1. Our reading begins with Jesus where?
John 2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
2. Who is with Jesus?
John 2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
3. How long did they stay there?
John 2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
Family Discussion Time
4. Tell me what you know and can find out about the Passover?
A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the providential escape of the Hebrews in Egypt when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb.
In the Old Testament, beginning in Exodus, we find that God's children were in slavery to the Egyptians. God did many signs through Moses in order to make Himself known to the Egyptians and cause them to free God's children. Now the last sign is found in Exodus 11 and Exodus 12.
We find in Exodus 12:21-28 what the Passover Feast is:
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. It will come to pass when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’” So the people bowed their heads and worshiped. Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
5. Do we celebrate the Passover feast every year today? No. This was given to the descendants of Abraham which were the Jews and also known as Israel. We learn this by studying the books of Genesis and Exodus.
6. Who is our
Passover? Jesus
Christ, God's only begotten Son.
1
Corinthians 5:7
Therefore purge out the
old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are
unleavened. For indeed Christ, our
Passover, was sacrificed for us.
7. What are we commanded by God to observe as New Testament Christians? The Lord's Supper 1 Corinthians 11:23ff
a. When are we commanded to do this? Upon the first day of the week which is Sunday, every week has a first day
Acts
20:7
Now on
the first day of the week, when the disciples came
together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke
to them and continued his message until midnight.
26 For
as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim
the Lord’s death till He comes.
8. Where was the Temple found? In Jerusalem
John 2:13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
9. What was the temple to be used for? It was where they went to worship God
10. Tell me in your own words what some were doing in the temple and why it angered Jesus?
They were making money, running a business,in the temple where the people were to come to worship God.
John 2:13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.
11. Please find another place in the Bible that says "Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up".
Psalm
69:9
Because zeal
for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of
those who reproach You have fallen on me.