If you had checked the real estate section of the Jerusalem Reporter that week, you might have seen the following ad: Hand-chiseled tomb for sale. Beautiful garden setting. Condition: excellent. Used: only three days. Jesus’ battered body had been prepared for burial. Then He was laid in a borrowed tomb. … Read More
Kings Ride Horses!
Historically, kings ride horses. But this King rode an unbroken donkey—a symbol of humility and peace (Matthew 21:1-11). Jesus rode into Jerusalem, not as a conqueror on a white stallion—that would come later–but as a humble King “endowed with salvation.” “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O… Read More
Sorrow Turned to Joy
The Widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17) As Jesus neared the gate to the city of Nain, a funeral procession was making its way out of the city. A dead man was being carried through the city gate, accompanied by his widowed mother and a sizeable crowd of mourners. He was her… Read More
“Sir, we would see Jesus”
At the Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, a plaque was attached to the pulpit, visible only to the speaker, which read, “Sir, we would see Jesus” (John 12:21). Everyone who spoke from the grand pulpit of that historic church was challenged by that verse. The response to… Read More