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Appointment in Jerusalem
Yeshua knew that the Feast of Unleavened Bread was his appointed time. It was therefore necessary, if he was to meet the appointment, that he go up to the appointed place. Jerusalem is the city of God's Temple. It is the place God chose to put His Name. Jerusalem is the appointed place.
Preparations for the appointed time of Passover and Unleavened Bread began well in advance of the actual festival. This was especially so in Jerusalem. The city needed to prepare for a massive influx of pilgrims. Six weeks prior to the festivals the roads were repaired, wells dug, ritual baths prepared, graves whitewashed, and a host of other details that needed to be attended to. Within the city itself, special ovens for roasting the thousands and thousands of Passover lambs had to be erected. Accommodations and lodgings for the pilgrims needed to be made ready. The city was turned upside down!
As the pilgrims approached the city, their multitudes converged until their throngs filled the roads into Jerusalem. Their voices rose together singing the psalms of ascent as they went up to Jerusalem to keep the appointed time in the appointed place.
It is within this context that we must see the Master and his disciples approaching Jerusalem. They are one group with in a multitude of many groups.
Yeshua knew that the Feast of Unleavened Bread was his appointed time. It was therefore necessary, if he was to meet the appointment, that he go up to the appointed place. Jerusalem is the city of God's Temple. It is the place God chose to put His Name. Jerusalem is the appointed place.
Preparations for the appointed time of Passover and Unleavened Bread began well in advance of the actual festival. This was especially so in Jerusalem. The city needed to prepare for a massive influx of pilgrims. Six weeks prior to the festivals the roads were repaired, wells dug, ritual baths prepared, graves whitewashed, and a host of other details that needed to be attended to. Within the city itself, special ovens for roasting the thousands and thousands of Passover lambs had to be erected. Accommodations and lodgings for the pilgrims needed to be made ready. The city was turned upside down!
As the pilgrims approached the city, their multitudes converged until their throngs filled the roads into Jerusalem. Their voices rose together singing the psalms of ascent as they went up to Jerusalem to keep the appointed time in the appointed place.
It is within this context that we must see the Master and his disciples approaching Jerusalem. They are one group with in a multitude of many groups.