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Passion of Christ

  1. Lesson One
    From Triumphal Entry to Criminal’s Arrest (Luke 19–23)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Death of the Messiah: Crucifixion and Burial (Matt 27, Mark 14:1–15:20, Luke 23, John 19)
    24 Activities
  3. Lesson three
    Suffering Messiah (Psalm 22, Is 53, Zech 1–13)
    19 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Sacrifice and Passover (Mark 14:1–26, Luke 22:1–46, John 13–14)
    14 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    Resurrection and Witnesses (Ezek 37:1-14, 47:1-12, Matt 28, John 16, 20)
    20 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

With so many explicit parallels between these two events, it’s easy to see why some interpret Jesus’ Passion as an apocalyptic event. The elevated importance of Jesus’ Passion to early Christians is evident in these connections. For the Church, Jesus’ saving work began a new era in history, opened to the Kingdom of God and looking ahead to the end of the world.

  1. How might these connections have shaped early Christian understanding of what it meant to be a disciple?
  1. How do you make sense of a 2000-year delay in the apocalypse?