Prophecy

Scribes and Pharisees Sit on Moses’ Seat

Brooklyn Museum - Jesus Preaches in a Ship (Jésus prèche dans une barque) - James Tissot - overall

Zechariah 11:4  Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

 

Matthew 23:1  Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

 

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Christ Jesus Himself Being the Chief Cornerstone

Brooklyn Museum - Our Lord Jesus Christ (Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ) - James Tissot

Zechariah 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

Ephesians 2:20  being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

 

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Riding on a Donkey

Brooklyn Museum - The Procession in the Streets of Jerusalem (Le cortège dans les rues de Jérusalem) - James Tissot

Zechariah 9:9 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.

 

Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

 

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