I was honestly excited for Jesus to come back on Saturday. I really want to go to Heaven. Like REALLY want to go to Heaven. As wonderful as Earth is, as many amazing places there are, and cool things to do and see, Earth, as it is right now, pales in comparison to what the new Heaven and new Earth will be. I am excited to go there.

I was talking to a friend and I briefly mentioned how I was disappointed the world didn’t end. I asked her how she was doing at home and she said it was a battle to be a blessing. Both her parents are not Christian yet and I remembered what one of my small group members posted on my facebook wall. God is giving us grace of more time to praise him and that more people will come to know him. I thought about my friend and her parents. Here I am, content knowing that if Jesus comes back, I will go to Heaven but I forget about everyone else. I forget about my family who do not know him yet. I forget about my coworkers and friends who do not have a relationship with God. I’m only excited about Jesus’ return because it means gain for me but I forget about all the people who will be condemned to hell upon his return.

I’m selfish. I love myself and just care about my future and I forget about everyone else. I need more love for people, more love for the lost. I need this heart of stone turned into a heart of flesh.

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Everyone pretty much knows who Harold Camping is by now. Many people view him as a lunatic, crazy man, etc. While I do agree that something is off with him for trying to predict the world’s end, there’s actually a special place in my heart for him. In some weird sense, he’s sort of my savior or rather led me to my Savior; let me explain.

This wasn’t the first time he’s predicted the world’s end. He also predicted the world’s end in 1994. At the time I was eleven. Though I had grown up in the church, I was never sure of my salvation. I had probably “accepted” Jesus Christ like 3 times before I was eleven. I was just never really sure it would work. But then I heard the world was going to end. If it ended in September like this guy said and I wasn’t really saved, I was going to hell. That I was sure about. I still remember exactly where I was. I was at the bottom of the main stairs in my church. I think it was before a Friday Night and I had just talked to my dad about it. I was really scared and wanted to make for sure that if the world did end, that I would go to heaven. If it wasn’t for Harold’s crazy predictions, I may have never been forced to make the decision and know for certain.

While the world didn’t end in 1994 and it didn’t end in 2011, that’s alright. God gives us grace for another day but yet reminds us of the uncertainty of our lives. We could die at anytime. Though the world may not end tomorrow, it could be my last day. It’s never too late to start thinking about eternity.

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My friend Esther gave me a list of books and I will try to read one per year. Maybe I’ll try for two and increase my chance that I get at least one in. That sound good? I’ll also try to write my thoughts on them but I haven’t been so good at reviewing things lately. Maybe that’ll change too.

1. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
2. Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain
3. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
6. Withering Heights by Emily Bronte
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
8. Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud by Jonathan Safran Foe
9. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
10. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
11. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If you know me, I’m not really into reading. I like reading and acquiring knowledge but I’m just so slow. My mom taught me to read fast but I just can’t. I’ve been reading more Christian Books lately but maybe switching genres up will help. I just got bogged down in my Bonhoeffer biography that I couldn’t finish it. I’m like 1/2 way through? I told her to recommend good books so hopefully they are and I can finish them.

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I ordered two new books: The Cross He Bore by Fredericks Leahy and Managing God’s Money by Randy Alcorn. Both seem like awesome books so I can’t wait to get into them. The Cross He Bore was recommended for Passion Week reading but I couldn’t get it in time. Better late than never. I’m also excited to hear what Randy Alcorn has to say. I enjoyed his book “Heaven” so I’m interested to hear what he has to say here. Maybe I’ll write up reviews when I finish. I have a some thoughts written on on Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders that perhaps I’ll polish sometime and post. I’m just excited to get back into books. Been awhile since I was excited to read.

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He has RISEN!

Today is Resurrection Sunday!

Events with Respective References

Jesus is Resurrected!
Matthew 28:1-10
Mark 16:1-11
*Luke 24:1-12
John 20:1-9

Selected Passages(s)

The Resurrection.

Luke 24:1-12

     On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away form the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ Then they remembered his words.

     When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb.Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Glory to the Risen King!

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Sorry this is a day late. I also don’t know why it’s day 7 and not day 8 but I’m just following what my friend used.

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Today is Good Friday

Events with Respective References

Jesus is tried by Jewish and Roman authorities and disowned by Peter
Matthew 26:57 – 27:2,11-31
Mark 14:53-15:20
Luke 22:54-23:25
*John 18:13-19:16

Jesus is crucified
*Matthew 27:31-56
Mark 15:20-41
Luke 23:26-49
John 19:17-30

Selected Passages(s)

Jesus is tried by Jewish and Roman authorities and disowned by Peter:

John 18:13-19:16
They bound him and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiphas, the high priest that year. Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be good if one man died for the people.

Peter’s First Denial
Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus.Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at the door.The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the girl on duty there and brought Peter in.
“You are not one of the disciples, are you?” the girl at the door asked Peter.
He replied, “I am not.”
It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied.“I have always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. Why question me? Ask those who heard me.Surely they know what I said.”
When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face. “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.
“If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?” Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter’s Second and Third Denials
As Simon Peter stood warming himself, he was asked, “You are not one of his disciples, are you?”
He denied it saying, “I am not.”
One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the olive grove?” Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.

