37-6-258 (Week 37, Day 6, Year 258)

PSALM 137  How we feel about our enemies

This psalm was written as the Hebrew people found themselves deported to Babylon.  It is a classic way of thinking of your enemies.  We want God to take care of our enemies, but place ourselves within God’s grace.  Sometimes we must face our own sin. This is a vivid prayer as a lament asking God to take revenge upon the Babylonian nation and its leadership.

JOHN 12

JOHN 12: 1-11 JESUS RETURNS TO BETHANY – THE HOME OF BELOVED DISCIPLES – THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY

MARY POURS PERFUME ON JESUS’ FEET.  The Jewish leaders plan to kill both Lazerus and Jesus.

ANOINTING HIS FEET

SEE HOW YOUR KING COMES

JOHN 12: 12 -19 CONFUSI0N IN JERUSALEM – JESUS’ TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM-Psalm 118:25-26, Zechariah 9:9

JOHN 12: 20-50 JUDGMENT TIME – THE CONCLUSION OF JESUS’ PUBLIC MINISTRY

JESUS TELLS ABOUT HIS COMING DEATH

THE JEWS STILL DO NOT BELIEVE-Isaiah 53:1, Isaiah 6:10

A GRAIN OF WHEAT MUST DIE

THEIR EYES ARE BLINDED

ISAIAH 59-60

ISAIAH 59: 1-21 “The lament of the nation will be answered when the LORD comes to restore those who repent.”

ISAIAH 59:1-8 WHY PRAYERS AND FASTING REMAIN WITHOUT EFFECT

ISAIAH 59:9-15a A COMMUNAL CONFESSION OF SIN

ISAIAH 59:15b-21 THE LORD WILL PUNISH AND REDEEM

ISAIAH 60: 1- ISAIAH 62:12 PROCLAMATION OF RESTORATION FOR THE NATION – THE GLORY AND DESTINY OF ZION. “This section is generally considered to be the nucleus of chapters 56-66, having much in common with chapters 40-55.” “These chapters have strong similarities of content and style with chapters 40-55.”

ISAIAH 60: 1-9 JERUSALEM RESTORED “Zion’s restoration, the return of the glory of the LORD, and the approach of the nations bearing gifts.  As before, Zion is imaged as a woman.”

ISAIAH 60: 10-22 “Whereas the nations in the past were brought by the LORD for Zion’s punishment, now they will come to submit to her and sustain her.”

THE LORD SETS HIS PEOPLE FREE

ZION WILL BE GLORIOUS

WE LONG FOR LIGHT BUT SINK IN DARNESS

PEOPLE RETURNING FOR THE REUNION

WHAT’S THAT WE SEE IN THE DISTANCE?

“I Am God.  At the right time I’ll make it happen.”

PHILIPPIANS 2

PHILIPPIANS 1: 27- PHILIPPIANS 4:4 APPEAL TO UNITY, TO BE FOLLOWED BY EXAMPLES

PHILIPPIANS 2: 1-18 FIRST EXAMPLE OF SELF-EMPTYING OF CHRIST.

THINKING LIKE CHRIST

LIVING LIKE CHRIST

HE TOOK ON THE STATUS OF A SLAVE

PHILIPPIANS 2: 19- PHILIPPIANS 3:1A SECOND EXAMPLE: TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS

TIMOTHY AND EPAPHRODITUS

REJOICING TOGETHER