Week 19

THE WAY OF THE CROSS

Jesus knew that the cross lay ahead of him, yet he "set his face to go to Jerusalem". Follow this trail of references: Luke 9:51-53; 17:11; 19:28, 37, 41, 45.

He was finally crucified outside the city (Hebrews 13:12-14).

THE TEMPLE AND CITY

The Temple of Herod was to be destroyed (Luke 21:6) and the city trodden down of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24).

'The stone (Jesus) rejected of the builders' (20:17) is the foundation of God's real House, the people in whom He will dwell (Ephesians 2:19-22).

DAILY NOTES

SUNDAY
Luke 18		 Humility and recognition of our own unworthiness are essential when we come to God (verse 14).
MONDAY
Luke 19		 The establishment of the Kingdom is future - to be seen when the nobleman who represents Jesus (verses 11-12) returns.
TUESDAY
Luke 20		 Jesus quotes Psalm 110 as a reference to himself as God's Son and David's 'Lord' (verses 41-44).
WEDNESDAY
Luke 21		 The release of Jerusalem (verse 24) from non-Jewish domination will be accompanied by world wide disasters (verses 25-26) and heralds Christ's return (verse 27).
THURSDAY
Luke 22		 Jesus looked forward to sharing bread and wine with his disciples in his Kingdom (verses 16-18).
FRIDAY
Luke 23		 The thief (verse 43) believed in the coming Kingdom (verse 42) when the earth will be a 'paradise' (garden).
SATURDAY
Luke 24		 Understanding the Old Testament involves seeing Christ through its teaching (verses 25-27, 44-45). The risen Christ still used the Old Testament - essential to true Christianity.