THE ONE WHERE JESUS CURSES A FIG TREE AND FLIPS TABLES

What does the King do when he comes to town? Well, Jesus kicked off Holy Week with a destructive miracle followed by flipping temple tables. God’s house had become a place of exclusion and presumption which is the antithesis of God’s kingdom.

While cursing an unassuming fig tree and driving people out of the temple may seem strange, Jesus wasn’t angry without reason. In Mark 11, Jesus rejects the religious system to begin ushering in a new covenant.

Listen to this week’s sermon on Palm Sunday.