The Last Week of the Savior's Mortal Ministry

FIRST DAY

 Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and as He enter the city, riding a donkey, a multitude of His disciples greeted Him. They laid palm branches on his path and shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”(Matthew 21:9) He then went to the temple for a moment, after observing what was happening there he went to Bethany for the night with the twelve.

SECOND DAY

On the next morning Jesus then went back to the temple to put order in the house of His Father. The temple had been turned into a market place since their Jewish leaders allowed the money exchange there. On verse 13 of Matthew 21 we read, “And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

THIRD DAY

The event in the temple raised an authority issue and the Jewish leader were not very happy about it. They challenged Jesus with questions about His authority, to which he replied with parables that offended them in their hypocrisy. While the leader searched for a way to kill Jesus without making a scene, Jesus stop preaching to the multitudes and from then on only taught His apostles. One of Jesus’ own disciples offered to betray Him.

FOURTH DAY

We don’t know much about this day. Jesus already knew about the plot from the Jewish leader and spent the day outside the city.

FIFTH DAY

Jesus celebrated the Passover with His apostles and introduced the sacrament ordinance. He then prophesied of His death and reveals who would be the one to betray Him. He instructed them and offered the intercessory prayer.

Jesus took His apostles to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. There He atoned for our sins.

Right after that Jesus was imprisoned and was brought to an illegal trial that night.

SIXTH DAY

Jesus was charged with two crimes: blasphemy for proclaiming He was the Son of God, and sedition against the state for claiming to be the “king of the Jews”. He was sentenced to death by Pilates and brutally executed by the brutal Roman practice of crucifixion.

SEVENTH DAY

This was the Jewish Sabbath day. Jesus body stay in the tomb while his Spirit ministered in the spirit world.

DAY OF THE RESURRECTION

As we can read in the New Testament Institute Manual, “Had the gospel ended with Jesus’ burial, there would be no gospel story, no “good news.” The great message of these testators is that Jesus was risen and was seen again by many witnesses. On the first day of the week, the most memorable Sunday in history, Jesus Christ emerged alive from the tomb, and appeared before Mary. The testimony of these witnesses constitutes the gospel story, the “good news.”

I know Jesus Christ is my Savior and I am grateful for all He went through to provide all of us with the gifts of resurrection and repentance. I know He lives and loves me.

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