ACCESS MINISTRY: The Power of Singing Spiritual Songs

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Power of Singing Spiritual Songs

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jae said...: Great presentation Saya!!! ... I am glad to see both FBBC and OBMBC family reaching out the world together such a way ... It is such a comfort that we are not alone ... Aja Aja Fighting to Bay area Burmese ministry!!!; January 18, 2008 11:00 AM

Holy Week: Friday

Friday. Trials, Crucifixion, Death, and Burial.

Jesus' third trial is held early in the morning before the Sanhedrin. The first three trials were before the religious authorities where He is found guilty.

Jesus is then taken before Pilate (the fourth trial) where He is found innocent. He is subsequently taken to Herod who also finds Him innocent (the fifth), and then back to Pilate who again finds Him innocent (thesixth) but relents under pressure, perhaps fearing an uprising.. He notes on the sign on the cross that His crime was being the King of the Jews. He
probably did this to avoid trouble with Rome (No king but Caesar).

About 9:00 AM. Jesus is crucified on a hill called The Skull outside the city. While we cannot know for certain it is likely that this is the site where God commanded Abraham to sacrifice Issac. At noon, the sky becomes dark. In either case, the darkness is highly symbolic of the Father turning His
back on the one He had earlier called My beloved son. During that time the Savior experienced hell for us. Hell is to be utterly forsaken by God.

At 3:00 PM Jesus utters the most important words to believers when he cries with a loud voice: It is finished. The phrase literally means Paid in full The spotless Son of God became sin for us! Isa. 53:5,6. Jesus gives up His life and fulfills the typology of the Passover Lamb at exactly the
time the lambs were being slaughtered in the Temple. The veil is rent in the Temple (Mk. 15:38). Jesus was on the cross 6 hours.

Jesus is laid in Joseph's tomb before the Sabbath began atsunset, or around 6:00 PM.

Thursday. Day of Preparation and Passover in the Evening.

On this day (and perhaps on the previous day) preparation is made for the Passover. Judas may have also utilized this time for his betrayal (Matt. 26:1-5; 14-16; 17-19).

The Passover is celebrated on Thursday evening in an upper room. Tradition has it that it was owned by Mark's parents. At the end of the Jewish feast, Jesus institutes the Last Supper (Matt. 14:12-26; Lk. 22:17-23).

The Last Supper is followed by the Upper Room Discourse (Jn. 13-17).

Sometime in the evening, after the Passover, Jesus and His disciples leave the Upper Room and go to Gethsemane, a place near the Mt. of Olives where it was a custom for Jesus to Pray (Matt. 26:36-460).

While in the Garden, Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested by the temple guards (Jn. 18:2-12).

The Trials begin. Before dawn Jesus is tried twice before Annas and then Caiaphas. Everything about these trials is illegal.

Holy Week: Tuesday

The Day of Controversy and Teaching in Parables.

On this day Jesus personally confronts the authorities and defends His claims to be the Messiah. The occasion for their questions was His violent action the previous day. Mark's gospel gives the most detailed account (Mk. 11:27-13:37).

The day ends with Jesus pronouncing a curse on the city and
announcing that the Kingdom will be taken away from the nation (explains the significance of the cursed fig-tree). See Matt. 23. On the return to Bethany the Disciples are loaded with questions.

Jesus stops at the Mount of Olives overlooking the temple, and gives the Olivet Discourse. See Matt. 24,25; Lk.21:5ff. The Olivet Discourse is a detailed prophecy largely about the coming destruction Jerusalem and the temple due to the rejection of Jesus as Messiah by the Jewish authorities.