt. The disciples place their cloaks on the colt and Jesus rides it into the city while the crowds gather waving palm branches and saying, Hosanna to the Song of David! Hosanna in the highest!  These verses are packed with prophecy and details we so often miss.  When you are teaching your students about this portion of Matt. 20 and 21, what are you teaching as key truths and minute details that help us better understand the full story?

"The prophecy that's at the forefront of Jesus triumphal entry is Zechariah 9, where the daughter of Zion is told that her king will come riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey. The ancient Jews widely recognized this as a messianic prophecy....If you look at Zechariah 9 in context, you'll see that the king who's coming as foretold, is actually Yahweh himself, Jehovah."

"Psalm 48, where Yahweh is praised as the King of Zion. And remember its Daughter Zion, who was told your king is coming to you riding on the goal to the donkey."

Psalm 149identifies the key of the children of Zion as, "Israel's maker, the creator who has founded the people of Israel."

Isaiah 24:23says that the Lord of hosts a reference to Yahweh, using the Hebrew Divine Name, will reign as King on Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 8:19.... the Lord is the king and her is Zion in the parallel

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