John Chapter 12;1-13 Social Gospel; Attitudes About Christ Jesus; Reclining At The Table; Nard, A Fragrant Perfume; Compassion On The Poor And The Social Gospel; The Name Of God; The Name Above Every Name, Jehovah Witnesses

1. John 12
Jesus’ Final Week
Social Gospel; Attitudes About Christ Jesus;
Reclining At The Table; Nard, A Fragrant
Perfume; Compassion On The Poor And The
Social Gospel; The Name Of God; The Name
Above Every Name
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6. John 12 Outline
• John 12:1-11, Jesus’ feet anointed
• John 12:12-19, Jesus’ triumphal entry
• John 12:20-36, Jesus’ public prophecy
• John 12:36-50, Jesus’ final line in the sand
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8. John 12:1, A Palm Sunday Question
gracethrufaith.com
• Q. In John 12:1 it says:”Then six days before
the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany…”, and
then verse 12 says, “The next day a great
multitude that had come to the feast…” So,
according to John 12:1, Jesus was in Bethany 6
days before the 14th of the month, that is He
was there on the 8th of the month, and the
next day is the 9th of the month, the day when
the multitude went out to meet Him and cried
out “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the
name of the Lord! The King of Israel!”, and it
was not on the 10th of the month.

9. John 12:1, A Palm Sunday Question
gracethrufaith.com
• A. We know Jesus entered Jerusalem on Psalm
Sunday. John 12:1 says Jesus had come to
Bethany six days before Passover, but it doesn’t
say He had a big dinner that same night and left
the next morning. Since Palm Sunday was the
10th, the ninth would have been a Saturday,
which was the Sabbath, and the 8th, the day Jesus
arrived, was a Friday. From sunset Friday to
sunset Saturday no work was allowed, and that
included travel. Therefore, since the dinner was
given on the night before Palm Sunday, it had to
have taken place on Saturday after sunset when
the Sabbath ended.

10. Jesus Will Be Praised With Palm
Branches In The Future Also
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11. John 12:2, Reclining At The Table
• NAU John 12:2 So they made Him a supper
there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus
was one of those reclining at the table with
Him.
• NAU Mark 14:18 As they were reclining at the
table and eating…
• All 4 Gospels record this event. There are 13
uses of “reclining” and all are in the gospels.

12. John 12:2, Reclining At The Table
compass.org
• “The famous picture by Leonardo da Vinci of Jesus and
His 12 apostles sitting upright while eating at the Last
Supper is not scripturally correct. Feasts, banquets, and
special dinners were usually served on a table which
was only six to twelve inches high. The guests would lie
around the outside edges on cushions, leaning on their
left elbow and eating with their right hand. This was to
remind the Israelites that they didn't have to be ready
to leave at a moment's notice—like they did on the first
Passover in Egypt. This is why a woman could wash
Jesus' feet at dinner (Luke 7) as she wasn't under the
table! This also makes sense of the verse (John 13:23)
about John leaning on Jesus' breast at dinner. There are
some 30 verses referring to this eating style…”

13. John 12:3
Nard, A Fragrant Perfume
• NAU John 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very costly
perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and
wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled
with the fragrance of the perfume.
• wikipedia= “Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and
muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential
oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering
plant of the Valerian family which grows in the Himalayas
of Nepal, China, and India. The oil has, since ancient
times, been used as a perfume, as a medicine and in
religious contexts, across a wide territory from India to
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14. John 12:3
Nard, A Fragrant Perfume
• Nardostachys jatamansi is a flowering plant of the
Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of Nepal,
China, and India. The plant grows to about 1 meter (3
ft) in height and has pink, bell-shaped flowers. It is
found in the altitude of about 3,000 to 5,000 m (9,800
to 16,400 ft). Rhizomes (underground stems) can be
crushed and distilled into an intensely aromatic amber-
colored essential oil, which is very thick in consistency.
Nard oil is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative,
and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, birth
difficulties, and other minor ailments.[1]
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15. John 12:3
Nard, A Fragrant Perfume
…The ancient Greeks called
the lavender herb nardus,
after the Syrian city of Naarda
(possibly the modern town of
Dohuk, Iraq). It was also
commonly called nard…”
Illustration of Nardostachys
grandiflora,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nardostachys_jatamansi#/media/
File:Nardostachys_grandiflora.jpg
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16. John 12:3, Ambergris fragrance
TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
• As long is really are talking about exotic ancient
perfumes, I thought I could squeeze in this article.
Because the LORD has provided a perfume
enhancer;
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17. John 12:3, Ambergris fragrance
TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
• “As one perfume expert puts it, "It's beyond comprehension how
beautiful it is. It's transformative. Its like an olfactory gemstone.” The
perfumer was describing ambergris, a waxy excretion found in the
intestines of sperm whales. Since most countries have made it illegal to
slaughter sperm whales, ambergris is very hard to come by. In fact, it is
almost worth its weight in gold. As one beachcomber observed, "There
aren’t too many professions where you could go to work and stumble
upon $30,000 one morning.” Bloomberg Business writes, "To outsiders,
it may seem like easy money – ambergris can wash ashore anywhere
there are sperm whales." Ironically, many ambergris hunters don’t even
know which whale orifice it comes from. As neuroscientist Chris Kemp
said, "Despite what most people think, it is not vomit. That's one of the
biggest misnomers about ambergris. Unfortunately, it
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18. John 12:3, Ambergris fragrance
TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
comes out the other end.” Sure enough,
ambergris smells like perfumed cow dung. What
makes ambergris so special is that it amplifies the
other fragrances found in perfumes. As one
perfumer noted, "It alters the quality of the
existing notes and makes them bigger, deeper and
more expansive than they can ever be on their
own.” Unlike fragrant perfumes, sinful man has
nothing within himself that smells good before a
holy God. And if you amplify our natural scent, we
only smell worse. But when Christ enters our lives,
we give off the sweet-smelling aroma of Christ to
others. Best of all, we smell good to God, too!
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• Ambergris, photographed by Peter
Kaminski

