March 8 Readings

You can start with any of the three years and finish the Bible at a slower pace in three years
Readings for Year 1 of the Three Years Bible: Genesis thru Esther
Readings for Year 2 of the Three Years Bible: Job thru Malachi
Readings for Year 3 of the Three Years Bible: Matthew thru Revelation

Today's Reading From Mark 11:1-18
Mark 11:1-25 Commentaries, verse by verse
Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a colt instead of a military stallion because the Kingdom which He was proclaiming was one of peace not for the overthrow of the Roman Empire. The symbolism behing riding on a colt is found in Zec 9.9 (which was also was also quoted in Mat 21.5 amd John 12.15). This was known as the Triumphal Entry and would inaugurate Passion Week. The Jewish leaders would be upset at this because Zec 9.9 portrays the Messiah riding on a colt: 9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king [a] comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
On the following day Jesus cleared the Temple, driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the stalls of those selling doves. He said that His house would be called a house of prayer nut they have made it a den of thieves. The Jewish leaders seeing Jesus clearing the Temple wanted to kill Him.
Before he arrived at the Temple, He was hungry and He saw a fig tree in leaf. He went to see if it had any fruit, but it did not bear any fruit. He said to the fig tree that no one would ever eat the fruit from it again.
This is the beginning of the passion week and there are many prophecies yet to be fulfilled and the challenges that Jesus faced in encounters with the Jewish leaders. Jesus had a righteous anger. he was angry but did not sin. What about us? What can we learn from this passage of scripture?

More Links in Mark
Dan Hill on Mark
Ray Stedman on Mark
Jeff Miller on Mark
Chadwick on Mark
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Mark by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermon's on Mark

More Links on Commentaries for the Old Testament
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes (for both OT and NT) is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader

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