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Faithful Jews longed for the coming of the Davidic Messiah. It was always assumed that he would deliver his people from their enemies and oppressors, restore their sovereignty and usher in an age of peace and prosperity. Many prophetic texts describe these moments. However, God’s script includes some “Easter Eggs” that describe that same king but suggest that His coming may look quite different. Some are hidden in plain sight, in God’s Word. Others are hidden in the pages of Jewish history. We will find these eggs and explore their content.
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Easter Eggs: Traces of Jesus Through Time_Palm Sunday.pptx
- 1. Traces of Jesus Through Time EASTER EGGS
- 2. Video Clip: “The Godfather” - 1972 With legal permission through CCLIV
- 6. 24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. First Egg Psalm 118: 24-26
- 8. Second Egg 33 And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule and bring him down to Gihon. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 1 Kings 1: 33-34
- 10. Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.” Third Egg 2 Kings 9:13
- 12. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Fourth Egg Zechariah 9:9
- 14. Fifth Egg 51 On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred seventy-first year (141 BC), the Jews entered it with praise and palm branches, and with harps and cymbals and stringed instruments, and with hymns and songs, because a great enemy had been crushed and removed from Israel. 1 Maccabees 13:51
- 15. Traces of Jesus Through Time EASTER EGGS Hosanna Humble King Cloaks Donkey Palm Branches
Editor's Notes
- Pastor Steve: Prayer Greeting – Mention 8 yr. anniversary and significance of Palm Sunday. Series Intro "Easter Eggs" is a term in movies and computer programs for something hidden in the script or code. An easter egg can predict what’s coming next in a movie, but you won’t see it at first. However, once someone reveals the “easter egg” to you, you can look back and see them so clearly. Sometimes they’re jokes between two producers where they honor one another’s work. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were known for this. Easter eggs can be earlier hints of something that is coming. In this series we will look at the familiar stories of Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter by searching for the "Easter Eggs" in the Old Testament that foreshadow these events. Instead of just quoting the Old Testament texts as prophetic proof-texts, we will see how key historical moments in Israel’s history lay careful groundwork which culminate in the powerful events we celebrate during Holy Week. We will also have some fun looking at a new cinematic “Easter Egg” intro each message. This week’s clip is from the first “Godfather” movie which premiered in 1972. I saw this movie with my parents on the day of my Catholic Confirmation. I must say, it was an odd choice to celebrate a key faith moment in my life! The less than one minute clip takes place around a large table. Don Corleone has assembled all the other crime bosses together following the murder of his son. As you watch the clip, let me give you an odd instruction. Take note of the oranges. Show video clip
- In all three Godfather movies, whoever is holding an orange, seated near an orange, even drinking orange juice… that is the next person to die. In the next scene, Don Vito Corleone double crosses the Mafia Dons he made the truce with in that table scene we just saw. Each of them is violently killed by his men. The bottom left picture features a now aged Vito Corleone, playing with his grandson. He peels an orange and makes two fangs out of the peel. Then he playfully chases his grandson and suffers a fatal heart attack. To use the Mafia term, he was wacked by an orange. This is one of the best examples of a cinematic “easter egg”. I watched all of these movies more than once and never noticed the oranges. Movie producers create the story. They can imbed what ever they want in the history they create. The greatest producer of all time is our God. The story he produces is what we call history. History is His Story. And as we read the pages of the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures, we find that God has hidden “easter eggs”. Some of them are extremely well-hidden. They appear in the most unlikely of biblical texts. They often feel like random details, but once you get the big picture, you can start finding them.
- I’ve asked Pastor Ryan to read the true story of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday for us. Take careful note of the individual elements of this great narrative. This is the answer that will help you see the hidden Easter Eggs as we dig backwards and explore these Traces of Jesus Through Time. Scripture Reading: Pastor Ryan
- Our First Egg is found in the 118th Psalm. We do not know for certain the author of this Psalm. However, when the Second Temple foundation was completed, Ezra the Scribe tells us in Ezra 3:10-11 that the sons of Asaph sang this Psalm in “according to the ordinance of David, King of Israel.” Many scholars suggest that David is the author. Martin Luther loved this psalm. He once said: “This is my own beloved psalm. Although the entire Psalter and all of Holy Scripture are dear to me as my only comfort and source of life, I fell in love with this psalm especially. Therefore, I call it my own. When emperors and kings, the wise and the learned, and even saints could not aid me, this psalm proved a friend and helped me out of many great troubles. As a result, it is dearer to me than all the wealth, honor, and power of the pope, the Turk, and the emperor. I would be most unwilling to trade this psalm for all of it.” In this Psalm, the psalmist extols the goodness of God with these words, “ Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! He also describes a time of great tribulation where he was surrounded by his enemies, comparing them to a swarm of bees. He then describes God’s deliverance in verse 13-14: But the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. Starting in verse 19, the Psalm takes a Messianic turn as it describes a Great Deliverer. These are some of the most well-known verses in the Bible: 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. The Psalmist mentions a gate through which the righteous enter. He also speaks of how God has become his salvation. Then, there is an image that is frequently used in describing Jesus. 22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The ancient rabbis confessed that this “cornerstone” referred to Israel’s Messiah. At this point, the 118th Psalm describes a conversation of praise between the priests and the people. This takes us to our Easter Egg text.
- 24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success! 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord. Do you see the language of the Palm Sunday crowd in these verses? God had written these words into the psalms of His people. Verse 25 begins with the Hebrew “Hoshea- na”, Save us, we pray. We know this by its Greek pronunciation, “Hosanna! And verse 26 includes more words that we are familiar with, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” But there is something beyond the words in these verses. There are these two crowds. The priests are inside the Temple. The people are outside. And then these two crowds merge. This is exactly what I described last week. The crowd that joined Jesus on the pilgrim’s route to Jerusalem that witnessed his healing miracles converges with a crowd eager to meet him. The converge at the gates. It’s a powerful easter egg pointing towards Jesus’ Triumphal Entry.
- Transitions of power are not always smooth. Whatever your political convictions, I think we could all agree that the transition between President Trump and President-elect Biden, at the time, was not an easy one.