Easter Reading and Videos
On behalf of the Littleton Colorado Stake Presidency:
Easter Week: Palm Sunday
Jesus’ Triumphal Entry
Prophecy: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
Zechariah 9:9 (about 520 B.C.)
Scripture Reading:
The Lord's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Video
Symbolism of Palm Branches:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/https://www.lds.org/friend/199
Meaning of the Word Hosanna:
https://www.lds.org/scriptures
Easter Week: Monday
Cleansing the Temple
Prophecy: “Even
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house
of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted
upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for
all people.”
Isaiah 56:7 (about 700 B.C.)
Scripture Reading:
Video Link:
(This video is about the first cleansing of the temple; the second cleansing was likely similar.)
Temple of Herod:
https://www.lds.org/
Easter Week: Tuesday
Parables and Teachings
Prophecy: “I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old.”
Psalms 78:2
Scripture Reading:
Video Links:Christ’s Authority Is Questioned; The Parable of the Two Sons
Render Unto Caesar and Unto God
The Greatest Commandment
Jesus Teaches About the Widow’s Mites
Easter Week: Wednesday
More Parables, Anointing, and Betrayal
Prophecy: “And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.”
Zechariah 11:12 (about 520 B.C.)
Exodus 21:32 (30 shekels is the price of a slave)
Scripture Reading:
Anointing
Betrayal
Video Links:
Parable of the Ten Virgins
Parable of the Talents
Ye Have Done it Unto Me
Easter Week: Thursday
The Last Supper, Intercessory Prayer and Agony of Gethsemane
Prophecy: “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:4 (about 700 B.C.)
Scripture Reading:
Video Links:
The Last Supper
Jesus Warns Peter and Offers the Intercessory Prayer
The Savior Suffers in Gethsemane
Jesus Tried by Caiaphas, Peter Denies Knowing Christ
Easter Week: Friday
Jesus’ Trial, Crucifixion and Burial
Prophecies: “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”
Isaiah 53:7 (about 700 B.C.)
“I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off my hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”
Isaiah 50:6 (about 700 B.C.)
“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:16
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why are thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?”
Psalms 22:1
“He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.”
Psalms 34:20
Scripture Reading:
Video Links:
Jesus Is Condemned Before Pilate
Jesus Is Scourged and Crucified
Jesus Is Laid in a Tomb
Easter Week: Saturday
The Jewish Sabbath
Prophecy: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”
John 16:20 (at the Last Supper)
Scripture Reading:
Video:
To This End Was I Born
Easter Sunday
Jesus’ Resurrection and Appearances
Prophecy: “He
will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears
from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away
from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.”
Isaiah 25:8 (about 700 B.C.)
Scripture Reading:
Videos:
Jesus Is Resurrected
He Is Risen
Christ Appears on the Road to Emmaus
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