19. Social Gospel, The
Poor
• NAU John 12:8 "For you
always have the poor
with you, but you do not
always have Me.“
• NAU Luke 6:20 And
turning His gaze toward
His disciples, He began
to say, "Blessed are you
who are poor, for yours
is the kingdom of God.
Friends Of Israel

20. John 12:8, Compassion On The Poor
• Psalm 72:13 He [God],will have compassion on the
poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will
save.
• NAU Psalm 109:31 For He [the LORD] stands at the
right hand of the needy, To save him from those
who judge his soul.
• Proverbs 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his
fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
• We do need to reach out to the needy, but not
like this…

21. John 12:8, Compassion On The Poor

22. John 12:8, Social Gospel
“you always have the poor”
The Berean Call
• “Called "Father of the Social Gospel," Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918),
grew up in a German Lutheran immigrant family… he wrote books such as
"Christianizing the Social Order" and "A Theology for the Social Gospel."[4]
Steeped in "higher criticism”…he taught what many considered a more
relevant and compassionate gospel. As a result, he "changed both the
emphases and the direction of American Protestantism.”[1]… introduced
Jesus "not as one who would come to save sinners from their sins but as one
who had a 'social passion' for society."[2] He and his comrades established
the "Brotherhood of the Kingdom," ….It called for political reform,
ecumenical unity, "Social Justice" and global peace…"The gospel is not
about... pie-in-the-sky when they die... It is imperative that the up and
coming generation recognize that the biblical Jesus was committed to the
realization of a new social order in this world.... Becoming a Christian,
therefore, is a call to social action…”
• http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/006/conspiracy2.htm
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23. John 12:11, Believing
• NAU John 12:11 because on account of him
many of the Jews were going away and were
believing in Jesus.
• NAU John 20:27+31 but these have been
written so that you may believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing
you may have life in His name.
• “Believing Christ died, that’s history. Believing
Christ died for me, that’s salvation.”
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24. John 12 Has At Least 6 Groups
• Very much like any church, some have to attend,
some to see signs and wonders, some antagonists,
and some worshipers;
• 12:9, A crowd= Roman soldiers were there
• 12:9, Large crowd of the Jews to see Lazarus
• 12:18, The people because of the sign
• 12:19, The Pharisees said the world has gone after
Him
• 12:20, Greeks going up to worship, “to see Jesus”
• 12:42, Secret believing rulers 2
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25. John 12:13
Where Does The Name Come From?
• NAU John 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees
and went out to meet Him, and began to shout,
"Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME
OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
• Q. What is the meaning of Yahweh or where does it
come from?
• A. It was against the law for the Jews to speak or
write the Lord’s name except for one day each year
when they spoke it 7 times in a Temple ceremony
called Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. When
they wrote His name they used 4 initials to represent
it. They were translated into English as JHVH. The
King James

26. John 12:13
Where Does The Name Come From?
• translators put LORD, all in caps, where the initials
appeared in the Hebrew text. Somewhere along the
way vowels from Elohim, which means God, and
Adonai, which means Lord, were added to the initials
forming Jehovah. Later it was determined that since in
the Hebrew language the four initials are
pronounced Yodh, He, Waw, and He, Yahweh is a more
accurate pronunciation of God’s name.
• But the truth is no one alive today knows God’s actual
name. After the Temple was destroyed the Yom Kippur
ceremony changed and they no longer spoke
it. Scholars estimate it was eventually lost to the
memory of man in about 300 AD. Today Jesus is the
name above all names (Phil. 2:9-11).

