For Dec 4, 2007 TNBS
Flow
18--Community Discourse: true greatness and practiced mercy
19-20--Community Prescription: humility, service, and mercy
21-23--Jesus asserts authority over Jerusalem
24-25--Olivet Discourse: timing and signs
Structure
21:1-17 Authority over Jerusalem
21:18-22:46 Authority over religious leaders
- 21:18-22:14 Rejecting the rejectors
- 22:15-46 Silencing the detractors
23:37-38 Passion over Jerusalem
Themes
Authority of Christ
Centrality of Christ
Here's what I've found in my character splats:
ReplyDeleteReligious leaders: they are stuck in rejection and their rejection is being amplified into hatred
Crowds: they have power that the religious leaders recognize; they also have insight, though it is doubtful that the crowd recognizes its own insight ("Save now"); in contrast to previous teaching by Jesus, the crowd receives specific teaching alongside the disciples
Disciples: they participate directly in Jesus' ministry by retrieving the donkey; they obey Jesus' instructions; they receive Jesus' teaching; by retrieving the donkey, they seem to be making a way for the crowds to worship
Questions:
What responses do I practice? To what might these practices (positive and negative) naturally lead?
Do I misread the crowds, arrogantly thinking that they just don't get true spirituality?
How am I participating in creating worship space for the "crowds" associated with TFB?