The Path to Jesus during His fateful week, from Palm Sunday to the Last Supper, Judgment, Crucifixion and the Stone Tomb.

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3. This time
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Takes us

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Takes us

17. The events of
Holy Week bring
the crisis of
human life to its
peak, as all that is
evil in the cosmos
for all time…

18. The events of
Holy Week bring
the crisis of
human life to its
peak, as all that is
evil in the cosmos
for all time are
met with the
infinite Good that
is in Christ Jesus
and…

19. The events of
Holy Week bring
the crisis of
human life to its
peak, as all that is
evil in the cosmos
for all time are
met with the
infinite Good that
is in Christ Jesus
and Good wins.

21. He was facing
toward
Jerusalem
and He told
His disciples:

22. The Son of
man shall be
betrayed into
the hands of
men: And
they shall kill
him, and the
third day he
shall be raised
again. Matt 17:22-23

23. And so in time He brought His Apostles and followers
to Bethany and then to the Holy City, Jerusalem. And
thus began what
we now call

24. Palm Sunday

25. The King enters His city, seated
on a young donkey colt

26. And immediately He goes to the Temple and drives out
the sellers of sacrificial animals and the moneychangers

27. He teaches the people in the Temple

28. But His enemies bring a woman guilty of adultery to
test Him, and they bring stones

29. Crying “Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites!”

30. To kill Him… but how?

31. JESUS PREPARES THE PASSOVER AND ESTABLISHES HIS COVENANT

32. The familiar Da Vinci table is entirely European and medieval

33. at a table called a Triclinium where Jesus reclines to
dine with His disciples

34. Was set like this. Jesus is at the 2nd place on the left, with John guarding
Him and Judas at His left. Peter, across the way, asks John: “Who?”

35. Jesus adds: “Take, eat: This is my Body which is broken for
you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

36. Drink of this, all of you, for this is the New Covenant in my blood:
Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 1 Cor 11:25

37. What is a Covenant? A Promise of God and Man showing
Man’s Path, God’s Response, and it is always sealed by Blood.

38. Jesus washed the
feet of His
apostles

39. After
That
Judas
left

40. And Commanded a new
kind of love

41. And He prayed,
“O my Father, if it
be possible, let
this cup pass from
me: nevertheless
not as I will, but
as thou wilt ...O
my Father, if this
cup may not pass
away from me,
except I drink it,
thy will be done.
Matt 26:39-42

42. …and yet Jesus
had the time,
and compassion,
to heal the ear
of Malchus, the
High Priest’s
servant, lost to
Peter’s sword in
a vain defense.

43. But Jesus said
to him,
"Judas, are you
betraying the
Son of Man
with a kiss?"
Luke 22:48

44. And still the
witnesses couldn’t
make a credible
accusation. Then
Caiaphas addressed
Jesus directly: “I
put You under oath
by the living God:
Tell us if You are the
Christ, the Son of
God!” Jesus said to
him…

45. "It is as you said.
Nevertheless, I
say to you,
hereafter you will
see the Son of
Man sitting at the
right hand of the
Power, and
coming on the
clouds of
heaven."
Matt 26:63-64

46. But Pilate tried
several times to
satisfy justice
with reason, then
punishment, and
diversion.
Nothing met the
demands of the
angry priests but
execution.

47. And to mock
Him further, a
crown of
thorns and a
tablecloth as a
cloak were put
on Him.

48. Crucify Him!
Cried the
people.

49. To a place of
the skull,
Golgotha, with
two others,
thieves.

51. How can this
be the crucial
moment of our
salvation? How
is it that this
horrible act of
mankind
against God
might bring any
good at all?

52. Giti Hansen

53. Giti Hansen

54. Why must we suffer?
Why do people suffer
and die?
Why is life unfair?
Why does God allow
evil to prosper in the
world?
Why doesn’t God stop
all wars and famine
and crime and
injustice?
Where is God when
we are hurting?
How can we trust a
God who allows so
much suffering on
earth?

55. Why must we suffer?
To answer the
mystery that
surrounds our
own suffering, we
need to
understand the
suffering of God.
Until we
understand God’s
suffering, we can
never understand
our own.

56. Can God suffer?
“God is love”
1 John 4:8b

57. Can God suffer?
Love
involves:
• Action and
proof, not
just words
and emotion
• Freedom –
Freely given
and freely
received

58. Can God suffer?
Love involves:
• Fellowship –
God the Holy
Trinity &
Garden of
Eden
• Vulnerability
– Risk of
rejection,
misunderstan
ding, and pain

59. Can God suffer?
Love involves:
•Sacrifice – “God
so loved the
world that He
gave His only
begotten Son,
that whoever
believes in Him
should not
perish but have
everlasting
life.”
John 3:16

60. Because God is love
God opens Himself to
suffering.
In Jesus Christ, who is
100% God and 100%
man, God’s love
included being
tortured and dying.
Jesus suffered as the
spotless and innocent
Lamb of God offered
up to His Father on
behalf of sinners.

61. For our sakes
Jesus also suffered
the punishment for
sin and the
separation from God
that sin entails.
He took on our
condemnation and its
consequences so we
could be made
righteous in God’s
sight.
“For He made Him
who knew no sin to
be sin for us, that
we might become
the righteousness of
God in Him.”
2 Cor 5:21

62. The Crucifixion of
Christ
The Crucifixion of
Christ is an
eternal event
that intersects
human history
in real time.

63. The Crucifixion of
Christ
John the Baptist declared of Jesus,
“Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away
the sin of the world” John 1:29b
The Crucifixion of
Christ is an
eternal event
that intersects
human history
in real time.