27. John 12:13, The Name Above All!
Is Not Jehovah (Sorry JW’s)
• NAU Philippians 2:9 For this reason also, God highly
exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is
above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on
earth, and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
• NAU Colossians 3:17 …do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
• NAU Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for
there is no other name under heaven that has been
given among men by which we must be saved.”
• Acts 3:16, 5:41, 10:43, 15:14, 22:16, John 20:31

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30. John 12:8, Social Gospel
“you always have the poor”
The Berean Call
• Called "Father of the Social Gospel," Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918), grew up in a German Lutheran immigrant
family in New York. He studied theology at the University of Rochester, one of hundreds of educational and "Christian"
institutions funded by John D. Rockefeller. After pastoring a Baptist Church among poor immigrants in New York City for
a few years, he joined the faculty at Rochester Theological Seminary - also funded by Rockefeller. In 1902 he became its
Professor of Church History.
• From this prominent platform, he wrote books such as "Christianizing the Social Order" and "A Theology for the Social
Gospel."[4] Steeped in "higher criticism" and socialist ideology, he taught what many considered a more relevant and
compassionate gospel. As a result, he "changed both the emphases and the direction of American Protestantism."[1]
• Rauschenbusch introduced Jesus "not as one who would come to save sinners from their sins but as one who had a
'social passion' for society."[2] He and his comrades established the "Brotherhood of the Kingdom," which unified like-
minded church leaders under a common socialist quest for an earthly "Kingdom of God."
• Their plan would have fit our times! It called for political reform, ecumenical unity, "Social Justice" and global peace. To
justify its place in "Christian" theology, words like redemption and regeneration were redefined to fit their socialist
ideals.[3]
• Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Popular church leaders use the same strategy today! Pastor Brian McLaren's recent book,
The Secret Message of Jesus, twists God's Word into an endorsement of an earthly, interfaith Kingdom.[4] Likewise,
Tony Campolo's hope of earthly perfection mocks the Biblical promise of eternal life:
• "The gospel is not about... pie-in-the-sky when they die.... It is imperative that the up and coming generation recognize
that the biblical Jesus was committed to the realization of a new social order in this world.... Becoming a Christian,
therefore, is a call to social action."[5]
• In 1907, Rauschenbusch met with the leaders of Fabian socialism in England, Sidney Webb and Beatrice Potter Webb.
Unlike impatient Marxist revolutionaries, the methodical Fabians emphasized peaceful transformation through
propaganda and infiltration of universities, seminaries and churches.
• Through the years, this socialist movement grew to include Bertrand Russell,
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Believe And Live, Elmer
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Ed Hindson, Twenty-
First Century Biblical
Commentary Series,
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32. John 12:12-12:19
• We Would Like to See Jesus, by Larry East
• John 12:12-19 (NIV)
• 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
• 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
• 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written,
• 15 “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
• 16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had
been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
• 17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to
spread the word.
• 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, went out to meet him.
• 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after
him!”
• Imagine yourself in Jerusalem over 2000 years ago. There was a great crowd there that day that had come to celebrate
the Feast of the Passover. I can imagine it was something like what we see in Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
• Josephus, the notable Jewish historian, estimated that over two million people were involved in the great Passover
Feast. It is known that 256,500 lambs were slain at one Passover and that each lamb represented at least ten
worshippers. Teeming thousands from all over the world were flooding into the city to observe the Passover. The mass
of people and the necessary housing and food arrangements to handle such a mass of people can hardly be imagined.
• An excitable carnival-like atmosphere was bound to prevail over such a mob of people. Lots of people jamming the
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33. "What is Palm Sunday?”
GotQuestions.org
• Question: "What is Palm Sunday?” http://www.gotquestions.org/Printer/qotw-PF.html
•
• Answer: Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, exactly one week before His
resurrection (Matthew 21:1–11). As Jesus entered the holy city, He neared the culmination of a long journey toward
Golgotha. He had come to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and now was the time—this was the place—to secure that
salvation. Palm Sunday marked the start of what is often called “Passion Week,” the final seven days of Jesus’ earthly
ministry. Palm Sunday was the “beginning of the end” of Jesus’ work on earth.
• Palm Sunday began with Jesus and His disciples traveling over the Mount of Olives. The Lord sent two disciples ahead
into the village of Bethphage to find an animal to ride. They found the unbroken colt of a donkey, just as Jesus had said
they would (Luke 19:29–30). When they untied the colt, the owners began to question them. The disciples responded
with the answer Jesus had provided: “The Lord needs it” (Luke 19:31–34). Amazingly, the owners were satisfied with that
answer and let the disciples go. “They brought [the donkey] to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it”
(Luke 19:35).
• As Jesus ascended toward Jerusalem, a large multitude gathered around Him. This crowd understood that Jesus was the
Messiah; what they did not understand was that it wasn’t time to set up the kingdom yet—although Jesus had tried to
tell them so (Luke 19:11–12). The crowd’s actions along the road give rise to the name “Palm Sunday”: “A very large
crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road”
(Matthew 21:8). In strewing their cloaks on the road, the people were giving Jesus the royal treatment—King Jehu was
given similar honor at his coronation (2 Kings 9:13). John records the detail that the branches they cut were from palm
trees (John 12:13).
• On that first Palm Sunday, the people also honored Jesus verbally: “The crowds that went ahead of him and those that
followed shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!’ / ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ / ‘Hosanna in the
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