A Roller Coaster Ride Through Holy Week

The Cyclone - 1927

First Part of the Holy Week Journey

Palm SundayA Ride Towards the Top

Matthew 21

6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matthew 21

9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” 10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”

Matthew 21

11 And the crowds said, “This is the

prophet Jesus, from Nazareth

of Galilee.”

“But everyone who lined the streets had a different reason for waving those palms. Some were political activists; they’d heard Jesus had supernatural power, and they wanted him to use it to free Israel from Roman rule.

Bill Hybels

Others had loved ones who were sick or dying. They waved branches, hoping for physical healing. Some were onlookers merely looking for something to do, while others were genuine followers who wished Jesus would establish himself as an earthly king. Bill Hybels

Jesus was the only one in the parade who knew why he was going to Jerusalem – to die. He had a mission, while everyone else had an agenda.”

Bill Hybels

Zechariah 9

9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 9

10I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; And the bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak peace to the nations; And His dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

The Abomination That Brought

Desolation

Simon the Maccabee

Prince of Judah142-135 B.C.

Hoshea-Na

“Save Us!”

Matthew 22:17

“Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar,

or not?”

Matthew 22

19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Second Part of the Holy Week Journey

Holy ThursdayThe Quiet Before the Drop

The Quiet Up Top

Luke 2219 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

Luke 22

20 “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”

Third Part of the Holy Week Journey

Free FallThe Journey Down the Via

Dolorosa

Terminal Velocity

“The Way of Suffering”

Caiaphas

“King” Herod Agrippa

The Ethnarch

Pontius Pilate

Matthew 27

55 There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, 56 among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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Holy Week at GEFC

Good Friday: 7pm Communion Service

Easter Sunday (Normal Schedule)• 8:15: Traditional Service• 9:40: Sunday School/Adult Bible

Fellowships• 10:45: Contemporary Service