Events: The Cleansing of the Temple – The Cursing of the Fig Tree
According to Exodus 12 the Passover Lamb was selected on the first day of the week (Sunday) by the father of each household. According to Moses’s instruction, the blood would be sprinkled on the doorpost and lintel, and the angel of destruction would see the blood of the sacrifice and judgement would pass over that home. In preparation for that event, each household would be purged of leaven, leaven being a symbol of sin. The hearts of God’s people needed to be spiritually aligned with what God was going to do.
Over 1300 years later, on the Sunday of Passion Week, at the Triumphal Entry, God the Father affirmed Jesus His Son as His Lamb that would be sacrificed for the sins of the world. On Monday, the following day, Jesus cleansed the house of God from the leaven of the religious leaders and He cursed the fig tree symbolically judging the false fruits of their religiosity and lack of real relationship with God.
As we begin to lean into this Passion Week, let’s reaffirm our faith and dependence upon God’s Lamb that was slain for us. Let’s begin that journey with sincere repentance asking God to cleanse us from our sin (known and unknown) and lead us into a deeper experience of the cross of Christ and His resurrection.
Monday's events are recorded in Matthew 21:12–22, Mark 11:15–19, Luke 19:45-48.
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