Whose Voice Will You Obey?
THE FIRST DAY — THE KING COMES TO THE TEMPLE Jesus, the King is coming and He does not come merely to enter the city, He comes to the Temple. The people have welcomed Him with the cry: “Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (Mark 11:9-10) The King has entered Jerusalem. But Mark gives us a detail that the other Gospels do not give us in the same way. Jesus enters Jerusalem, enters the Temple, and He looks around. He does not immediately begin overturning tables. He looks. He watches. “And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.” (Mark 11:11) Jesus comes into the Temple, examines the scene, and then He leaves, and returns to Bethany that evening. The King has seen the house. This is the end of the first day. THE SECOND DAY — BETHPH...