Australia

Poland Water Fight

Florence, Italy Exploding Wagon

Bermuda Kite Flying

Corfu, Greece Breaking Jars

Philippines Breaking Jars

Russia Romania Africa China- tea eggs

Germany Egg Dance

Germany Egg Trees

France, Haux 5,000 Egg Omelet

Romania Egg Knocking Contest

Mexico Confetti Eggs

Egg Rolling Contest~ tomb stone Scotland Egg Rolling Contest~ tomb stone

WHY EGGS?

Part of the Jewish Passover Seder

LENT: No eggs allowed

Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

Two Themes in Matthew: The Crowds Jesus’ Claim to be King

The Crowds & The Kingdom

Matthew 24:1-15 pg. 693 If you don’t have a Bible or a Matthew Chart with you, please raise your hand and someone will bring one to you.

Jerusalem and the Temple Matthew 21:1ff Jerusalem and the Temple

Matthew 21:1ff Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:19ff Entering the Temple

Cleansing the Temple

Matthew 24:2-15 pg. 693

Matthew 26:3-4 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 5 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.

Passover began last Friday Night

Passover Seder/The Last Supper Matthew 26:17ff Passover Seder/The Last Supper

The Garden of Gethsemane Matthew 26:17ff The Garden of Gethsemane

Arrested by the crowd

The Garden of Gethsemane Matthew 26:17ff The Garden of Gethsemane

Roman Governor Pontius Pilatus Matthew 27:11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

Matthew 27:20-27 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. 22 “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!” 23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.

Matthew 27:20-27 But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him Matthew 27:20-27 But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” 24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” 25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”

Matthew 27:28-29 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.

Matthew 27:37-43 Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is Jesus, the king of the Jews.

Matthew 27:39-43 39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 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!” 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

Matthew 27:39-43 42 “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. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

Soldiers sealed the tomb Matthew 27:57ff Soldiers sealed the tomb

Soldiers sealed the tomb

Preparing for the 10th Plague

The Disciples were hiding in fear

Matthew 28:1-8 Pg. 698

Matthew 27:39-43 42 “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. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

NOW WHAT?

Matthew 28:18-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,.

Matthew 28:18-20 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.