The Jewish leaders plot to kill Jesus; Judas, one of the Twelve, agrees to hand Him over to them, and seeks an opportunity to betray Him.
Jesus returns to the fig tree, teaches about prayer, and spars with the chief priests and elders of the people over the question of His authority.
Jesus curses a fig tree and cleanses the temple; the chief priests and scribes seek a way to destroy Him.
An introduction to this year's podcast devotion series. Music arranged, performed, and recorded by Dr. Tim Shewmaker
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14
"For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble." Malachi 4:1
"Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young." Isaiah 40:10-11
"Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug." Isaiah 51:1
"The dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead." Isaiah 26:19
"On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined." Isaiah 25:6
"It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains." Isaiah 2:2
"This is the name by which He will be called: "The LORD is our righteousness.'" Jeremiah 23:6 (not 8)
"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them." Isaiah 11:6
"If My people pray...then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin. " 2 Chronicles 7:14
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you." Deuteronomy 18:15
"The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened." Numbers 24:15
“Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." Genesis 22:2
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Dallas, TX, presents "Promised," a daily Advent devotional for the whole family. Coming soon.