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B. The entrance of Jesus: hail to the Jewish Messiah!

1. The calling of the Twelve as a kind of new 12 tribes, cf. Mark 3.14

2. Messiah Jesus, the source and life of the Church, Matt. 16.13-19, cf. Matt. 16.17-18

3. The Jews were expecting a Messiah which would deliver God’s people Israel, cf. John 4.22, Isa. 12.6; 46.13; Zeph. 3.16; Zech. 9.9.

4. Definition of the Church

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a. Ekklesia - (Gk. “To call out from”) 111 times in the NT

(1) “Assembly,” cf. Acts 19.39, 7.38

(2) “Called out ones,” cf. Rom. 8.30; 1 Cor. 1.2, 2 Cor. 6.17

b. Kuriakon - (Gk. “That which belongs to the Lord”)

(1) “The supper of the Lord,” 1 Cor. 11.20

(2) “The Day of the Lord,” Rev. 1.10

C. A Jewish romance novel?: Messiah Jesus as the bridegroom and now, the Church as his bride !

1. Messiah Jesus is the bridegroom (John the Baptist is the best man!), John 3.29.