64. The Crucifixion of
Christ
John the Baptist declared of Jesus,
“Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away
the sin of the world” John 1:29b
John the Apostle revealed that Jesus, the
Lamb of God, was “slain from the
foundation of the world” Rev. 13:8b
The Crucifixion of
Christ is an
eternal event
that intersects
human history
in real time.

65. The Crucifixion of
Christ
John the Baptist declared of Jesus,
“Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away
the sin of the world” John 1:29b
John the Apostle revealed that Jesus, the
Lamb of God, was “slain from the
foundation of the world” Rev. 13:8b
God said, “Let there be light,” beneath the
shadow of the Cross and upon the
foundation of the Cross.
The Crucifixion of
Christ is an
eternal event
that intersects
human history
in real time.

66. The Crucifixion of
Christ
God said, “Let us create man in Our own
image,” knowing that this very human
race would betray Him, ruin His creation,
and ultimately rise up and kill His beloved
Son.
The Crucifixion of
Christ is an
eternal event
that intersects
human history
in real time.

67. The Crucifixion of
Christ
 He knew the sins and treacheries we
would commit.
 He knew if we would eventually repent
and receive His salvation or walk away
from His tremendous love to spend
eternity in hell.
 In any case and in every case, regardless
of whether we would choose or reject
Him, Jesus suffered the height and depth
and length and width of our sins.
When God
created each
one of us in our
mother’s
womb…

68. The Crucifixion of
Christ
Instead of
asking, “Why
must we
suffer?” perhaps
we should ask,
“Why must God
suffer?” If we
can answer why
God suffers, we
will understand
why we suffer.

69. How does my
suffering reflect
God’s suffering?
 Because the Lamb was slain from the foundation
of the world, He endured all human suffering
before we even existed.
 He endured my suffering and your suffering and
all suffering before it could reach us.
 Therefore, everything that we suffer has first
been filtered through His wounds, through His
broken heart, and through His personal
experience.
 Instead of being distant and unconcerned, God in
Christ takes the full weight of our suffering upon
Himself and keeps on loving us.
 He suffers because He is love. And He asks us,
“Do you love Me?”
How does my
suffering
reflect God’s
suffering?

70. How does my
suffering reflect
God’s suffering?
 Hear what St. Peter writes about
Christian suffering:
 “For this finds favor, if for the
sake of conscience toward God, a
man bears up under sorrows
when suffering unjustly… if when
you do what is right and suffer
for it you patiently endure it, this
finds favor with God …since
Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example for you
to follow in His steps.” 1 Peter 2:19-21
If we say that
we love Him,
then we will
suffer for
Him as He
has suffered
for us.

71. How does my
suffering reflect
God’s suffering?
 Hear what St. Peter writes
about Christian suffering:
 “For it is better, if God should
will it so, that you suffer for
doing what is right rather than
for doing what is wrong.”
1 Peter 3:17
If we say that
we love Him,
then we will
suffer for
Him as He
has suffered
for us.

72. How does my
suffering reflect
God’s suffering?
 “…to the degree that you
share the sufferings of Christ,
keep on rejoicing; so that also
at the revelation of His glory,
you may rejoice with
exultation… if anyone suffers as
a Christian, let him not feel
ashamed, but in that name let
him glorify God.”
1 Peter 4:12-16
If we say that
we love Him,
then we will
suffer for
Him as He
has suffered
for us.

73. How does my
suffering reflect
God’s suffering?
 Hear what St. Paul writes:
 “For I reckon that the
sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared
with the glory that is to be
revealed to us.”
Romans 8:16-18
If we say that
we love Him,
then we will
suffer for
Him as He
has suffered
for us.

74. How does my
suffering reflect
God’s suffering?
 “For just as the sufferings of
Christ are ours in abundance,
so also our comfort is abundant
through Christ.”
2 Corinthians 1:5
If we say that
we love Him,
then we will
suffer for
Him as He
has suffered
for us.

75. Our suffering and
God’s suffering will
end.
A Christian’s
suffering lasts for
this life only. It is a
prized commodity
that St. Peter
declares is more
precious than gold
which perishes.

76. Our suffering and
God’s suffering will
end.
A Christian’s
suffering will
produce “praise
and honor and
glory” when Jesus
returns to usher
us into heaven
1 Peter 1:7

77. William Penn
In reference to
Palm Sunday
and Good
Friday, William
Penn wrote,
“No pain, no
palm; no thorn,
no throne.”

78. Mother teresa
Mother
Theresa of
Calcutta
advised, “Don’t
waste your
suffering.”

79. Dietrich
bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
said, “A Christian is
someone who shares
the sufferings of God
in the world.” Looking
at the misery around
him while he was
imprisoned in a Nazi
death camp,
Bonheoffer declared,
“Only a God who
suffers can help us
now.” Bonhoeffer
later was executed as
a traitor.

80.  Suffering puts our
love for God through
the fire. The fire of
suffering purifies our
love, sanctifies it,
deepens it, and
multiplies it.
Our love

81. Our love for God includes
 Action and proof, not just words
and emotion.
 Freedom – We freely give and
freely receive God’s love through
our suffering.
 Fellowship – We enjoy sweet
fellowship with God even in the
midst of suffering.
 Vulnerability – We risk rejection,
misunderstanding, and pain for
Christ’s sake.
 Sacrifice – We give all for the God
who gave us His all.

84. At St. Augustine’s
Feast of the
annunciation
March 25
5:30 p.m.

85. At St. Augustine’s
Palm Sunday
8 and 10:30 a.m.

86. At St. Augustine’s
Maundy thursday
7 p.m.

87. At St. Augustine’s
Good Friday
Noon to 3 p.m.

88. At St. Augustine’s
Holy Saturday
7 p.m.

89. At St. Augustine’s

90. Eastertide

91. Please come back during Easter!