Easter Week 01 - Launch
WELCOME
Welcome to Easter with Compassion! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here.
This week of the Christian calendar is referred to as Passion Week. It is the last week of Jesus’ life. It began with His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which we call Palm Sunday, and spoiler alert - it ends with His death on a cross, which we call Good Friday. From the disciples perspective, that Friday was anything but good. To them it was heavy, sorrowful, and filled with disappointment. Yet they do not stay there, because Easter comes. Jesus does not stay dead. Sunday morning comes and His body begins to breathe again. After darkness and grief, there is joy and celebration, because Jesus’ sacrificed Himself for us and our sins on a cross, then He defeated death and the grave, so we can have eternal life with Him.
Easter is foundational in our relationship with Jesus. Without Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we would just have another Friday and another Sunday. But did you know that God orchestrated and acted out Jesus’ whole perfect sacrifice hundreds of years before? The first Jewish Passover was the first example and large scale declaration of Good Friday to Easter Sunday. Then each year as the Nation of Israel was to celebrate Passover, it was to remind them of God’s deliverance out of Egypt and cast vision for the future Messiah and final deliverance out
of Sin.
This week's reading plan will focus on the leading up to Passover, the first Passover, and Jesus’ last Passover. It is our prayer that from the history of Passover, you will see how God’s plan to restore humanity began years before the fulfillment of Jesus came to pass.
Before We Start
Take a moment to watch the Bible Projects Summary of the first half of Exodus. This will help give insight and guidance to behind the scenes of culture and content that led to Passover.
Book of Exodus
Looking Ahead
Here is a list of this week's verses:
Monday, March 25th - Exodus 3
Tuesday, March 26th - Exodus 7
Wednesday, March 27th - Exodus 11
Thursday, March 28th - Exodus 12
Friday, March 29th - Luke 22:7-23
Welcome to Easter with Compassion! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here.
This week of the Christian calendar is referred to as Passion Week. It is the last week of Jesus’ life. It began with His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which we call Palm Sunday, and spoiler alert - it ends with His death on a cross, which we call Good Friday. From the disciples perspective, that Friday was anything but good. To them it was heavy, sorrowful, and filled with disappointment. Yet they do not stay there, because Easter comes. Jesus does not stay dead. Sunday morning comes and His body begins to breathe again. After darkness and grief, there is joy and celebration, because Jesus’ sacrificed Himself for us and our sins on a cross, then He defeated death and the grave, so we can have eternal life with Him.
Easter is foundational in our relationship with Jesus. Without Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we would just have another Friday and another Sunday. But did you know that God orchestrated and acted out Jesus’ whole perfect sacrifice hundreds of years before? The first Jewish Passover was the first example and large scale declaration of Good Friday to Easter Sunday. Then each year as the Nation of Israel was to celebrate Passover, it was to remind them of God’s deliverance out of Egypt and cast vision for the future Messiah and final deliverance out
of Sin.
This week's reading plan will focus on the leading up to Passover, the first Passover, and Jesus’ last Passover. It is our prayer that from the history of Passover, you will see how God’s plan to restore humanity began years before the fulfillment of Jesus came to pass.
Before We Start
Take a moment to watch the Bible Projects Summary of the first half of Exodus. This will help give insight and guidance to behind the scenes of culture and content that led to Passover.
Book of Exodus
Looking Ahead
Here is a list of this week's verses:
Monday, March 25th - Exodus 3
Tuesday, March 26th - Exodus 7
Wednesday, March 27th - Exodus 11
Thursday, March 28th - Exodus 12
Friday, March 29th - Luke 22:7-23
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