Jesus Before Pilate
Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”
“If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
“But we have no right to execute anyone,” the Jews objected. This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled.
Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”
“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
“What is truth?” Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him. But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release “the king of the Jews’?”
They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion.

Jesus Sentenced to be Crucified
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And struck him in the face.
Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You tke him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
The Jews insisted, “We have a law, and according to the law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be king opposes Caesar.”
When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.
“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

Jesus is crucified:

Matthew 27:31-56
As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”
In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani”—which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, “Now leave him alone, Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Luke 23:39-46
One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
But the other criminal rebuked him.“Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
It was now about the sixth hour, and darknewss came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining.And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

John 19:28-30
Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,” and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”

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Today is Maundy Thursday

Events with Respective References

The Last Supper
Matthew 26:26-29
Mark 14:22-25
*Luke 22:14-20

Jesus speaks to his disciples in the upper room
John 13-17 (Excerpts below)

Jesus Struggles in Gethsemane
*Matthew 26:36-46
*Mark 14:32-42
Luke 22:39-46
John 18:1

Jesus is betrayed and arrested
*Matthew 26:47-56
Mark 14:43-52
Luke 22:47-53
*John 18:2-12

Selected Passages(s)

The Last Supper:

Luke 22:14-20
    When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”
After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”

Jesus Speaks to the disciples in the upper room (excerpts) :

John 13:13-17
“You call me ‘Teacher’ and “lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.  I have set you an example that you shoudl do as I have done for you.  I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.  Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 13:31-38
When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.
    “My Children, I will be with you only a little longer.  You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you no:  Where I am going, you cannot come.
    “A new command I give you:  Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another”
    Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”
    Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”
    Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now?  I will lay down my life for you.”
    Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me?  I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!”

John 14:5-14
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well.  From now on,  you do know him and have seen him.”
    Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
    Jesus answered:  “Don’t you know me, Phillip, even after I have been among you such a long time?  Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.  How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?  Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?  The words I say to you are not just my own.  Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.  Believe
me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.  I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than theses, because I am going to the Father.  And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.  You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.”

John 14:23-24  
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching.  My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.  He who does not love me will not obey my teaching.  These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.”

John 15:18-19  
  “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.  If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own.  As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.  That is why the world hates you.”

Jesus Struggles in Gethsemane:

Matthew 26:36-46
    Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.  Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.  Stay here and keep watch with me.”
    Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me.  Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
    Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.  “Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?”  he asked Peter.  “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
    He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
    When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.  So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
    Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting?  Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.  Rise, let us go!  Here comes my betrayer!” 

Mark 14:32-42
    They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”  He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.  “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them.  “Stay here and keep watch.”
    Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.  “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you.  Take this cup from me.  Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
    Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.  “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep?  Could you not keep watch for one hour?  Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
    Once more he went away and prayed the same thing.  When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.  They did not know what to say to him.
    Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting?  Enough!  The hour has come.  Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.  Rise!  Let us go!  Here comes my betrayer!”
 

Jesus is betrayed and Arrested:

Matthew 26:47-56
    While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived.  With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them:  “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.”  Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings Rabbi!” and kissed him.
    Jesus replied, “Friend, do what you came for.”
    Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.  With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and
struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. “Put your sword back in its place,”  Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
    At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?  Everyday I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.  But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.”  Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

John 18:2-12
    Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.  So Judas came to the grove, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees.  They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. 
    Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?”

    “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied.
    “I am he,” Jesus said.  (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.)  When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
    Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?”

    And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
    “I told you that I am he,” Jesus answered.  “If you are looking for me, then let these men go.”  This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled:  “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”
    Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear.  (The servant’s name was Malchus.)
    Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away!  Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

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Today is Wednesday

 

Event:

The Bible does not say what Jesus did on this day.  He probably remained in Bethany with his disciples.

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Today is Tuesday

Events with Respective References

Jesus’ Authority Challenged in the Temple
*Matthew 21:23-27
Mark 11:27-33
Luke 20:1-8

Jesus teaches in stories and confronts the Jewish Leaders
Matthew 21:28-23:36
Mark 12:1-40
Luke 20:9-47

Greeks ask to see Jesus
*John 12:20-26

The Olivet Discourse
Matthew 24
Mark 13
Luke 21:5-38

Judas agrees to betray Jesus
*Matthew 26:14-16
Mark 14:10,11
Luke 22:3-6

Selected Passages(s)

Jesus’ authority Challenged:

Matthew 21:23-27
    Jesus entered the temple courts, and while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him.  “By what authority are you doing these things?”  they asked.  “”And who gave you this authority?”
    Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one question.  If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.  John’s baptism–where did it come from?  Was it from heaven, or from men?“ 
    They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’  But if we say, ‘From men’–we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.” 
    So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
    Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Greeks ask to see Jesus:

John 12:20-26
    Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast.  They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request.  “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”  Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 
    Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  I tell you the truth, unless a kernal of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.  But if it dies, it produces many seeds.  The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.  Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.  My Father will honor the one who serves me.  

Judas agrees to betray Jesus:

Matthew 26:14-16
    Then one of the Twelve–the one called Judas Iscariot–went to the chief priests and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?”  So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.  From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

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Today is Monday

Event

Jesus Clears the temple

Mark 11:15-18
On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written:

” ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’?

But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ”
The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

Other References
Matthew 21:12,13
Luke 19:45,46

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