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The Victory of the Cross

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Jesus is on the “Mount of Olives opposite the temple area” talking about the end of the world (Mk 13:3).

That’s significant because according to prophecy it is from the Mount of Olives that the Lord will begin the last battle against Israel’s enemies (Zec 14:14). Jesus — having just come from the temple, having foretold its destruction — is casting his conflict with the day’s religious and secular authorities in prophetic, cosmic and eschatological terms.

No mere peasant uprising, no mere religious squabble, Jesus’ struggle (and in short order his suffering and death) should be understood in grander terms. That is, what is about to happen in Jerusalem will involve no less than the covenantal promises made by God himself. It will also involve the final meaning of history.

Son of Man​


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