texts from the Psalms and the Prophets. Christians are pictured approaching the Divine presence through the curtain which separated the Holy of Holies from the public areas of the Temple. Mark 13, 1 8 – In conversations with his disciples during the last week of his life, Our Lord read the of the times correctly, foreseeing the Jewish revolt which, in AD 70, led to the destruction of the Temple and the loss of the geographical nation of Israel until 1948. CHRIST THE KING Daniel 7, 9 10, 13 14 – – In St. Mark’s Gospel Jesus often called himself Son of Man’. The early Christians linked this title with the vision in ‘The the Book of Daniel, written during the second century BC., in which a of man’ (or a human being) is presented to ‘Son God and given supreme authority. Revelation 1, 4b 8 – The Book of the visions of St. John the Divine with a greeting in the name of the risen Jesus, who stands waiting in the future of all believers. John 18, 33b 37 – The scene is the Roman Praetorium in Jerusalem. Jesus has already been condemned for blasphemy by the High Priest’s Court, now he stands before the Roman Governor.
texts from the Psalms and the Prophets. Christians are pictured approaching the Divine presence through the curtain which separated the Holy of Holies from the public areas of the Temple. Mark 13, 1 – 8 In conversations with his disciples during the last week of his life, Our Lord read the of the times correctly, foreseeing the Jewish revolt which, in AD 70, led to the destruction of the Temple and the loss of the geographical nation of Israel until 1948. CHRIST THE KING Daniel 7, 9 – 10, 13 – 14 In St. Mark’s Gospel Jesus often called himself ‘The Son of Man’. The early Christians linked this title with the vision in the Book of Daniel, written during the second century BC., in which a ‘Son of man’ (or a human being) is presented to God and given supreme authority. Revelation 1, 4b – 8 The Book of the visions of St. John the Divine with a greeting in the name of the risen Jesus, who stands waiting in the future of all believers. John 18, 33b – 37 The scene is the Roman Praetorium in Jerusalem. Jesus has already been condemned for blasphemy by the High Priest’s Court, now he stands before the Roman Governor.
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