Sermon Tone Analysis

Let the end begin

“When He Finished all these words”

That is the phrase seen in Matthew as a transition from one discourse to the next.

Mt7:28 - transition from the Sermon on the mount.

Mt11:1 - the transition from counting the cost of discipleship

Mt13:53 - the transition from the parables (parabolic discourse)

Mt19:1 - the transition from the discourse, teaching of, on, the church

Now brings us to the transition from the final discourse, from the Olivet discourse of Mt23-25 and Jesus 4th prediction of His death

Open Story book to pg. 130 and Bible to Mt26:1-5

What do you see?

What do you notice?

What sticks out to you?

I.

As you know

What had Jesus just finished (v.1)?

Who is Jesus now talking to (v.1)?

How can we know what day it is (v.2)?

What is Jesus saying will happen (v.2)?

(Below just on hand out)

Jesus had just finished the Olivet discourse in which a main focus was on watchfulness Now he turns to His disciples

You can tell it is Wednesday for we know He was handed over Friday morning and crucified and died at the time of the evening sacrifice (3pm)

Jesus is speaking for the 4th time, predicting His death and the form of His death (v.2)

Interesting fact here Jesus is now associating His death with the passover.

And the significance of His death associated with the Passover.

Associating Himself as a lamb, the what was called the Paschal lamb that is sacrificed on Passover.

His death were further told of significance just a little later.

(Mt26:26-29) and the referenced significance by Paul (1Cor5:7) and the Hebrew writer in chapters 7-10)

Mt26:28-29

And I might as well go on and say the significance of the result of the sacrifice as seen and noted (Mt1:21; 20:28)

Mt20:28

Jesus spoke of the manner of His death by crucifixion as noted before (Mt20:19) and fulfilling the prophesy of (Isa53:5)

And the Isaiah passage

This section of Matthew focuses on the death, not on the resurrection of Christ.

See the sacrifice had to happen and that is the point Matthew is making right now.

Is the death of Christ significant to you? Why?

II.

The plot to kill Jesus

Who plotted to kill Jesus (v.3)?

How did they plot (v.4)?

When did they plot, or not plot to do it and why (v.5)?

The Chief priests, elders of the people along with the Pharisee’s and the Sadducee’s made up the Sanhedrin, the leadership of Israel.

The mention of Caiphas is the first mention of him.

He was the high priest at the time, he was a puppet for Rome.

Originally the High Priest was a descendant of Aaron and it handed down from father to son, but when Rome took control of the area they assigned the high priest, the highest religious authority position within Israel.

They wanted Jesus, and wanted Him out the way so things would return to normal, to the way it had always been before Him, but they did not want to do it during Passover in fear of a rise up of the people and there be a riot.

Jesus popularity was on the rise and the traditions of the Jews was on the decline so the potential for hostile situation was at hand.

History shows that during the Passover there was swell of people up to 5 times the normal occupation of Israel, one record shows 1.2m people, but the numbers vary the point is that there was a huge influx of people coming in.

Caiphas father was Annas and do you remember the money changers in the temple?

Well they all worked for Annas, that is why he stepped down as High Priest and gave it to Caiphas so he would not lose his substantial income he was making off the sacrifices at the temple, so now you can see why both Caiphas and Annas wanted Jesus out of the way.

God orchestrated through Jesus these events.

Jesus was not a victim, He was to be the sacrifice and He did it as stated in the scripture to fulfill the prophesy.

The plotting opened the door for the betrayal which was not a secret either, it was divine intervention.

Where this section is small there is great significance to it.

We have some time today so I want to look at other times there is mention/inferences to Jesus death.

III.

Jesus Passion mention/inferences

Bridegroom being removed (Mt9:15)

The remarks at Peters confession (Mt16:21-24)

The teaching on the suffering of Son of Man (Mt17:22-23)

At the transfiguration(Mt17:9-12) - look, read this one on your own

How about the ransom for many passage (Mt20:28)

Parable of vineyard (Mt21:33-45) - again, look, read on your own.

These are the ones we have already seen in Matthew, and there are more to come

The inference in the anointing for death (Mt26:12)

Prophesy of the betrayal (Mt26:21)

All the inferences at Last Supper (Mt26:26-29)

The saying about the shepherd being struck down (Mt26:31)

Finally the sayings in the garden (Mt26:39-44)

As you can see 5 of these are yet to come and they come here in chapter 26 of Matthew.

The death, the sacrifice of the lamb of God, Gods’ perfect and acceptable sacrifice was vital, and is vital to us too today.

Hence why we take the Lord’s Supper in remembrance of His death, until He returns

(Below is for the handout only not to be discussed)

God’s grand plan was done with foreknowledge and was purposed.

This section today we just see the introduction of the people God used to accomplish His grand plan to save sinful man.