The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW13

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2. Presents himself as Messiah and King of the Kingdom of God of a different sort

a. It does not come with national preference to Israel.

b. It does not result in cataclysmic glory and defeat of the Gentiles.

c. It is presented in the lowliness of Jesus’ person and the Kingdom of life he presents and proclaims.

B. Symbolic events picturing the end of Jesus’ ministry

1. Cursing of the fig tree, Mark 11.12-14 (The nation of Israel, God’s pleasant fig tree, has failed to bear fruit in light of God’s gracious revelation, cf. Hos. 9.10.)

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2. Second cleansing of the Temple, Matt. 21.12-13 (Jesus in the first cleansing, displayed himself as God’s messenger and reformer; in this second cleansing, he boldly judges the Temple system and those who ran it.)

3. Visit of the Greeks, John 12.20-50 (Jesus speaks of his death, and John provides commentary relating Jesus to the YHWH of Isa. 6.)

C. Encounters and controversy with Jewish leaders

1. Desire for destruction and entrapment

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